Wal-Mart
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Personal checks becoming currency of holidays past...will be able to stay in their pajamas. Some Black Friday in-store specials are going to be available this year online at Walmart.com. Walmart.com is charging 97 cents for home delivery of any consumer electronics item, whether it's a... In this article: Wal-Mart, Amazon.com, The Dallas Morning News, National Retail Federation, Gap Inc., and Blockbuster Inc. |
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Wal-Mart cuts money transfer fees for holidays
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N>, which has already cut prices on everything from toys to turkeys to TVs to win holiday shoppers, is now reducing the price it charges for money transfers. Through January 31, U.S....
In this article: United States and Western Union
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Wal-Mart chief of Latin America leaves company
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The leader of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Latin American division, Vicente Trius, is leaving the company after having served less than five months in the position. The world's largest retailer said Wednesday that Trius...
In this article: Latin America, Asia, Arkansas, and Brazil
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Walmart.com touts pricing clout for holidays
...browse the groceries that it sells in its stores but they can not yet purchase them for home delivery. He said Walmart.com wants to ensure it does not spread itself too thin or hurt its customer experience by overextending itself. He also...
In this article: Thanksgiving, Amazon.com, DVD, and Target Corp
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Wal-Mart confirms some Black Friday deals
...customers purchasing certain gaming packages such as "Band Hero" and "DJ Hero" will receive a $40 Walmart gift card while supplies last. Wal-Mart and other retailers including Sears and Toys R Us have started to hawk deep sales usually...
In this article: Black Friday, Staples Inc., Walmart, Sears, Supply chain, Thanksgiving, Toys R Us, Sanyo, and Disney
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Wal-Mart offers savings on toys, video games
Customers purchasing certain gaming packages such as "Band Hero" and "DJ Hero" will receive a $40 Walmart gift card while supplies last. Walmart is also offering a 26-inch Vizio LCD HDTV TV for $248, down from $347. Starting last month,...
In this article: Walmart, Sears, Customers, Thanksgiving, Disney, and NEW YORK
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Wal-Mart still eyes Russia after local head quit
U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N> said it was continuing to explore investment opportunities in Russia after the head of its Moscow office resigned. "Stephen Fanderl left the company more than a month ago. Wal- Mart still considers...
In this article: Russia, Carrefour, Moscow, and Kommersant
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Wal-Mart offers vendors a way to faster payment
...said the new option lets vendors present their bill to a bank, which pays the vendor, then gets paid by Wal-Mart. Simley said it is the first time Wal-Mart has offered the payment option, and so far it is available only to clothing...
In this article: CIT Group Inc., Supply chain, Small business, Dunkin, Bentonville, and Arkansas
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Wal-Mart to keep stores open to ease Black Friday
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores said Wednesday it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was trampled to death in a Black Friday rush last year. The...
In this article: Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S., Long Island, and New York
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (branded as Walmart) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer and the largest grocery retailer in the United States. It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses in North America.
Walmart operates in Mexico as Walmex, in the United Kingdom as Asda, in Japan as Seiyu, and in India as Best Price. It has wholly-owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Wal-Mart's investments outside North America have had mixed results: its operations in the United Kingdom, South America and China are highly successful, while it was forced to pull out of Germany and South Korea when ventures there were unsuccessful.
Walmart has been criticized by some community groups, women's rights groups, grassroots organizations, and labor unions, specifically for its extensive foreign product sourcing, low rates of employee health insurance enrollment, resistance to union representation, sexism, and management efforts to pressure employees to vote for specific parties during national elections. Conversely, others point out that Wal-Mart's rapid growth and logistical efficiency has enabled it to bring lower prices to consumers and more low paying jobs to the communities in which it operates.
- Name:
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Type:
- Public (NYSE: WMT)
- Location:
- Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S.
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founder:
- Sam Walton
- Founded:
- Rogers, Arkansas, U.S. (1962)
- Stock Symbol:
- WMT
- Industry:
- Retailing
- Key People:
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- H. Lee Scott
- Mike Duke
- S. Robson Walton (Chairman)
- Products:
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- Supercenters
- Discount Stores
- Neighborhood Markets
- Revenue:
- US$ 404.16 Billion (2009)
- Operating Income:
- US$ 30.07 Billion (2009)
- Net Income:
- US$ 13.59 Billion (2009)
- Assets:
- US$ 163.514 Billion (2007)
- Equity:
- US$ 64.608 Billion (2007)
- No. of Employees:
- approx. 2,100,000 (2008)
- Motto:
- We sell for less! (Canada)
- Market Cap:
- US$ 202 Billion (2008)
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