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Grocery and fresh food helped spur comparable-store sale increases at Walmart U.S. and Sam's Club.

We live in interesting times. On the one hand, value retailing is driving price compression, benefitting consumers.

According to market research company, The NPD Group, Inc., the housewares industry saw declines in 2008 across the board, no doubt as a result of the current economic climate.

The closures of the underperforming locations will affect over 1,000 employees.

The retail industry's largest conference focused on retailing to Latino shoppers will be held in Las Vegas this year.

But retailers can manage the perception of price, as well as price itself, Kurt Salmon Associates found.

The new space-saving box provides a glimpse of the cereal aisle of the future.

Jeff Gearhart and Tom Mars receive promotions to the positions of EVP and general counsel for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and EVP and chief administrative officer, Walmart U.S., respectively.