Wal-Mart Stores

Wal-Mart Stores was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, and is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is the world’s largest retailer, and is controlled by the Walton family.

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European, US retailers split on Bangladesh reform plan

14 May 2013

Major US retailers, including Gap, declined to endorse an accord on Bangladesh building and fire safety backed by Europe’s two biggest fashion chains, a trans-Atlantic divide that may dilute...

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Born sinners

28 Oct 2011

Wal-Mart's 13 stores in Chongqing have reopened after being shut for two weeks for selling regular pork labelled, and priced, as organic.

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Talking points

24 Oct 2011

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Tony Chan makes final bid to appeal probate verdict

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Wal-Mart starts probe on suicide at Shenzhen plant

12 Jul 2011

Retail chain giant Wal-Mart Stores has launched an investigation into the recent suicide of a female worker at the mainland plant of its Hong Kong die-cast toy car supplier, Winson Plastic...

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Asian push

7 Sep 2008

The world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores is setting up a regional office base in Hong Kong. Would you like to see the US-based firm go one step further and actually open some supermarkets in...

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Wal-Mart expands market share with 35pc Trust-Mart acquisition

28 Feb 2007

Wal-Mart Stores has bought 35 per cent of mainland hypermarket chain Trust-Mart, a move that will help the world's biggest retailer vie for a dominant share of one of the world's fastest growing,...

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