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BENTONVILLE, ARK. -- Lawrence Jackson became the first African-American at Wal-Mart to hold the title of president and ceo when he was tapped to lead the retailer's expanding global procurement [...]

The shelves in a Wal-Mart store are filled with products from thousands of suppliers, many of whom have been immensely successful over the years in working with the company to [...]

UPSCALE DALLAS, TEXAS STRATEGIES MAY ENTICE BROADER CUSTOMER BASE BY DEBBIE HOWELL Wal-Mart's rural heritage and positioning as a low-price discounter serving a core low-to middle-income customer built the foundation [...]

The level of construction activity in China is one of the most striking reminders that the world's most populous nation also has the fastest-growing economy. Construction cranes are visible from [...]

BENTONVILLE, ARK. -- Wal-Mart in a few weeks will announce the square footage of new selling space and how many stores it plans to add next year. Unless the company [...]

Kmart is attempting to slim down by offering early retirement to about 500 employees at its Troy, Mich., headquarters. The packages are being offered to personnel 50 and over who [...]

Every retailer in the nation confronts the burden of a revolving door of hourly store-level employees, but only Wal-Mart faces the challenge of having to attract, retain and develop a [...]

NATIONWIDE DSNRT REPORT -- Pharmacy revenues account for just a fraction of total sales at warehouse dubs but they're one of the fastest-growing ancillary sectors. That's why warehouse dubs have [...]

Thousands of employees who work at Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville are reminded daily of the business philosophy and leadership principles of company founder Sam Walton. He dispensed countless pearls [...]

BENTONVILLE, ARK. -- A major reshuffling of top executives at Wal-Mart clarifies the company's succession strategy and shifts a broad slate of executives into areas of new responsibilities that will [...]

BENTONVILLE, ARK. -- When Wal-Mart announced the grand opening of a new supercenter in Phoenix two months ago, mixed in with the description of the store's features was the fact [...]

It may not seem like it now, but someday Wal-Mart will be able to look back and thank union-backed organizations such as Wal-Mart Watch and Wake-Up Wal-Mart whose existence and [...]

For the past year the steady buzz surrounding Wal-Mart involved changes taking place at the company--changes Wal-Mart president and ceo Lee Scott touched on last fall at a Center for [...]

Maryland legislators recently lined up to pass a law forcing Wal-Mart to spend more on its employees' health care--an act that violates the spirit of the Constitution's prohibition against laws [...]

There is a metaphor in business that likens publicly traded companies to a three-legged stool. Just as the legs of a stool must be the same length to provide a [...]

BENTONVILLE, ARK. -- As Wal-Mart faced mounting lawsuits and attacks on its image the past few years, president and ceo Lee Scott has frequently vowed that the actions of a [...]

TROY, MICH. -- Kmart is conducting a store-by-store review of its 1500 units and is cutting jobs to help, in part, improve efficiency. The total number of jobs to be [...]