Wal-Mart launches new environmental initiative
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Lee Scott unveiled a new "Sustainability 360" environmental plan on Thursday, challenging employees, suppliers and customers to remove nonrenewable energy from their lives.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., faced with   accusations it provides inadequate health care for more than a   million U.S. employees, plans to announce a major health care   initiative on Thursday.
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Wal-Mart said it would add about six new compounds, including generic versions of the heart medication Coreg and the anti-fungal drug Lamisil, to the $4 program.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, fresh   from cutting the prices on generic prescription drugs, is   taking on the packaging industry.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Friday it would push its suppliers to cut the amount of  packaging used in products sold through the world's largest  retailer, a move the company said will save it $3.4 billion.
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Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott laid out ambitious environmental goals in late 2005 as the world's largest retailer sought to burnish its reputation against mounting criticism.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  is actively working to open its first small-scale grocery stores in Arizona, according to city planning officials, as the world's largest retailer looks to fend off competition from British supermarket rival Tesco .
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened a store in Hawaii on Wednesday with hundreds of eager shoppers rushing past a handful of protesters who accuse the giant retailer of desecrating ancient gravesites.
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The move would be the first time Wal-Mart has used its influence to lower the cost of health care for its customers.
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Wal-Mart joins the green revolution by planning to cut its packaging by 5% over five years from 2008.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is going on  the offensive against detractors in a campaign to deliver "the  unfiltered truth" about the world's largest retailer, Chief  Executive Officer Lee Scott said in an interview published on  Thursday.
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CEO Lee Scott said Wal-Mart's goal is to operate using 100% renewable energy, create zero waste and sell products that are energy efficient.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   on Tuesday introduced a test version of its new video  download service, making it the first major retailer to offer  such a service with the backing of all of Hollywood's big  studios.
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When US retailing giant Wal-Mart announced last November its intention to introduce Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, it pushed the retail industry into action overnight.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. workers at seven tire centers in British Columbia applied to join the United Food and Commercial Workers, expanding efforts by Canadian unions to make inroads at the world&#39;s largest retailer.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world&#39;s largest retailer, said it plans to open as many as 15 new stores in China next year, expanding in the world&#39;s fastest-growing economy as the government lifts curbs on foreign store operators.
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Former Vice President Al Gore will take his campaign against global warming to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. next week, speaking at Wal-Mart headquarters to executives seeking to make the world&#039;s largest retailer more environmentally friendly, a company spokesman said Friday.