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...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...At Wal-Mart, for instance, more than 40 per cent of the online orders on the retailer’s website are sent for pick-up at a local store, as customers seek to avoid the costs and timing uncertainties of home...
...Not a big deal on the face of it, but for the French group – the world’s second-biggest retailer after Wal-Mart of the US – the importance of its home market cannot be underestimated....
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, is dipping its toes into online grocery sales, with the expansion of a home shipping service for products including Perrier water and free-trade coffee at Sam’s Club, its...
...For Wal-Mart, all this raises an unwelcome possibility – that it will become a focus of debate during the 2008 presidential election campaign as well, something that its union critics are eager to bring...
...Wal-Mart has also launched football-themed marketing events at stores with significant Hispanic customers, with 155 stores participating in events that include setting up Astroturf football fields in the...
...And second, via ambitious plans to transform Indian food retailing that will see Bharti, in alliance with Wal-Mart Stores, open western-style hypermarkets across India....
...Most Controversial The Waltons $78.9bn, Wal-Mart Bentonville, Arkansas What began in the 1960s as a family chain of variety stores in Arkansas has morphed into a global empire with 6,500 low-cost supermart...
...Low prices continue to lure millions of Americans to Wal-Mart, despite the opprobrium the store chain’s employment and sourcing policies provoke in ethical campaigners....
...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....
...Some time soon the notoriously liberal ninth circuit federal appeals court in California will hear arguments in the case of Women v Wal-Mart (official name: Dukes v Wal-Mart Stores)....
...For department stores, which face mounting competition from speciality retailers and discounters such as Wal-Mart and Target, the holiday season represents a prime opportunity to convince consumers that...
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