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BENTONVILLE, Ark. - More than 100 Wal-Mart employees participated in a protest earlier this week at a store in a Miami suburb, to decry a new policy on employee absences and a store manager's move to cut workers' hours.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Supermarkets continue to boost their IT spending, and will pay $9.8 billion to refresh their systems this year, according to a new report from retail technology research firm IHL Consulting Group.

TORONTO -- Beginning yesterday, Loblaw Cos. Ltd., which has been struggling to streamline its supply chain, reportedly began imposing $1,000 fines on any suppliers that deliver goods late or otherwise impede the flow of products to its shelves

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has reportedly agreed to buy a Chinese supercenter chain for about $1 billion. If the deal goes through, it would leave Wal-Mart with the biggest food and department store network in China.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores and San Francisco-based Premier Retail Networks (PRN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomson SA, unveiled plans for "the in-store media network of the future" last week at the Wal-Mart Network Annual Summit.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was told on Friday it must pay at least $78 million for violating Pennsylvania state labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock.

NEW YORK - The supermarket's pool of dedicated shoppers is shrinking, and to survive, supermarkets need to focus on ways they can set themselves apart beyond just offering low prices, according to consulting firm WSL Strategic Retail, based here.

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