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Walmart Names First Female CEO
Brewer Selected For Sam’s Club Top Post
BENTONVILLE — Walmart on Friday named Rosalind Brewer the company’s first female and first African American CEO Continue reading...
Sam’s Club CEO leaving the company
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says Sam’s Club President and CEO Brian Cornell is leaving the company so he can return to the Northeast for family reasons. Continue reading...
Walmex logs 4% December sales gain
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB said Monday that same-store retail sales in Mexico rose 4 percent in December from a year earlier. Continue reading...
Juices unsafe, lawsuits allege
Arsenic levels in Wal-Mart,Walgreens items in question
TEXARKANA — A Texarkana law firm filed federal and state lawsuits in the past two months alleging fruit juices sold at Wal-Mart and Walgreens stores contain dangerously high levels of arsenic and lead. Continue reading...
SHOPPERS ‘PAY IT FORWARD’: Secret Santas pay off layaway debts
SPRINGDALE — Secret layaway Santas have been busy in Northwest Arkansas helping families whose best-laid Christmas shopping plans have veered off course but also warming the hearts of retail workers who’ve heard heartbreaking stories in these tough economic times. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart to open in hard-hit eastern New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it plans to open a supercenter by 2013 in eastern New Orleans, an area outside the central city that has struggled to rebuild since levees and floodwalls failed during Hurricane Katrina and left it flooded. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri
LEBANON, Mo. — Wal-Mart has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 of its stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy who was fed the formula died from what preliminary tests indicate was a rare bacterial infection, the retailer said. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart discloses internal investigation
BENTONVILLE — Wal-Mart has opened an internal investigation to determine whether its overseas operations have complied with U.S. federal law as it pertains to permitting, licensing and inspections. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart discloses self-exam
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has begun an internal investigation into whether some of its actions violated U.S. anti-corruption laws regarding overseas dealings. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart agrees to transfer family stock
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it has agreed to transfer 70.6 million shares of its stock held by Walton Enterprises LLC, which consists of members of the Walton family. Continue reading...
Exec expecting season at Wal-Mart to be jolly
LITTLE ROCK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is well-positioned for a strong finish to the Christmas shopping season, despite economic conditions that are challenging its customers, the retailer’s top merchandising officer said Thursday. Continue reading...
Blown Transformer Shuts Down Walmart
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — The Walmart Supercenter at 2110 W. Walnut St. in Rogers was evacuated Sunday afternoon because of a power outage, a spokeswoman for Walmart Stores said. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart to settle Netflix case for $27 million
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 25 million current and former Netflix subscribers are being offered a sliver of a $27.5 million payment to settle allegations that the video subscription service and Wal-Mart illegally conspired to inflate prices to rent and buy DVDs. Continue reading...
THIRD-QUARTER EARNINGS: Walmart Turns Corner In US Sales
RETAILER SEES DECREASE IN PROFIT
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Walmart achieved its goal of earning positive same-store sales at U.S. stores, but it hit the retailer’s bottom line. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart: Sales skid halted in quarter
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it has turned the corner on declining sales in stores open at least a year and reported earnings that fell just short of analysts’ estimates. Continue reading...
