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• Tesco Sales Weaker Than Expected

  ReutersUK - 2009-12-17

  By Mark Potter and Paul HoskinsLONDON (Reuters UK) - Tesco Plc TSCO, the world's No.3 retailer, posted quarterly sales growth towards the bottom end of forecasts, held back by a drop in food price inflation, but said a gradual consumer recovery remained on track."We are seeing improving customer confidence and...

  Tags: Food, Tesco, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Food & Beverage, Sales, Tractor Supply Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Asda reports flat profit for 2008

  BNET - 2009-11-09

  Monday, 09 November 2009 Asda posted a 2.3% year-on-year fall in pre-tax profit to £520.4m in 2008 on sales of £18.57bn (£16.7bn 2007), according to accounts filed at Companies House.It also emerged that US parent Wal-mart "sold" Asda to Corinth Services, a Wal-mart group company, for £6.9bn as part of...

  Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Tesco

• Eastern C-Stores Pursue Shoppers Tesco's Fresh & Easy, Wal-Mart's Marketside Target Out West

  BNET - 2009-04-22

  Giant spokesperson Tracy Pawelski said Giant To Go provides more than 100 fresh produce items in single-serving sizes and family packs. by Mike Duff

  Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Tesco, Mike Duff

• Labor Act Hits Wal-Mart Prematurely

  BNET - 2009-03-14

  Call it the Employee Free Choice Act or the card check bill, but if new legislation amending labor laws to make it easier for unions to organize does squeeze through the United States Senate, it could have some interesting and unintended consequences for Wal-Mart, among others. The...

  Tags: Union, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Tesco, UFCWU, Food & Beverage, Benefits, Retail, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Mike Duff

• Staying on Top of Recession, Wal-Mart Adds Tesco-esque Financial Services

  BNET - 2009-02-18

  In the midst of a recession it is handling pretty well, Wal-Mart is establishing a financial services program for its customers with a particular emphasis on lower income consumers who might not have a checking account. The move in financial services calls to mind Tesco in the...

  Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Tesco, Recession, Financial Service, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Mike Duff

• Dunnhumby Complicates Outlook for Tesco, Kroger, Wal-Mart

  BNET - 2009-01-13

  Tesco is a mighty retailer, fourth largest in the world, but, even with its expansion in the United States continuing, it might not turn out to be the nightmare for Wal-Mart that some, particularly observers in Britain, expected it to be. Kroger, however, could turn into a...

  Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Tesco, Dunnhumby, Kroger, Retail, Sales Strategy, Sales, Mike Duff

• Berkshire Hathaway's Top Performer Over Last 3 Years: Union Pacific

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-08

  Donald Johnson submits: Union Pacific Corp. UNP has performed the best over the last three years of the 39 stocks owned by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), which has benefitted from the stock picking of the famous investment guru, Warren Buffett. UNP's total returns over the last three years have averaged...

  Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp., Financial, Gannett Co. Inc., Nike Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., Tesco, Transport, Union Pacific Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Halfords poaches Wal-Mart high-flyer

  - 2008-06-21

  Halfords has poached the supermarket veteran David Wild from Wal- Mart to be the chief executive of the car accessories-to-bike retailer and spearhead its growth in the UK and overseas. Mr Wild, who is currently senior vice-president for new business development at Wal-Mart, will join Halfords from 4...

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• Wal-Mart, Tesco are different.

  - 2007-02-26

  Byline: Mayur Shekhar Jha Byline: Mayur Shekhar Jha

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• Political football: Wal-Mart, Tesco may lose.

  - 2007-02-08

  Byline: Gunjan Pradhan Sinha Byline: Gunjan Pradhan Sinha

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