All Walmart articles – Page 23
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OpinionComment: Global retail expansion needs a localised touch
Two leading figures in global grocery used this week’s World Retail Congress to declare that the “age of imperialism” in international retailing was over.
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NewsWalmart dissolves India JV as it opts to go it alone
Walmart is dissolving its relationship with its JV partner in India as it opts to go it alone in the country.
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NewsAsda profits up in 2012 as it slashes costs
Asda recorded a 7.6% rise in underlying operating profit last year after the grocer won shoppers through its low-price offer and fine-tuned its operating model.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Walmart weighs up its options in India
Speculation is rife that Walmart plans to exit its wholesale joint venture with India-based Bharti group, and that it is considering a front-end retail launch in the country.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How smartphone technology is boosting supply chain transparency
As mobile phones become widespread, it’s easier for news of factory conditions to reach shoppers direct. How are retailers using technology to increase supply chain transparency?
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International analysis: Has China become too hard for retailers to crack?
In the past year, many international retailers have either quit or are considering exiting the Chinese market.
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NewsInternational analysis: Walmart sticks to strategy despite missing sales target
Walmart has failed to achieve its own results guidance for the second consecutive quarter.
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OpinionComment: Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour can bring expertise to India
While the UK was basking in the recent heat wave, I decided to visit monsoon-soaked Mumbai to tour stores and meet those ‘in the know’.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Walmart has developed its mobile Scan and Go service
One of the many advantages of mobile payment is significantly expanding CRM reach, getting to know about a far greater percentage of all of a shopper’s purchases. Nowhere is this more attractive than with Walmart, which has never had (and still doesn’t) a traditional CRM.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Will Walmart acquire Hong Kong’s Park n Shop?
Hong Kong-based conglomerate AS Watson has confirmed it is conducting a strategic review of grocery retail business Park n Shop (PnS).
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NewsAsda hits back at Tesco Watford with big store vision
Asda chief executive Andy Clarke has hit back at Tesco’s vision of the future of big box grocery and revealed that brands will play an increasingly vital role in Asda stores.
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OpinionComment: Fears Walmart had cried wolf realised
After the horror show of the first quarter, Walmart had so much to prove domestically in the second quarter. And it has again come up short.
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OpinionComment: At home and abroad, the Tesco empire strikes back
All eyes were on Watford last week as Tesco unveiled the first incarnation of a new model for its big-box Extra format.
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OpinionComment: How reliable a source of growth is international retailing?
With demand flat and most retailers having too many stores, genuine growth has become challenging to achieve and sustain.
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OpinionComment: British retailing should learn from the US and hire from the military
I was recently invited to St James’s Palace for the inaugural reception for the Royal Marines charity the C Group.
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NewsGeorge at Asda introduces new range to celebrate Prince George
George at Asda has celebrated the arrival of His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge with the introduction of a special collection of commemorative babygrows.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: 25 moments that defined retail
We take a look at some of the landmark moments in retail over the last quarter-century. Do you remember when..?
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AnalysisAnalysis: What can we learn from Walmart’s AGM?
Walmart shareholders gathered in the world’s largest retailer’s home in Bentonville, Arkansas last week for the annual meeting. Alex Lawson reports on developments there and at UK subsidiary Asda.
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OpinionComment: Bentonville buzzes as Walmart shareholders meet ignites town
If Cheshunt, Leeds, Holborn and Bradford are the strongholds of British grocery, harbouring the headquarters of the UK’s four largest food retailers, then Bentonville, Arkansas is the grocery capital of the world.
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NewsGeorge at Asda appoints international director to lead overseas expansion
George at Asda has promoted the grocer’s director of merchandising Nick Bailey to lead its overseas offensive.