Walmart

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday its total comparable store sales for the five-week period ending Jan. 4, 2008 rose 2.7 percent, including fuel, driven by strengths in grocery, pharmacy, and electronics. Total sales were up 8.4 percent to $46.597 billion.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday its total comparable store sales for the five-week period ending Jan. 4, 2008 rose 2.7 percent, including fuel, driven by strengths in grocery, pharmacy, and electronics. Total sales were up 8.4 percent to $46.597 billion.

SEATTLE - With the company he founded and grew into a retail coffee powerhouse under siege, Starbucks' chairman Howard Schultz is returning to the c.e.o. post as well, edging out ex-grocery exec Jim Donald who has been chairman since March 2005.

SEATTLE - With the company he founded and grew into a retail coffee powerhouse under siege, Starbucks' chairman Howard Schultz is returning to the c.e.o. post as well, edging out ex-grocery exec Jim Donald who has been chairman since March 2005.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Over the weekend, Sam's Club here hosted the first of two health and wellness demonstrations at its clubs for the New Year. It will stage a rounf of second demonstrations Jan. 12.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Over the weekend, Sam's Club here hosted the first of two health and wellness demonstrations at its clubs for the New Year. It will stage a rounf of second demonstrations Jan. 12.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said on Friday it has tapped Jack Sinclair, a UK grocery executive with experience at Safeway Plc and Tesco, to serve as e.v.p. of grocery merchandise for Wal-Mart in the U.S.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Over the weekend, Sam's Club here hosted the first of two health and wellness demonstrations at its clubs for the New Year. It will stage a rounf of second demonstrations Jan. 12.