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REALIGNMENT IN EAST: Walmart has chosen Atlanta as the headquarters of its realigned eastern business unit. The unit comprises nearly 1,600 stores in 20 states from Florida to Maine. 'With [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Community involvement has always been a way of life at Wal-Mart, a commitment that extends from the top of the organization to the store associate level. When [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- While Wal-Mart's recent fashion initiatives have perhaps garnered more headlines, the retailer's electronics department is no less vital to its effort to lure more well-heeled shoppers. Wal-Mart's [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- As Wal-Mart has begun to penetrate more developed and more highly populated markets it has found it necessary to modify and adapt its store prototypes to suit [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- The revamping of Wal-Mart's operations organization has generally won plaudits from Wall Street analysts, who consider it of major importance. 'In our view this is one of [...]

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. -- Dollar General hit a store-expansion milestone last year with the opening of its 7,000th outlet. The store opened in July 2004 in Clovis, N.M. 'This large group [...]

NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s plans for a flagship store in New York City have been derailed by the developer's decision to drop the retailer from the project. According [...]

WAL-MART MEXICO UNIT: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has opened a new store outside of Mexico City. Opposition to the store is still continuing because it is situated near ancient pyramids. However, [...]

MONTREAL -- A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. outlet in northern Quebec moved closer to becoming the company's only unionized store in North America after a provincial labor board granted employees a [...]

FAMILY DOLLAR DEBUTS: The nation's second-largest dollar store operator, Family Dollar Inc., opened 44 outlets in July, bringing its total store base to 5,358. Executives reconfirmed that they plan to [...]

Many of the featues of Wal-Mart's German stores would not look out of place in the company's American outlets. Wal-Mart's exclusive mary-kate and ashly apparel line is features prominently, for [...]

NEW YORK -- Where will Wal-Mart go next? Speculation about just that question soared last month after president and chief executive officer Lee Scott expressed interest in further European expansion [...]

LONDON -- Asda Group PLC, the British supermarket chain owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is about to launch a new format in England, a stand-alone general merchandise store. The first [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark -- Many adjectives can be applied to Wal-Mart, but 'complacent' is not one of them. For starters, the world's largest company has an aggressive expansion program planned for [...]