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...H Mart, the Asian grocery store chain, reported $1.5bn in sales last year, with 102 locations across the country....
...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....
...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...
...This month, it finalised a $2.6bn deal for a controlling stake in D&S, Chile’s largest retailer....
...In this category, funds I co-manage own Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Wal-Mart, but the list of the best beaten-up blue chips today would also include Altria, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson...
...FINANCIAL TIMES: Wal-Mart has been seeking to improve the performance of its US supercenters and discount stores. How is that going?...
...“But when I took this job I didn’t even know about an S curve. I didn’t realise that I was a replicator.”...
...However, the S&P retail index climbed 3.7 per cent to 403.51 as analysts said weaker consumer spending was already priced in to many retail shares, Wal-Mart’s same-store sales rose only 0.5 per cent in...
...The Hemet store has attracted intense interest from Tesco’s competitors including a group of five note-taking visitors from Wal-Mart, which operates a Supercenter with groceries less than two miles away....
...Li & Fung, a big supplier to Wal-Mart, jumped 7.6 per cent to HK$31.75....
...Wal-Mart sees the 40,000 sq ft grocery market as a “convenience” alternative to the vast 200,000 sq ft Supercenter....
...“Wal-Mart may be cheaper by a few pennies,” says Sigismundo Isidro, a retiree picking up a few groceries at the Publix store. “But I don’t buy so much when I shop....
...THE WAL-MART EFFECT: How an Out-of-Town Superstore Became a Superpower by Charles Fishman Allen Lane ₤12.99, 304 pages A brave attempt to provide a balanced account of the retail giant....
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