Walmart

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here, often accused of growing at the expense of smaller retailers, continues to benefit enormously from state and local government economic development subsidies, including 39 deals worth more than $200 million in just the past three years, said Good Jobs First, a non-profit research group based in Washington D.C.

NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Dodgers v.p. of sales and marketing Sergio del Prado leads a heavy-hitting lineup of Latino market retailers, experts, and consumer product goods executives set to speak at the third annual Hispanic Retail 360 Summit, August 1-3, 2007, at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas.

WASHINGTON - Big retailers Wal-Mart, Safeway, and Circuit City are among the latest to join the Law Enforcement Retail Partnership Network (LERPnet) -- the only national database designed to bring local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and retailers together.

WASHINGTON - Big retailers Wal-Mart, Safeway, and Circuit City are among the latest to join the Law Enforcement Retail Partnership Network (LERPnet) -- the only national database designed to bring local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and retailers together.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Wal-Mart Canada stores across the country yesterday began reducing lighting by one-third for the summer in 240 of its stores, a strategy aimed at helping the company meet its plan to lower carbon emissions by at least 19,000 tons this year. As a result, Wal-Mart Canada expects to slash carbon emissions by over 4,500 tons, help control summer smog conditions, and aid the stability of provincial power grids.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Wal-Mart Canada stores across the country yesterday began reducing lighting by one-third for the summer in 240 of its stores, a strategy aimed at helping the company meet its plan to lower carbon emissions by at least 19,000 tons this year. As a result, Wal-Mart Canada expects to slash carbon emissions by over 4,500 tons, help control summer smog conditions, and aid the stability of provincial power grids.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart's head-on expansion of the grocery-heavy supercenter format is slowing substantially. At the company's annual shareholders meeting Friday executives said they will cut their plans for new supercenters this year by about 30 percent.

Ahold and Pathmark are among the grocers sniffing out the brands, fragrances, price points, and merchandising tactics that sell more laundry care products to Hispanics.