Wal-Mart 'targets Japan retailer'
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Shares in Japanese supermarket chain Daiei surge after reports say US retail giant Wal-Mart is thinking of buying a stake in the firm.
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World&#39;s biggest retailer Wal-Mart said it was considering investing in Daiei Inc., helping send shares in the troubled Japanese retailer up 27 percent Thursday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it will spend $875 million to take full ownership of its money-losing Japanese subsidiary, Seiyu Ltd., as the U.S. retailer struggles to speed up management changes and reverse slumping performance in the world's second largest economy.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's largest retailer, said on Saturday it still expects a 1  percent to 3 percent increase in December sales at its U.S.  stores open at least a year.
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The Japanese retailer eyes acquisitions to spur U.S. growth.
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French retail giant Carrefour is reported to be planning to sell its operations in Japan in a bid to generate cash amid continuing weak sales in Europe.
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Japanese electronics firm looks to expand agreements with Wal-Mart, Costco to boost total sales. TOKYO  - Japan&#39;s Sony Corp.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  has agreed  to the sale of its South Korean outlets to local retailer  Shinsegae Co. Ltd. (004170.KS) for &#36;882 million, making it the  second global retailer to exit the country in a month.
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HONG KONG : US retail powerhouse Wal-Mart Inc will open as many as 18 stores in China by the end of next year as it takes advantage of new rules allowing foreign retailers to expand into second-tier cities, a press report said.
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French retail giant Carrefour SA is planning to sell its operations in Japan, the Wall Street Journal reports on its website.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, plans to set up a venture with Indian billionaire Sunil Mittal, gaining access to the second-most populous nation as the government considers tempering restrictions on overseas ownership.
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Asda, the British grocer of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., could counterbid for J. Sainsbury  should a private equity consortium launch an offer for Britain's number three supermarket owner, Citigroup analysts believe.
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Shares in Daiei rallied, backed by a report that the world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart Stores is ready to rescue the ailing supermarket chain without the help of a Japanese government-backed body.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  is hiring middle-management level executives to help evaluate the type of stores that it operates ahead of the arrival of British grocery Tesco  to the United States.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, said it plans capital expenditures for its current fiscal year of $14.7 billion to $15.4 billion, lower than its previous forecast.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is interested in moving into Russia after strong growth in that giant country's retail spending, the world's largest retailer said Monday.
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This isn't South Korea or Germany. Wal-Mart goes all in, facing new challenges.