WAL-Mart's Off To A Good Start With Holiday Shopping
Wal-Mart is thriving despite the shaky economy, protests from union supporters and allegations of bribery at its Mexican unit. The company's stock price hit an all-time high Wednesday, and holiday...
View ArticleOh Goodies: Wal-Mart Goes Mail-Order Gourmet
Wal-Mart is throwing its hat in the gourmet food ring just in time for the holidays this year.
View ArticleTo Lure Shoppers, Wal-Mart Tries Same-Day Delivery
With the holiday shopping season shifting into high gear, retailers are doing everything they can to win consumer dollars. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is trying out one new strategy this...
View ArticleIndia's Legislature Paves Way For Big-Box, Multinationals Like Wal-Mart
(Reporting from New Delhi, NPR's Julie McCarthy sends along an update on a story that aired on Morning Edition Wednesday.
View ArticleWal-Mart's Lobbying In U.S. To Be Probed By Indian Government
India's government has approved an inquiry into Wal-Mart's lobbying activities in the U.S. as a heated debate over the retail giant's plans for stores in India moves into a new phase, NPR's Julie...
View ArticleCan Small Farms Benefit From Wal-Mart’s Push Into Local Foods?
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, is muscling in on one of the fastest growing segments of American agriculture: local food.
View ArticleWal-Mart Plans To Hire Veterans
Wal-Mart is expected to announce that it will hire every veteran who wants a job as part of a new program beginning on Memorial Day. The only requirements: that he or she left the military in the...
View ArticleWal-Mart Offers Veterans Jobs, Expects To Hire 100,000 Over Five Years
Saying that "hiring a veteran can be one of the best business decisions you make," Wal-Mart U.S.
View ArticleIn Wal-Mart's Earnings Report, A Lesson On The Tax Code
The New York Times points out something rather interesting about an otherwise mundane business story.
View ArticleToo Soon To Blame Payroll Tax For Stagnant Retail Sales?
For Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster, its earnings projections out last week were not pretty. Sales will fall, it said, and company CEO Clarence Otis called higher...
View ArticleSeeking Profits In Private Labels
You may not think much about store brands as you shop for groceries, but it’s a business worth nearly $60 billion per year.
View ArticleSpirituality And Sprite, Aisle 1? What An Artist Sees In Wal-Mart
Most people would be hard-pressed to call Wal-Mart a source of artistic inspiration. A place to purchase peanut butter, cereal and other mundane necessities? Yes. But a rendezvous spot with...
View ArticleDeal To Protect Bangladeshi Factory Workers Still Elusive
This week, major retailers including Wal-Mart, Gap and others met with labor activists in Germany, hoping to hammer out a deal to improve working conditions in Bangladesh.The meeting came less than a...
View ArticleWal-Mart Reclaims No. 1 Spot On Fortune 500 List
Wal-Mart has reclaimed the lead spot on the Fortune 500 list released today. For the past few years, the giant retailer has been battling it out with Exxon for top billing.This year, Exxon Mobil...
View ArticleWalmart Has Its Own Plan To Help Bangladesh Garment Workers
Wal-Mart says it has drafted its own plan for improving safety at garment factories in Bangladesh rather than join other Western retailers in a legally binding agreement to pay for improved conditions...
View ArticleWal-Mart To Pay $81 Million For Hazardous Waste Dumping
Wal-Mart Stores has agreed to pay $81 million in penalties as part of a guilty plea on criminal charges of improperly disposing of hazardous waste in California and Missouri.Prosecutors said the...
View ArticleWal-Mart Pledges Fresher Produce By Cutting Out The Middleman
The nation's largest retailer announced Monday that it will be delivering produce from farms to stores faster by buying fruits and vegetables directly from growers.The plan is to source about 80...
View ArticleWal-Mart Meeting Spurs Protests Over Low Pay, Safety Issues
Retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores' annual shareholders' meeting this week showed signs of the company's recent turbulence, as protesters assembled at corporate headquarters to shout slogans and...
View ArticleWal-Mart Fumes Over D.C. Council Wage Vote
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Wal-Mart is changing its plans for the nation's capital.
View ArticleWal-Mart Threatens To Pull Out Of D.C. Over Wage Requirements
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Wal-Mart is threatening to walk away from plans to build three of six new stores slated for the nation's capital. Those three stores are supposed to go up in some of the...
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