Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Heiress Fails to Purchase $68 Million Painting
Wal-Mart Heiress Alice Walton was rebuffed when she attempted to purchase a $68 million painting from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
Wal-Mart Brings Back "Christmas" to Christmas Marketing
Wal-Mart and several other big chains have decided that taking Christmas out of the holidays in recent years has been bad for business.
Wal-Mart's environmental legacy and commitment
Wal-Mart's new green commitment includes powering facilities and fleet with renewable energy, cutting back on waste and selling green products, including organic produce, sustainably harvested fish and organic cotton clothing and bedding. But will Wal-Mart's focus on profit enable a greener Wal-Mart to become reality?
Wal-Mart Posts Its First Profit Drop in a Decade
The world’s largest retailer posted its first decline in profits in a decade Tuesday, but the company says that the decline was expected.
Wal-Mart Gives Shoplifters a Slap on the Hand, Not Handcuffs
The king of Big Box retailers has revised its policy on petty theft, choosing to allow those who steal less than $25 to escape with only a warning.
The Writing on the Wal-Mart: To Bank or Not To Bank
As the retail giant considers creating its own in-house bank, many small community bank say they will not be able to compete.
What Would Sam Say? Wal-Mart Continues Moving Away From Its Roots
The world’s most well known name in discount department stores is making even more changes to its business model, amid numerous negative stories in the media in recent months.
Wal-Mart Promises to Improve Health Care Coverage for Employees
After coming under fire for not providing appropriate health insurance for employees, states have filed bills to force the retailer to spend more on health care. Wal-Mart has responded by promising to improve benefits.
Wal-Mart Plans to Appeal $172 Million Judgment
After nearly four months of testimony and three days of deliberations, a jury found Wal-Mart guilty last week of violating state laws and illegally denying lunch breaks to employees. And now the retail giant has announced that it plans to appeal.
Wal-Mart Fires Manager for Calling the Law on a Black Businessman
A Florida Wal-Mart manager was fired for calling sheriff’s deputies to intervene when a black businessman tried to write a check to pay for thousands of dollars, even though it was a legitimate check and the customer was doing nothing wrong.
American Icon: Sam "Wal-Mart" Walton
The story of how a small town college graduate went on to become the world's second richest man using various innovative methods that were fuelled by burning ambition.
Wal-Mart Online Employment Application - How To
Begin by visiting Wal-Mart Career website. Then before applying to Wal-Mart you need to read the legal disclaimers and information reminders, so you are aware of the information that you need to supply.
Wal-Mart Agrees to Tighten Policy on Firearms Sales
Largest gun seller in the world agrees plan to prevent weapons falling into the hands of criminals
Wal-Mart Drops Bid to Sue Brain-damaged Former Shelf-stacker
World's biggest retailer, owner of Asda, faced a public outcry after it tried to recoup $400,000 in health care costs from 52-year-old mother of three
Redbox Moves into Wal-Mart Stores Nationwide
While everyone seems to be talking about digital downloads as the heir apparent to the video store, a new way of renting DVDs is quietly making a name for itself outside Walmarts nationwide.
Wal-Mart's Orgy of Corporate Self-satisfaction
It is seven o'clock on a stormy Friday morning in an obscure corner of Arkansas and several hundred people in red T-shirts are screaming maniacally, writes Andrew Clark in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Wal-Mart Gets British Boost
Takings at Britain's Asda supermarkets helped the world's biggest retailing group, Wal-Mart, beat US economic blues
Wal-Mart Invests in China
The world's biggest retailer announces a takeover of a Chinese discount chain for an estimated $1bn (£500m) in China's booming retail market. By Mark Tran.
If Tesco and Wal-mart Are Friends of the Earth, Are There Any Enemies Left?
The superstores compete to convince us they are greener than their rivals, but they are locked into unsustainable growth. By George Monbiot
US Retailers Gloomy After Weak Housing Market Dents Sales
· Talk of rate cut as growth slows to lowest since 2003 · Wal-Mart to lower price of toys before Christmas
Delhi
Notebook: Attempts by Tesco and Wal-Mart to enter India's hugely lucrative market have been blocked by the government, but the start of a retail revolution will hit this week, with the launch of a massive home-grown supermarket chain.
Wal-mart May Be Just Too American to Succeed Globally
Outside its homeland, the company formula mirrors that of US foreign policy: brash, bold and increasingly unpopular. By Richard Adams
Wal-Mart Backs Down and Allows Chinese Workers to Join Union
· Move sets a precedent for hundreds of foreign firms · Workers unlikely to benefit from membership
Wal-Mart Raises Pay for Some - But Caps It for Others
The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, is to raise starting salaries at nearly a third of its American stores in an effort to remain 'competitive'.
Wal-Mart to Ignore Thefts Under $25
'Always low prices' is the endlessly repeated corporate slogan of Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer. But now, if the price of an item is low enough - under $25 (£13.50) - you might get away without paying at all.
America's New Healthy Eaters Find an Unlikely Ally: Wal-Mart
Largest retailer boosts organic market as nation tackles bulging waistlines.
Wal-Mart Plans Huge Move Into Organic Food
Organic Rice Krispies, organic Frosted Mini Wheats and even organic Pepsi may define the future of American eating habits after Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, revealed plans for a huge expansion into pesticide-free foods.
Wal-Mart Begins Preaching a New Creed
The world's largest retailer is thinking small about something other than prices.
Wal-mart Leads Charge in Race to Grab a Slice of China
US giant launches big push in competition for burgeoning £140bn retail market.
Wal-Mart Bows to Pressure to Sell Morning-after Pill in Us
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has reversed its opposition to the morning-after pill and agreed to sell it in 3,700 pharmacies.
Wal-Mart Gets Bad Rap in Hit Film
· US retail giant shown as profit-hungry and abusive · Distributors in Europe snap up documentary
No Meal Breaks for Staff Costs Wal-mart $207m Penalty
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer and the second largest company in the world, was ordered yesterday to pay $207m (£119m) in damages to thousands of employees who claimed they were denied lunch breaks. The ruling, made by a jury in Oakland, grants damages to 116,000 current and former employees in California.
Wal-Mart Heir Dies in Light Aircraft Crash
John Walton, billionaire heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, decorated Vietnam veteran and philanthropist, died when his tiny homemade aircraft crashed in Wyoming.
Obituary: John Walton
Hugely wealthy Wal-Mart family member who used his billions to promote rightwing US causes.
Supersize Me, Says Wal-mart
Wal-Mart just keeps getting bigger. The retailer, already the largest in the world, announced aggressive expansion plans yesterday for the coming year, aiming to open or extend up to 530 stores around the world. The announcement is likely to stir the debate about the hidden costs of...
The War on Wal-mart
It supplies jobs and cut-price goods to some of America's poorest communities - but at a heavy cost, say opponents. So what happens when you stand in the path of the world's biggest company? David Teather meets the Chicago residents who are doing just that.
Wal-Mart Boss Pips Murdoch in Powerbroker List
The readers of glossy society magazine Vanity Fair are likely to raise an eyebrow or two this month after the magazine put the boss of Wal-Mart at the top of its annual New Establishment power list. Lee Scott, who has helped build Wal-Mart into the world's biggest retailer with a...
The Woman Who is Taking on Wal-mart
Betty Dukes, a California supermarket worker, is leading the biggest civil rights lawsuit in US history.
Wal-Mart Faces $1bn Sex Discrimination Case
Wal-Mart is facing the biggest ever civil rights lawsuit brought against a private firm after a judge in the US allowed a sex discrimination case against the retailer to proceed as a class action. Up to 1.6 million women who have worked for Wal-Mart since 1998 will be able to join the...
Migrant Workers Sue Wal-mart
Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges.
Levis finds jeans genie in Wal-Mart
Levi Strauss, the iconic jeans-maker, reported a sharp increase in quarterly profits yesterday and said that a plan to reverse years of declining sales had begun to take hold.
Wal-Mart may face army of 1.5m in class suit
The largest private employer in the US has been accused of discriminating against women in what may become the biggest class action case in legal history. Up to one-and-a-half million women could join the action against the Wal-Mart chain in a suit being heard in San Francisco this week.
When Wal-Mart comes to town
What happens when the world's biggest corporation opens a hangar-sized outlet in Smallsville USA? It's a summer noon in Alabama and those residents of Pell City who brave the outdoors cling to the shade like a life-raft. Because of the heat and humidity they hug the contours of the downtown dollar stores, walking as slowly as a southern drawl.
Wal-Mart Wakes Up to Gay Rights
Corporate America bowed to the growing power of the gay rights movement yesterday when the country's largest private employer banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The expansion of Wal-Mart's equal opportunities policy to cover sexual orientation was the second victory...
Wal-Mart drops racy lads' mags
America's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, has dropped three bestselling lad magazines, Maxim, FHM and Stuff, because the words are too racy and the pictures too bawdy.
Wal-Mart keeps on top of Fortune 500
Wal-Mart, the discount retailer that owns the Asda supermarket chain in Britain, has been crowned as the biggest company in the US for the second successive year.
Wal-Mart goes shopping for Safeway shares
The five-way battle for the Safeway supermarkets will intensify this week after it emerged that Wal-Mart, the US owner of the rival Asda chain, has been trying to build a share stake in Safeway ahead of a crucial Department of Trade and Industry ruling.
Asda's £360m plan will create 3,900 jobs
Asda yesterday provided ample reason for parent company Wal-Mart's avid interest in Britain when the supermarket chain posted strong gains during 2002, including a jump in non-food sales of around 25 per cent.
Wal-Mart joins the chase
The world's biggest retailer waded into the battle for Safeway yesterday with the promise of an all-cash bid if it can obtain clearance from the competition authorities.
Wal-Mart enters Safeway battle
Wal-Mart, Asda's US-based owner and the world's largest retailer, has declared its readiness to make an all-cash offer for Safeway pending the outcome of discussions with the competition authorities.
US stores have blue Christmas
Asda may be powering ahead but its parent Wal-Mart and fellow US retailers have had a tough Christmas season.
Safeway added to Wal-Mart shopping list
US firm that took over Asda rumoured to be ready to lodge £2.8bn bid. The world's biggest stores group is thought to be plotting an audacious bid to challenge Tesco's position as Britain's No 1 grocer.
Begin by visiting Wal-Mart Career website. Then before applying to Wal-Mart you need to read the legal disclaimers and information reminders, so you are aware of the information that you need to supply.
Wal-Mart Agrees to Tighten Policy on Firearms Sales
Largest gun seller in the world agrees plan to prevent weapons falling into the hands of criminals
Wal-Mart Drops Bid to Sue Brain-damaged Former Shelf-stacker
World's biggest retailer, owner of Asda, faced a public outcry after it tried to recoup $400,000 in health care costs from 52-year-old mother of three
Redbox Moves into Wal-Mart Stores Nationwide
While everyone seems to be talking about digital downloads as the heir apparent to the video store, a new way of renting DVDs is quietly making a name for itself outside Walmarts nationwide.
Wal-Mart's Orgy of Corporate Self-satisfaction
It is seven o'clock on a stormy Friday morning in an obscure corner of Arkansas and several hundred people in red T-shirts are screaming maniacally, writes Andrew Clark in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Wal-Mart Gets British Boost
Takings at Britain's Asda supermarkets helped the world's biggest retailing group, Wal-Mart, beat US economic blues
Wal-Mart Invests in China
The world's biggest retailer announces a takeover of a Chinese discount chain for an estimated $1bn (£500m) in China's booming retail market. By Mark Tran.
If Tesco and Wal-mart Are Friends of the Earth, Are There Any Enemies Left?
The superstores compete to convince us they are greener than their rivals, but they are locked into unsustainable growth. By George Monbiot
US Retailers Gloomy After Weak Housing Market Dents Sales
· Talk of rate cut as growth slows to lowest since 2003 · Wal-Mart to lower price of toys before Christmas
Delhi
Notebook: Attempts by Tesco and Wal-Mart to enter India's hugely lucrative market have been blocked by the government, but the start of a retail revolution will hit this week, with the launch of a massive home-grown supermarket chain.
Wal-mart May Be Just Too American to Succeed Globally
Outside its homeland, the company formula mirrors that of US foreign policy: brash, bold and increasingly unpopular. By Richard Adams
Wal-Mart Backs Down and Allows Chinese Workers to Join Union
· Move sets a precedent for hundreds of foreign firms · Workers unlikely to benefit from membership
Wal-Mart Raises Pay for Some - But Caps It for Others
The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, is to raise starting salaries at nearly a third of its American stores in an effort to remain 'competitive'.
Wal-Mart to Ignore Thefts Under $25
'Always low prices' is the endlessly repeated corporate slogan of Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer. But now, if the price of an item is low enough - under $25 (£13.50) - you might get away without paying at all.
America's New Healthy Eaters Find an Unlikely Ally: Wal-Mart
Largest retailer boosts organic market as nation tackles bulging waistlines.
Wal-Mart Plans Huge Move Into Organic Food
Organic Rice Krispies, organic Frosted Mini Wheats and even organic Pepsi may define the future of American eating habits after Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, revealed plans for a huge expansion into pesticide-free foods.
Wal-Mart Begins Preaching a New Creed
The world's largest retailer is thinking small about something other than prices.
Wal-mart Leads Charge in Race to Grab a Slice of China
US giant launches big push in competition for burgeoning £140bn retail market.
Wal-Mart Bows to Pressure to Sell Morning-after Pill in Us
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has reversed its opposition to the morning-after pill and agreed to sell it in 3,700 pharmacies.
Wal-Mart Gets Bad Rap in Hit Film
· US retail giant shown as profit-hungry and abusive · Distributors in Europe snap up documentary
No Meal Breaks for Staff Costs Wal-mart $207m Penalty
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer and the second largest company in the world, was ordered yesterday to pay $207m (£119m) in damages to thousands of employees who claimed they were denied lunch breaks. The ruling, made by a jury in Oakland, grants damages to 116,000 current and former employees in California.
Wal-Mart Heir Dies in Light Aircraft Crash
John Walton, billionaire heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, decorated Vietnam veteran and philanthropist, died when his tiny homemade aircraft crashed in Wyoming.
Obituary: John Walton
Hugely wealthy Wal-Mart family member who used his billions to promote rightwing US causes.
Supersize Me, Says Wal-mart
Wal-Mart just keeps getting bigger. The retailer, already the largest in the world, announced aggressive expansion plans yesterday for the coming year, aiming to open or extend up to 530 stores around the world. The announcement is likely to stir the debate about the hidden costs of...
The War on Wal-mart
It supplies jobs and cut-price goods to some of America's poorest communities - but at a heavy cost, say opponents. So what happens when you stand in the path of the world's biggest company? David Teather meets the Chicago residents who are doing just that.
Wal-Mart Boss Pips Murdoch in Powerbroker List
The readers of glossy society magazine Vanity Fair are likely to raise an eyebrow or two this month after the magazine put the boss of Wal-Mart at the top of its annual New Establishment power list. Lee Scott, who has helped build Wal-Mart into the world's biggest retailer with a...
The Woman Who is Taking on Wal-mart
Betty Dukes, a California supermarket worker, is leading the biggest civil rights lawsuit in US history.
Wal-Mart Faces $1bn Sex Discrimination Case
Wal-Mart is facing the biggest ever civil rights lawsuit brought against a private firm after a judge in the US allowed a sex discrimination case against the retailer to proceed as a class action. Up to 1.6 million women who have worked for Wal-Mart since 1998 will be able to join the...
Migrant Workers Sue Wal-mart
Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges.
Levis finds jeans genie in Wal-Mart
Levi Strauss, the iconic jeans-maker, reported a sharp increase in quarterly profits yesterday and said that a plan to reverse years of declining sales had begun to take hold.
Wal-Mart may face army of 1.5m in class suit
The largest private employer in the US has been accused of discriminating against women in what may become the biggest class action case in legal history. Up to one-and-a-half million women could join the action against the Wal-Mart chain in a suit being heard in San Francisco this week.
When Wal-Mart comes to town
What happens when the world's biggest corporation opens a hangar-sized outlet in Smallsville USA? It's a summer noon in Alabama and those residents of Pell City who brave the outdoors cling to the shade like a life-raft. Because of the heat and humidity they hug the contours of the downtown dollar stores, walking as slowly as a southern drawl.
Wal-Mart Wakes Up to Gay Rights
Corporate America bowed to the growing power of the gay rights movement yesterday when the country's largest private employer banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The expansion of Wal-Mart's equal opportunities policy to cover sexual orientation was the second victory...
Wal-Mart drops racy lads' mags
America's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, has dropped three bestselling lad magazines, Maxim, FHM and Stuff, because the words are too racy and the pictures too bawdy.
Wal-Mart keeps on top of Fortune 500
Wal-Mart, the discount retailer that owns the Asda supermarket chain in Britain, has been crowned as the biggest company in the US for the second successive year.
Wal-Mart goes shopping for Safeway shares
The five-way battle for the Safeway supermarkets will intensify this week after it emerged that Wal-Mart, the US owner of the rival Asda chain, has been trying to build a share stake in Safeway ahead of a crucial Department of Trade and Industry ruling.
Asda's £360m plan will create 3,900 jobs
Asda yesterday provided ample reason for parent company Wal-Mart's avid interest in Britain when the supermarket chain posted strong gains during 2002, including a jump in non-food sales of around 25 per cent.
Wal-Mart joins the chase
The world's biggest retailer waded into the battle for Safeway yesterday with the promise of an all-cash bid if it can obtain clearance from the competition authorities.
Wal-Mart enters Safeway battle
Wal-Mart, Asda's US-based owner and the world's largest retailer, has declared its readiness to make an all-cash offer for Safeway pending the outcome of discussions with the competition authorities.
US stores have blue Christmas
Asda may be powering ahead but its parent Wal-Mart and fellow US retailers have had a tough Christmas season.
Safeway added to Wal-Mart shopping list
US firm that took over Asda rumoured to be ready to lodge £2.8bn bid. The world's biggest stores group is thought to be plotting an audacious bid to challenge Tesco's position as Britain's No 1 grocer.