Cost-conscious shoppers steer to discount stores
Ken Perkins of Retail Metrics said: “The numbers were slightly encouraging and beat very modest expectations. But I don’t think we are out of the woods yet - there’s just too many…
-- Financial Times
Wal-Mart Retreating From Chicago Expansion: Report
Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., is quietly backing away from its plans to expand inside Chicago city limits, the Chicago Tribune newspaper reported yesterday. The report, based on local real estate…
-- Supermarket News
Not So Fast: Retail Shares Fall Despite Rise in Comp-Store Sales
Up against the easiest comparisons of the year so far and benefiting from both the early Easter shift and warmer weather, same-store sales posted the biggest monthly gains since November 2007. …
-- Women's Wear Daily
Always the low paycheck!
"Wal-Mart’s labor practices have contributed to the nation’s weakened economy,” said Wal-Mart Watch Executive Director David Nassar. “The company refuses to pay its 1.4 million U.S.…
-- Denver Post Blog
Retail chains starting to put out smokes
Others are on the same track. Bills are pending in New Hampshire, Illinois and Tennessee to bar pharmacies with walk-in clinics from selling tobacco, and a bill in New York would apply to all pharmacies,…
-- USA Today
Wal-Mart Takes Flak for Its 401(k) Fees
You might expect the nation’s largest companies to offer 401(k) plans with low fees, especially since these firms most likely qualify for low-cost institutional share classes of mutual funds (the…
-- US News & World Report Blog
Wal-Mart expansion skips over Calgary
Although Calgary is excluded from Wal-Mart Canada’s current round of supersizing some of the firm’s stores, it doesn’t mean the city will never have what Airdrie and Edmonton already…
-- Calgary Sun (Canada)
Organics May Soon Be Out of Reach for Many Consumers
The rising demand for organic food has even pushed Wal-Mart into the organics game; recently, the retail giant struck fear into the hearts of small organics suppliers by announcing a plan to fill its…
-- AlterNet
Small business helps boost Sam’s Club sales
Cheap fuel, low food prices and a focus on its small business customers are helping Sam’s Club boost the amount shoppers spend in its warehouse clubs despite the tough retail climate, according…
-- USA Today
Wal-Mart may as well be on the ballot
It’s voting time! By now registered voters should have received the thick, gray pamphlet outlining issues ranging from the hot topic of presidential candidates to Measure 52. What you should know…
-- The Vanguard
‘Green’ practices pushed at meeting
In a late afternoon panel discussion titled “Going Green Saves Green,” Beal shared a podium with Chris Sultemeier, vice president of transportation for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as part of the…
-- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wal-Mart downsizes proposed Hooksett store
Wal-Mart has scaled back its proposal for a 224,000-square-foot Supercenter on Route 3A by more than 60,000 square feet, a company spokesman said this week.
-- http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Wal-Mart+downsizes+proposed+Hooksett+store&articleId=46752aec-0628-4d08-bec6-7e3426ac87c7
Wal-Mart inches ahead
The vacant houses that litter the site of a future Wal-Mart in Cornelius will be demolished soon, but eager shoppers shouldn’t pull out their Visa cards just yet.
-- Forest Grove News Times (Ore.)
Red Bluff Wal-Mart Supercenter hits another snag
The Red Bluff City Council Tuesday complied with the orders of a Tehama County Judge to rescind previous ordinances that allowed for the construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
-- Red Bluff Daily News (Ca.)
Labor groups, others oppose Wal-Mart expansion in Granite City
The letters represent the anti-Wal-Mart sentiment of the United Congregations of Metro East, Granite City First, area organized labor groups and local businesses.
-- Belleville News-Democrat (Ill.)
