Walmart

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores began accepting electronic checks from its online customers this week, making the company one of the first mass retailers to let customers make purchases over the Internet using their checking accounts.

Denver -- Six King Soopers stores in Denver and Colorado Springs are battlegrounds in Kroger Co.'s attempt to stave off competition from dollar stores and their discount brethren.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is going to court to prevent rival Kmart Corp. from using a shopping bag carousel similar to its own patented version, according to published reports.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores yesterday reported its same-store sales for June rose 2.7 percent, as a burst of hot weather in the latter part of the month boosted sales of summer goods.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores has unexpectedly canceled its planned trial of a so-called smart-shelf system with Gillette, ending one of the first efforts to bring radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to store shelves in the United States.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling that had prevented a union from recruiting members inside Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores nationwide, The Associated Press reports.

Wal-Mart came to dominate the market's grocery business in just a few years. Some local retailers were overrun, but consumers have yet to be overwhelmed.

NEW YORK -- A new Merrill Lynch study finds that Wal-Mart has made few inroads into the large cities where most grocery dollars are spent, according to an article in Forbes magazine.