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Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited (CVCFL) has acquired 6.11 percent stake in Scotts Garments Limited (SGL) of Bangalore for Rs20 crore. CVCFL, a subsidiary of public sector Canara Bank, made [...]

Byline: Katy Askew Wal-Mart's EDLP strategy has successfully driven sales growth in the second quarter, as shoppers across the globe increasingly seek out low prices. Significantly, the company was able [...]

Byline: PM News Bureau Bharti Walmart, a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises promoted by Sunil Bharti Mittal and largest global retail chain Walmart, plans to raise Rs 500 crore from [...]

PepsiCo, Inc. announced a new global structure and strengthened management team -- steps in PepsiCo's move to become a fully integrated, global food and beverage company. According to a release, [...]

PepsiCo, Inc. announced a new global structure and strengthened management team -- steps in PepsiCo's move to become a fully integrated, global food and beverage company. According to a release, [...]

Byline: Michelle Russell Tesco is forecast to grow faster than its three main global rivals, driven by a focus on emerging markets, according to research from IGD. Analysts at IGD [...]

Byline: Elaine Misonzhnik, Retail Traffic Associate Editor The time may have come for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the ultimate big-box retailer, to shift its focus from superstores to smaller convenience stores [...]

Byline: Michelle Russell UK independent dairy firm Wyke Farms has said that it is hoping to secure a more permanent listing with Wal-Mart Stores in the US this year. Speaking [...]

Byline: Mark Hamstra SMALL-FORMAT STORES might be as important to Wal-Mart's future expansion as its EDLP platform has been to its historic growth. 'It represents a long-term opportunity for them, [...]

Byline: David Bodamer, Retail Traffic Editor-in-Chief In the latest update from RBC Capital Markets on retailer planned store openings, tenants continue to increase their projections for growth as measured by [...]

Byline: Katy Humphries Seiyu, the Japanese arm of US retailer Wal-Mart Stores, is preparing to ramp up expansion in the market. The Japanese retailer recently completed restructuring its unprofitable outlets [...]

Byline: Elaine Misonzhnik, Retail Traffic Associate Editor A $7.6 billion buyout offer for Family Dollar Stores Inc. is just the latest sign that this once-maligned corner of the retail world [...]

Byline: Elaine Misonzhnik A $7.6 billion buyout offer for Family Dollar Stores Inc. is just the latest sign that this once-maligned corner of the retail world continues to gain respectability. [...]

Byline: A BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT India's logistics technologies market is growing steadily, with the upswing in demand from the thriving logistics, retail, and manufacturing sectors, as well as government promotion. As [...]

Byline: Petah Marian Russia's leading grocery retailer X5 Retail Group's acquisition of soft discounter Kopeyka will give it a stronger base to drive aggressive growth plans in a heavily fragmented, [...]

Wrapsol has moved its Boston area manufacturing and operational headquarters to an expanded facility in Canton, Mass., and the Company also announced the opening of a sales office and design [...]

Byline: Evan Clark Wal-Mart, Saks In Focus on Wall St. It was a bipolar day on wall street Wednesday, with investors reading the tea leaves at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s [...]

Byline: FRAN HAWTHORNE As a steady stream of people strode in and out of the CVS drugstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn, one recent morning, a handful glanced at the 5-foot-tall [...]

The textile and apparel industry is today at a crossroad and is seeking direction from experts and research agencies on how best to grow and improve their operational efficiencies. Many [...]

Walmart in China is eyeing fast growth for its 'direct farm program,' which will bring benefits to 700,000 Chinese farmers by year-end, says vice president of Walmart (China) Barry Friedman. [...]

Byline: David Bodamer One of the overriding themes at ICSC RECon 2010 was that retailers were becoming increasingly active in looking for strategic opportunities to expand. Those observations mesh with [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Jones Soda has signed a deal with Walmart, which will see the beverage firm's products appear in the US retailer’s stores. The deal, announced yesterday (27 [...]

The economic and competitive environment is brutal, but, as the old saw goes, there may be some opportunities to make those lemons into lemonade. While Wal-Mart's 'Win-Play-Show' strategy could result [...]

NEW YORK - Family Dollar Stores is working to broaden its appeal to middle-income customers to keep sales growing once the economy recovers, R. James Kelly, president and chief operating [...]

Black Friday Challenge: Stores Test Strategies To Lure Wary Shoppers Game on and retailers don't want to take chances with the fragile consumer psyche. After more than a year of [...]

Byline: Eugene Vorotnikov US retail giant Wal-Mart has said it remains committed to entering the Russian market, despite reports that Stephan Fanderl, CEO of Wal-Mart Russia, has quit over frustration [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart Stores Inc. announced its global plans for store and club growth in 2010 at its annual conference for the investment community Thursday. 'Our plan for growth [...]

Staff The following is an excerpt from executive editor Bob Trebilcock's blog. Read the full version here: www.mmh.com/footprint How green is your supply chain? It's not an idle question if [...]

MATTHEWS, N.C. - Family Dollar is acting quickly to capitalize on the demand for value and convenience. The chain expects about 40% of its 6,660 stores will have shelf space [...]

Wal-Mart may have stoked a reputation for sameness but over the years it has amassed quite a diverse collection of store formats, and it's a portfolio undergoing massive change. Most [...]

ISSAQUAH, Wash. - Costco Wholesale Corp. here is taking its international expansion slowly. The membership-club operator ranks 8th on SN's list of global food retailers (see Page 14). Of its [...]

Over the last several years Wal-Mart has worked on 'Project Impact,' an initiative intended to enhance two new marketing pillars, 'fresh' and 'seasonal.' The company intends to use these offerings [...]

Byline: just-food.com The expansion of modern retail in India is likely to slow in the coming year, as retailers prioritise profitability over opening new stores, new research has suggested. While [...]

By Cecile B. Corral Goodlettsville, Tenn.- After ramping up its consumable business over the past year, Dollar General is now turning its attention to the non-consumable business - including home [...]

Staff Mexico City- Wal-Mart de Mexico, which now operates 1,208 retail locations in five retail (and one restaurant) formats, plans to open 252 new stores in 2009, an investment of [...]

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores expects to boost its U.S. growth in 15 'opportunity markets,' Eduardo Castro-Wright, president and chief executive officer of the company's Wal-Mart U.S. division, said here [...]

NATICK, Mass. - It appears BJ's Wholesale Club won't have to search very far for its next chief executive after all. Herb Zarkin, the veteran chairman of the retailer who [...]

Meanwhile, WAL-MART STORES INC. plans to open 191 stores in fiscal 2009 and between 142 to 157 stores in fiscal 2010, down from the 218 stores opened in fiscal 2008. [...]