Wal-mart

Walmart In Talks To Buy Minority Stake In Flipkart: Report

Business | Thomson Reuters | Wednesday January 31, 2018

Walmart could buy a 15 per cent to 20 per cent stake in Amazon.com Inc's main competitor in India, the newspaper said, citing two anonymous sources.

eBay to Match Amazon and Other Rivals' Prices in Bid to Attract Shoppers

Reuters | Thursday June 22, 2017

eBay will guarantee that the roughly 50,000 new products on its Deals site will be at least as cheap as identical items sold by Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target, and other major retailers on the Web.

With Whole Foods, Amazon On Collision Course With Wal-Mart

Business | Thomson Reuters | Sunday June 18, 2017

Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods also brings disruption to the $700 billion U.S. grocery sector, a traditional area of retailing that stands on the precipice of a ferocious price war.

Amazon to Face Tough Wal-Mart Test This Back-to-School Season: JPD

Reuters | Friday June 16, 2017

Winning back-to-school, the second-biggest shopping season after the winter holidays, has become extremely important for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers.

Amazon Offers Prime Discount for US Customers on Government Aid

Reuters | Wednesday June 7, 2017

The online retailer's move directly challenges Wal-Mart - the biggest beneficiary of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

AmazonFresh Pickup Kiosks Opened in Seattle to Rival Wal-Mart

Spencer Soper, Bloomberg | Monday May 29, 2017

AmazonFresh Pickup spots let shoppers buy groceries online and pick them up in as little as 15 minutes rather than having them delivered to their homes.

Wal-Mart Pushing Hard To Catch Amazon In E-Commerce

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 14, 2017

Wal-Mart Stores, the 800-pound gorilla of retail, is running hard to catch up in an increasingly crucial segment where it is neither the biggest nor the best: e-commerce.

Wal-Mart In Acquisition Spree To Catch Amazon In E-Commerce

Business | Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 14, 2017

Wal-Mart spent $3.3 billion last year to buy Jet.com, which was started by e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, whose previous company was sold to Amazon for $550 million.

Large US Firms Stashed $1.6 Trillion In Tax Havens: Oxfam

Business | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 12, 2017

Poverty-fighting organisation Oxfam America said the sum for 2015 was a $200 billion increase over the prior year.

Wal-Mart Launches New Front In US Price War

World News | Reuters | Monday February 27, 2017

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is running a new price-comparison test in at least 1,200 U.S. stores and squeezing packaged goods suppliers in a bid to close a pricing gap with German-based discount grocery chain Aldi and other U.S. rivals like Kroger Co, according to four sources familiar with the moves.

Wal-Mart Helps Wall Street's Record-Setting Rally March On

Business | Thomson Reuters | Wednesday February 22, 2017

All three indices tallied closing all-time highs, with the Dow notching a record for an eighth straight session.

Donald Trump Touts New Wal-Mart, General Motors And Bayer-Monsanto Investments

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday January 18, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday trumpeted a trio of major company announcements pledging additional investments in the United States as proof his America-first stance on the economy is already producing results.

Wal-Mart To Create 10,000 US Jobs In 2017

Business | Thomson Reuters | Tuesday January 17, 2017

The number of jobs being created is consistent with previous years, said Lorenzo Lopez, a spokesman for Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer and private employer.

Five Malnourished Kids Found Living In Car With Healthy Parents, Police In Florida Say

World News | Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post | Thursday December 22, 2016

The deputy said he was on a routine patrol in Greenacres, Fla., Saturday morning when he spotted the blue Toyota in a Wal-Mart parking lot. It wasn't the look of the vehicle that caught his attention but the smell emanating from it - an odor "similar to that of homeless camps," he said.

Wal-Mart Where 3 Died When Truck Hit Store To Reopen Today

World News | Associated Press | Sunday December 4, 2016

The Iowa Wal-Mart where three people died after a pickup truck crashed into the store plans to reopen on Sunday.