Walmart

CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. increased its lead over Safeway Inc. in the 2002 Power Rankings, a key performance survey that examines how retailers and manufacturers rate each other in areas that are most important to their ongoing relationships, such as strategy, service and profitability.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart on Monday announced its intention to go forward with a referendum petition in Inglewood, Calif., where the city council has passed legislation preventing opening any store larger than 155,000 square feet and selling more than 20,000 nontaxable items such as food.

DETROIT -- At a time when consumers are increasingly choosing one-stop-shopping, Kmart Corp. is putting its supercenter expansion plans on hold.

PHILADELPHIA-With 39,000 Pennsylvanians on its payroll, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has become the biggest employer in the Keystone State, according to a report in Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer

TROY, Mich. (PRNewswire)--What do Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Kohl's, and Circuit City have in common? They were all rated at the top of their retail channels by consumers surveyed across the country.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart has begun testing a new service called Wal-Mart DVD Rentals at www.walmart.com. Based on feedback Wal-Mart gathers from the test this month, it will fine-tune the service before rolling it out to all customers nationwide next year.

Americans' fascination with the DVD format is driving new sales and a new realization that video can work for the food channel.

Larry Johnston's re-energized management team is abandoning weak markets, hacking costs, and working a plan to be the nation's top food and drug retailer.