Wal Mart Stores News

NEW YORK - Americans backed off from holiday spending in January, but retail sales rose for a third month in a row compared with a year earlier, largely because of gas price hikes, according to figures released Wednesday by a key data service.

Whole Foods Markets , the nation's largest natural foods supermarket, has had to endure the most perfect storm during this recession .

Filed under: Earnings Reports , Wal-Mart , Walgreen Co , CVS Corp , Rite Aid Corp CVS Caremark , which competes with Walgreen , Rite Aid , and Wal-Mart , posted fourth-quarter data on Monday.

Beyond the employees who were laid off Wednesday, Wal-Mart is obviously a major economic engine in Northwest Arkansas.

It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Amazon.com continued to withhold sales of books published by Macmillan, the result of a pricing dispute that helped knock shares in the online retailer down more than 5 percent.

Like most shippers, Wal-Mart Stores is looking for a delivery guarantee from its suppliers.

The Wal-Mart Foundation presented Fatherhood & Families Engagement Program with $25,000 at the Darlington Library on Monday.

U.S. jewelry chain Zale Corp must win back the love of its shoppers this Valentine's Day to stay afloat, but may not have the resources to do so.

PANAMA CITY - Chinese toys and sneakers headed to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.a s recently announced corporate restructuring is expected to shift some merchandising decisions - and the people who make those decisions - away from the Bentonville headquarters to regional offices.

Close FEBRUARY 3, 2010, 9:40 A.M. ET By VERONICA DAGHER Walgreen Co. posted a surprise 1.1% drop in same-store sales for January as the drugstore giant saw weakness that emerged in December continue.

Some 20 years ago I was editor of a magazine that covered the automotive aftermarket and regularly talked to people at both Exide and Johnson Controls about shifts in the battery markets.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is cutting 300 administrative jobs at its headquarters as it completes a yearlong series of changes to improve performance.

A federal judge in New Jersey has allowed two proposed class action lawsuits to proceed against Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Johnson & Johnson over the sale of children's shampoo and baby wash allegedly containing a toxin linked to cancer.

Shares of Exide Technologies plunged on Wednesday after the company announced it lost Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Six months after winning approval for a controversial store next to a national park commemorating the Battle of the Wilderness, officials for Wal-Mart Stores still find themselves peering from the trenches.

U.S. big box retailers are trying to slim down. Retailers like Target Corp and Wal-Mart Stores Inc have expanded since the late 1980s by opening stores as large as three U.S. football fields.

Stores received a pleasant surprise in January as shoppers bought a little more clothing at mall stores, delivering solid gains for many retailers and providing more hope that a spending recovery that started late last year is being sustained.

The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.