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The Motley Fool
April 4, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Wal-Mart in Cultural Crossfire Wal-Mart has put a lot of effort into revamping its image in the face of some consumers' criticism. But now the company may be confronting an issue that won't be quite so easy to handle, as it faces protests for selling "Brokeback Mountain" DVDs. Investors, take note.   |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Robert McNatt |
Who Says Wal-Mart Is Bad For Cities? Underserved neighborhoods welcome its jobs, low prices, and tax revenue. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Under Wal-Mart's Hood Sometimes you have to get dirty to come up clean. Until Wal-Mart wins that huge gray-area camp of supporters in the middle, it will have to deal with a country that consists mostly of indifferent spectators watching two thin opposing camps duke it out. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2011
Adam J. Crawford |
Does Size Matter in Retail? These chains think so. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Wal-Mart Turns to Web to Prop Up Sales Wal-Mart to expand online store to boost sales. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2007
Michael Leibert |
Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Rebuttal Wal-Mart's management will someday get out of the way of the company's share price, rewarding long-term shareholders, but that day continues to seem distant. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Can Fail Too Wal-Mart has thus far failed in one of its promising growth initiatives -- its in-store clinics. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2006
Brian Gorman |
The Greening of Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart's new emphasis on organics likely will pave the road to further expansion, and that's something investors and environmentalists may actually agree on. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Whither, Whether, Wal-Mart? Is good news for Wal-Mart signals bad news for the economy? |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Target Takes Aim at NYC The big-box retailer takes on the Manhattan market. |
Managed Care
March 2006 |
Wal-Mart Announces Better Insurance Package For Part-Time Workers Wal-Mart announced that it will reduce the two-year waiting period for part-time workers to qualify for benefits. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2007
Michael Leibert |
Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Is Wal-Mart losing its edge? Investors looking for a stock that will outperform the market would be well-served to keep looking. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Mean Streak The megaretailer's social responsibility gets overshadowed by its darker side. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
James Warren |
How Wal-Mart Won Chicago The company needs new territory. The city needs sales tax revenue and jobs. So what took everyone so long to do the logical thing? |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Consumers Bite Retail's Top Dogs Need more evidence that retailers face a tough 2010? Look no further. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Wal-Mart Turns to the Web ... Again Wal-Mart tests online grocery delivery system. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
Tim Hanson |
A Huge Opportunity in Retail India could be the next portal for big retailers. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Carol Wolf |
Big Retail Chains Market Groceries to Inner Cities Wal-Mart, CVS, and others are getting more fresh foods into inner cities, where consumers are underserved. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 23, 2006
Ghemawat & Mark |
The Real Wal-Mart Effect Critics are lining up to take shots at Wal-Mart's treatment of workers and a host of other alleged knocks against society. But the critics miss one big point: Wal-Mart's overall impact benefits the economy and lower-income consumers. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010 |
Hard Choices: Jeffrey Hollender on Doing Business with Wal-Mart The co-founder and Chief Inspired Protagonist of Seventh Generation talks about why he refused to do business with Wal-Mart - and then changed his mind. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Price Blitz Regardless of whether Wal-Mart's continued price-slashing is a sign of weakness or strength, it's enough to make its investors, and those of its rivals, a little bit nervous. |
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2006
Michael Arndt |
Danger: Falling Prices "The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How it's Transforming the American Economy" is an insightful look at the effect, for good and bad, of Wal-Mart's focus on price-cutting. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Finally Caves to the Recession Even the world's largest retailer has begun to close stores. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2010
Jim Royal |
Meet the Wal-Mart Killers Wal-Mart's business achievements are spawning a cottage industry of money-for-hire anti-Wal-Mart activists. Grocers are increasingly focused on defending their turf as the retail titan looks for every avenue to increase sales. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Berner & Grow |
Out-Discounting The Discounter Why dollar stores that sell at cut-rate prices are giving Wal-Mart pause. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Discounting Earnings Target and Wal-Mart seem to have the recipe for consistency. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Wal-Mart Can't Just Duct Tape This Massive Problem Wal-Mart to test its small-store format in the U.S. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Maps New Growth The discount giant's diving into Africa. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Slash-and-Burn Strategy Wal-Mart's willing to put margins on the line to drive traffic and sales, spurring rivals to follow suit in order to keep price-conscious shoppers. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's "Growth Engine" Could Choke International expansion can be easier said than done. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
No Quick Fix for Wal-Mart What can $35 million do for this giant? That's what the company allegedly spent on a campaign to promote its "Acres for America" land preservation initiative. But the issues Wal-Mart faces are kind of big and can't be easily solved. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
California Snubbing Wal-Mart Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is having some trouble with its supersized Supercenter concept, with high-profile difficulty brewing in California. Voting is under way today for several communities there that are attempting to block entry of the superscaled version of the discount store, according to USA Today |
Inc.
March 1, 2003
Bobbie Gossage |
How I Did It: Luring the Hip to Arkansas Enticing urban ad types to Arkansas has much to do with Wal-Mart and something to do with cool. |
Knowledge@Wharton
April 9, 2003 |
The Wal-Mart Empire: A Simple Formula and Unstoppable Growth The company has a simple formula of low prices and rocket-science logistics to back up its operations. There's no secret to its success. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2011
Rich Smith |
Wal-Mart: Kick 'Em When They're Down Will Wal-Mart devastate the office supplies retailers? |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bull Rebuttal With Wal-Mart, investors are riding with proven success. The company has always overcome insurmountable obstacles, and it will continue to do so. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Wal-Mart Breaks Into China The discount retailer plans an expansion as Chinese regulations fall by the wayside. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
All's Well for Wal-Mart It wasn't an exciting fourth quarter, but Wal-Mart's still holding its own. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Beyonce, Brooks, and Bargains Wal-Mart tops Target in same-store sales for the first time in years. We can't lay all the praise behind the retailer's newfound success on something as simple as a new marketing campaign, but the ads are tactfully brilliant. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
Attention Wal-Mart Suppliers: Time to Go Green Some doubt sustainability mandate will hold up. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Apple Make Wal-Mart Cool? It's official. Wal-Mart will begin selling Apple's 3G iPhone. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2010
Jeremy Phillips |
Why Amazon Should Fear Wal-Mart Clearly investors like what they see at Amazon, but the company's management needs to keep an eye on Wal-Mart. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Wal-Mart Gets in the Groove Online music downloads should help boost Wal-Mart's overall Web sales. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2005
Timothy M. Otte |
Wal-Mart Numbers a Hard Sell The June sales boost doesn't necessarily mean consumers are spending more. Investors should keep an eye on War-Mart. |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Burritt et al. |
Why Wal-Mart Wants to Take the Driver's Seat The retail giant wants to grab control of deliveries from manufacturers. Suppliers' shipping costs "more than likely will be passed on to other retailers" |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Dexter Roberts |
China: The Next Big Conquest? For retailers, doing business in China is tough stuff. But with a $370 billion market up for grabs, Wal-Mart and its competitors know it's worth the trouble. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Just Can't Win U.S. sales improved, but deep discounts deteriorated profit. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Is Wal-Mart Warming Up? The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up? The retailer's third-quarter earnings increased 12.7% to $2.29 billion, or $0.54 per share. |
Fast Company
December 2003
Charles Fishman |
The Wal-Mart You Don't Know The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line? |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Has Wal-Mart Hit the Wall? Should investors search for greener retail-stock pastures? |
