Walmart

LANDOVER HILLS, Md. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. yesterday opened its first store inside the Capital Beltway in Landover Hills, Md. -- a market that the retailer named one of its 10 "Jobs and Opportunity Zones" across the country.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday it has promoted Don Frieson, a veteran operations and logistics executive, to s.v.p. of Wal-Mart operations for its 14-state Central Division.

WILTON, Conn. -- America's leading retailers -- representing 80 different classes of trade, including supermarkets -- will open more than 94,000 new store locations over the next five years, according to the 2007 Retail Tenant Directory, released yesterday by Nielsen Trade Dimensions, a business service of The Nielsen Co.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reportedly withdrew its application to trademark the acronym EDLP ("everyday low prices"), in response to protests from other retailers.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reportedly withdrew its application to trademark the acronym EDLP ("everyday low prices"), in response to protests from other retailers.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - After facing many months of controversy and opposition over its plans to enter the banking business, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said Friday it is withdrawing the application it made in July 2005 for an Industrial Loan Company (ILC) charter. The retailer cited the lengthy approval process as the main factor in its decision to pull out.

NEW YORK -- The Nielsen Company, the sole provider of consumer panel services to Wal-Mart, is putting its consumer data expertise to work in a new category management solution intended for Wal-Mart suppliers.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. opened the second of what it calls its High-Efficiency Supercenter yesterday in Rockton, Ill. The store is expected to use 20 percent less energy than a typical supercenter.