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New York Newsday (Free subscription) | yesterday
Six national retailers voluntarily agreed Friday to stop selling bassinets that a federal safety agency has warned parents against using after two babies were trapped and strangled in the product.
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The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a promotion aimed at the beginning of college football and National Football League seasons. (WMT)
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today’s interview is with Director of Zacks Equity Research Dirk van Dijk, who
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Check Out (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
This has been a very interesting week for us in Bentonville. We had the opportunity to bring in folks from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony as well as Electronic Arts, Activision and American Game Factory for a “green gaming summit.” It was truly eye opening. We also had a representative from the Natural Resources Defense Council to assist us in this process. We talked about a lot at this meeting about...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Middle-class US consumers are increasingly leaving their credit cards at home when they go shopping, extending a trend first shown by Wal-Mart's low-income shoppers...
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Wake-Up Wal-Mart Blog (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Wal-Mart hasen't done anything about a dangerous crib responsible for two deaths so far
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Thinking made Easy (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND WAL-MART SUCCESS Introduction The paper analyzes the corporate culture of Wal-Mart in the context of its establishment by its owners as well as its future changes due to operational needs (e.g. outsourcing marketing to external people). The structure can be somewhat futuristic that will serve as a...
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Business Pundit (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
The Financial Times covers Wal-Mart’s latest venture, a small format community store called Marketside: Marketside is the first new format to be launched by Wal-Mart since it started its supermarket-sized Wal-Mart Neigborhood Market stores in 1998. It is also the first format not to use the Wal-Mart name since it created the Sam’s Club warehouse [...]
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
When Diamond Emory and her daughter Makaiah arrived at Wal-Mart to buy her fifth-grade school supplies, they encountered much to entice a young shopper.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
When Diamond Emory and her daughter Makaiah arrived at Wal-Mart to buy her fifth-grade school supplies, they encountered much to entice a young shopper.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
When Diamond Emory and her daughter Makaiah arrived at Wal-Mart to buy her fifth-grade school supplies, they encountered much to entice a young shopper. The aisles of the store near their home in Groveport, Ohio, displayed glittery pencils, fancy folders, and...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
When Diamond Emory and her daughter Makaiah arrived at Wal-Mart to buy her fifth-grade school supplies, they encountered much to entice a young shopper.
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OrganizingLA Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
When it comes to an interest in branding her name through retail outlets, the heiress of homemaking seems to never be satisfied. First, Martha Stewart conqured KMart, Martha by Mail, Macy's, Michaels Crafts and now she's created her first "collection"...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
Say whatever you want about Blackwater Worldwide - and hardly a day goes by when something isn't being said about it - it does not put all its eggs in one basket.
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
New York-based startup Muxtape was much-loved by music fans who blog a lot. But not by the music industry. That caught up to the site this week, when founder Justin Oullette took it offline "while we sort out a problem with the RIAA." Oulette insists the site will be back up, but we're not so sure . Contrast Muxtape with rival 8tracks , which appears to be 100% in the clear legally -- but has a crippled...
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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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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.