Walmart

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.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart said yesterday that its $4 generic prescription drug program has been so successful that, six months into the program, $4 scripts now comprise almost 37.8 percent of all prescriptions fills at its pharmacies.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart said yesterday that its $4 generic prescription drug program has been so successful that, six months into the program, $4 scripts now comprise almost 37.8 percent of all prescriptions fills at its pharmacies.

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.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - "Always low Prices" might not be the best policy all the time. A confidential positioning report delivered to Wal-Mart Stores by an outside agency concluded that the mega-discounter's fundamental low-price strategy was hurting it in categories, including groceries, where low prices are not the only factor consumer care about.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - "Always low Prices" might not be the best policy all the time. A confidential positioning report delivered to Wal-Mart Stores by an outside agency concluded that the mega-discounter's fundamental low-price strategy was hurting it in categories, including groceries, where low prices are not the only factor consumer care about.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has been named a 2007 Best Company for Multicultural Women by "Working Mother" magazine.