by Associated Press 5/23/2013 11:34 am
Mike Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, is ranked among The Associated Press' 50 highest-paid CEOs of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar. He is the only CEO of an Arkansas-based public company to rank in the top 50.
by Lance Turner 5/16/2013 07:08 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville reports a first-quarter same-store sales decline of 1.4 percent and earnings that narrowly miss analysts' expectations as its CEO cites "considerable headwinds" to top line sales.
by Mark Friedman 4/22/2013 04:58 pm
Michael T. Duke saw his total compensation increase 14.1 percent to $20.7 million for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31, plus he exercised options worth $7.1 million.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/24/2012 12:00 am
There was good news and there was bad news in Arkansas in 2012. And in case you've forgotten the details, the Arkansas Business staff is here to remind you.
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 12/12/2012 10:27 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Mike Duke speaks at a Council of Foreign Relations event in New York City and says his customers are wieghed down by the fast-approaching "fiscal cliff."
by Lance Turner 11/27/2012 03:29 pm
Amid a slowdown in its Chinese operations, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville wouldn't respond to questions about whether it might close 100 underperforming stores in that country.
by Mark Friedman 10/29/2012 12:00 am
Both of Arkansas' publicly traded retailers saw their stock prices surge in 2012.
by Lance Turner 10/26/2012 10:08 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. signals slow growth in China while pushing its operations there into greener territory.
by Lance Turner 10/18/2012 12:57 pm
This holiday season, Best Buy and Target Corp. plan to price-match their rivals, including online competitors like Amazon. But Wal-Mart Stores Inc. still hasn't decided what it will do.
by Mark Friedman 10/15/2012 12:00 am
The practice known as peer group compensation benchmarking is the reason CEO pay has climbed to stratospheric levels in the last two decades, according to a recent study.
by Gwen Moritz 7/2/2012 12:00 am
Wal-Mart's corporate culture has kept alive Sam Walton's style of frugality.
by Mark Friedman 7/2/2012 12:00 am
The future looks bright for continued sales growth for the retail chain, which has more than 4,400 stores in the Unites States and more than 5,600 locations scattered across 26 countries.
by Mark Friedman 7/2/2012 12:00 am
Some put the blame of stagnant domestic same-store sales on Wal-Mart's management team, saying it has drifted away from Walton's essential philosophy of offering the lowest price.
by Todd Traub 7/2/2012 12:00 am
In 2005 Wal-Mart launched its sustainability program, designed to encourage corporate environmental responsibility. In attempting to take leadership on the issue and drive the global conversation, Wal-Mart established three broad goals: to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy, create zero waste and to sell products that sustain people and the environment.
