S&P Picks and Pans: Wachovia, Abercrombie & Fitch, BJ's Wholesale, Wal-Mart, Diamond Offshore
Business Week (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Analyst' opinions on stocks in the news Friday
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China Makes Wal-Mart Toe the Labor Line
Business Week (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Beijing got the biggest big-box to go union. It's a sign the government is paying attention to employees' issues, but it doesn't mean the workers are on easy street
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Wal-Mart in pay deals with Chinese unions
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Wal-Mart, the US retail giant known for fending off organised labour in its home market, has completed collective bargaining agreements with unions in two Chinese cities
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Wal-Mart signs pay deals with unions in China
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Wal-Mart, the US retail group known for fending off organised labour in its home market, has completed collective bargaining agreements with unions in two Chinese...
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The spectre of Chinese unions is haunting Wal-Mart
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
If you had to, would you rather work for Wal-Mart in Communist China or in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave? Until this month, most people would have...
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Wal-Mart finds strong appetite for Samurais
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Wal-Mart has sold Y100bn ($929m) of Samurai bonds, in the largest issue by a nonfinancial company this year, adding to the increasing number of foreign companies...
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Wal-Mart seeking east-side support
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
About 36,000 households in east-side Salt Lake City neighborhoods have received mailers from Wal-Mart that seek support for turning a Kmart on Parleys Way into a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
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A Great Meeting and Cameron Diaz's Ask
Check Out (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
Last week was a fun one for us in the sustainability area. A few times a year, we hold a meeting focused on sustainability with all of Walmart’s leadership, a huge group of other Walmart folks, and usually, a big group of suppliers to Walmart, NGO’s, and other people interested in sustainability. They are always fun, but this one was particularly good. The meeting started with each of the very top...
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Motorcyclist dies in Avon crash
Indy Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
A motorcyclist died today in an accident near the Wal-Mart store in Avon. Police Chief Jack Miller said the identity of the cyclist was being withheld, pending notification of relatives.
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Electronics Retailers Discover that Service Sells
CRM Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three of the TVs are dark in Wal-Mart's electronics department, where the only two clerks in sight stock a shelf and disappear. At a nearby Target, the digital camera desk is unmanned, and there's no staff roaming electronics. In Circuit City, a clerk concedes it's his first day on the job and first week in the country. But over at Best Buy, three clerks staff the "Geek Squad" counter, and another...
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Wal-Mart, Disney offering Hannah Montana calls
The Los Angeles Business (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is firmly planted on the Hannah Montana bandwagon. (WMT) (DIS)
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And, Support from the Retailer Perspective
Parks Associates (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Okay, we have an official trifecta: a home networking support story ( Cisco buys Pure Networks ), a service provider support story ( Comcast struggles with support ), and now the retail angle (Best Buy vs. Circuit City) in today's USA TODAY . Costco, Sam's Club, and Wal-Mart, etc. are becoming a more important channel for electronics sales, Our own research from The Changing Consumer Electronics Purchase...
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Wal-Mart, Disney offering Hannah Montana calls
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is firmly planted on the Hannah Montana bandwagon. (WMT) (DIS)
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TV News Retail Sting, Pt 2: GameStop Perfect; Wal-Mart & Circuit City Drop the Ball
GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Yesterday GamePolitics reported on the first part of a video game retail sting conducted by reporter Joce Sterman of Baltimore's ABC-2. Readers may recall that Best Buy registered a perfect score by turning down an underage secret shopper during all three attempts to purchase M-rated game. Target? Not so good... In part 2, GameStop came up a winner, also registering a perfect score. That's not too...
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Wal-Mart Offers Back-to-School Phone Calls From Disney's Hannah Montana(TM)
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Free Wake-Up Calls and Activity Reminders Available Beginning Today BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As back to school season approaches, moms and dads across the country are planning to deal with sleepy students struggling with the tough transition from a carefree summer schedule to a back-to-school wake up routine. With the help of Wal-Mart and Disney, parents will have access...
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How to Succeed in a Weak Economy? Expand Overseas
courtneymilsson | 04/28/2008
International shoppers took advantage of the weak dollar to travel to the United States to shop for Christmas presents late last year. At the same time, U.S. retailers were trying to determine how best to bring the merchandise to them. While international expansion is nothing new for some businesses, there are so many retailers opening overseas that it's becoming hard to keep track.
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Editorial: Organic Cotton: Small But Growing
bhakti | 03/06/2008
Editorial: Organic Cotton: Small But Growing H&M is just one of an increasing number of major retailers to declare a commitment to the use of organic cotton (see page 17). Others include Marks & Spencer and Wal-Mart. In order to be classified as “organic”, a crop must be cultivated in soil whose fertility is maintained and replenished without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilisers.
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Bharat Book :Indian Textiles & Clothing (2006)
vedha | 01/16/2008
Contribution of the textile sector to Indian economy is reflected in terms of industrial production, employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. It contributes about 4% to the GDP, 14% to industrial production, and 16% to India’s country's export earnings. Thus the textile industry plays an important role and is one of the key growth engines of the economy. This Industry Insight answers the...
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