Wal-Mart to buy grocer-retail chain in China: deal would bolster position in crucial overseas market after missteps elsewhere

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is acquiring Trust-Mart's general merchandise hypermarket stores in China for approximately $1 billion. This acquisition would strengthen Wal-Mart's hypermarket position in China. Wal-Mart currently has 66 stores in China, with 61 hypermarkets , and plans to add 18-20 more this year.

Taiwan, China, Acquisitions & mergers, Foreign operations, Market share, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Company market share

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Wal-Mart's radio-tracked inventory hits static

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The RFID technology introduced by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to increase efficiency have not yet resulted in savings for the company, and have proven costly for the company's distributors. Wal-Mart still plans to add the technology to more stores and distribution centers.

General services, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Radio & TV communications equipment, Radio Frequency Detector Eqp, Usage, Economic aspects, Technology application, Logistics, RFID equipment, Radio frequency identification (RFID), Radio frequency identification

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Retailers still might make up for Holiday Season's slow start

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Retail sales in November have been mixed although retailers are optimistic for the Christmas season. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of the United States posted a monthly decrease in sales for November at the lowest in 14 years.

Sales, profits & dividends, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, Christmas business, Company business forecast/projection, Company forecasts, Industry overview

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