by Lance Turner 12/13/2012 11:03 am
Bloomberg Businessweek magazine takes a look at OUR Wal-Mart, a group of employees that staged Black Friday demonstrations against the world's largest retailer and its labor practices.
by Lance Turner 12/4/2012 09:01 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville says its through commenting on stories by the Huffington Post, citing what the retailer calls "inaccuracies" and "one-sided rhetoric."
by Craig Douglass 12/3/2012 12:00 am
How close to the edge will you go? And will simply the prospect of falling off the “fiscal cliff” prevent you from holiday shopping?
by Lance Turner 11/26/2012 11:04 am
Tech writer Farhad Manjoo takes a look at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s growing e-commerce arm and how the world's largest retailer plans to improve online sales by leveraging social media, mobile and other tools.
by Lance Turner 11/21/2012 11:08 am
As Black Friday approaches, so too does the threat of employee walk-outs and protests against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, the world's largest retailer. Here's where protesters plan to make their voices heard.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/19/2012 12:00 am
Small-business owners have amazed us with their resilience and savvy. They compete with Wal-Mart and Target. They compete with Amazon and Zappos. They collect sales taxes, for Pete's sake, and still sponsor your kids' sports teams and donate to your school's silent auction. And the ones who survived the Great Recession have plenty to be proud of.
by Lance Turner 11/8/2012 10:09 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is upping the ante on the holiday shopping season, planning to open its doors open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier than a year ago. So how are competitors responding?
by Eric Francis 7/2/2012 12:00 am
The lessons Sam Walton learned during those early, successful years of Wal-Mart allowed him to build the most successful retail chain in history. And just like the times that he took his planes up to search for potential Wal-Mart sites, it was Mr. Sam himself who was behind the stick, deciding which direction to go.