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...Yet, as Charles Fishman wrote in The Wal-Mart Effect in 2006, Walmart derives all of its impact from us, “from our willingness to open our wallets, just a few dollars at a time . . ....
...H Mart, the Asian grocery store chain, reported $1.5bn in sales last year, with 102 locations across the country....
...She visits the Madison dollar store frequently to supplement trips to Walmart and has just spent $12 on snacks for the family. Demand from customers such as Ms Lewis has fuelled a dollar store boom....
...We are doing record business. We have the highest levels of enthusiasm, so the head of Walmart, who I know, who’s a very nice guy, was making a political statement....
...Wal-Mart Stores (Retail) 48. Home Depot (Consumer Goods) 49. Yahoo! (Technology) 50. Morgan Stanley (Finance) 51. Discovery Communications (Media) 52. Colgate-Palmolive (Consumer Goods) 53....
...For years, investors and analysts have asked what Wal-Mart de México y Centroamérica, Mexico’s largest retailer, was doing with a chain of budget restaurants....
...lobbying India’s Cabinet approved a retired judge to probe claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...Wal-mart is slowing its opening of new stores in China and Brazil after admitting it had made mistakes and let profitability slip in its haste to expand....
...ftcamp=rss Wal-Mart workers freed after mislabeling charges Authorities in Chongqing, China, released two Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees jailed six months ago over a food-labeling violation, as the retailer...
...http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/115447dc-92c9-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html WalMart workers freed after mislabeling charges Authorities in Chongqing, China, released two Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees jailed...
...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...Jamie Dimon’s also in the NY Observer disguising JPMorgan as Wal-Mart. Second — Wal-Mart has a return on equity north of 20 per cent. JPM’s is 10.55 per cent....
...Wal-Mart may open India retail stores Wal-Mart and Carrefour may gain access to the retail market of the world’s second most-populous country after an Indian government panel was said to have recommended...
...Li & Fung sources everything from T-shirts and anoraks to furniture and beauty products for western retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores and Toys R’ Us....
...Many western banks have been frustrated by the lack of a clear rule of law in Indonesia and others have avoided doing business with many of the most connected families in Indonesia for fear that those same...
...As the Wall Street Journal reported: Wal-Mart informed its suppliers in a Nov. 2 letter of its new “Supplier Alliance Program,” in which eligible suppliers can get payment for their orders in 10 to 15 days...
...Mr Leighton described Mr Philips as “a good retailer”. David Wild, chief executive of Halfords, who worked with him at Wal-Mart Germany, said he was “a great guy, really people focused”....
...On a snowy morning in February, the café at Asda’s supermarket on the Isle of Dogs in east London is doing a brisk trade in its value fried breakfast....
...Wal-Mart of the US, the world’s biggest retailer, is thought to have its eye on entering the Russian market. Yet the movement of goods has not been all one way....
...Wal-Mart pulled out in 1998 after an ill-fated foray into Indonesia in the late 1990s, ended in a dispute with its partner Lippo Group, an Indonesian conglomerate....
...With Wal-Mart also pushing suppliers to use Wal-Mart TV, growth “is outpacing the early days of the internet twofold”, he adds....
...He repeatedly refuses to rule himself out of the M&S race, even as he insists: “I am very happy doing what I’m doing....
...But as the economic climate deteriorated in late 2007, Target’s comparable sales growth fell below those of Wal-Mart, as customers sought out Wal-Mart’s low-cost basics, and shifted their spending away from...
...The retailer said comparable sales at its 1,700 US stores fell by 3.7 per cent during the first quarter, compared with the 3.6 per cent increase reported by Wal-Mart’s 3,600 US stores last week....
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