Wal-Mart prepares small U.S. stores to fend off Tesco
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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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The big money has its sights set on small companies.
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Wal-Mart has shrugged off growing opposition to its dominance of the US retail market by announcing plans for another 500 stores in 2005.
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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. , seeking to counter opposition to its expansion plans, has selected nine more high-unemployment zones where it plans to open stores in the next two years.
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U.S. retailers are expected to post  modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil  prices and warmer weather.
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This isn't South Korea or Germany. Wal-Mart goes all in, facing new challenges.
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Shoppers wait their turn in frigid wind-chill temperatures to enter Wal-Mart in Hamburg, NY, Friday, Nov. 26, 2004. Bargain shoppers woke up before dawn to head for the nation&#39;s malls and stores Friday, the
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's   biggest retailer, is ready for some football.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, plans to open as many as 15 new stores in China next year, competing for a foothold with Carrefour SA and Metro Group as the government lifts curbs on foreign retailers.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  is set to shake up its sluggish apparel unit by shutting two divisions at its Arkansas headquarters, eliminating dozens of positions and moving dozens more to New York, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.&#39;s Wal-Mart division plans to open 40 to 45 new discount stores and 240 to 250 new supercenters in the United States starting Feb. 1. The company said that relocations
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  is  considering acquisitions in its home market as it seeks to open  smaller stores and limit its reliance on giant supercenters for  growth, the Financial Times reported in its online edition.
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Business & money: Â· Store group challenges Tesco view on pricesÂ· Pledge to give a better deal to smaller suppliers
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Twice in the past year, Wal-Mart Stores Inc has given its stock a shot in the arm by announcing plans to rein in expansion in the United States.
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Wal-Mart said yesterday that it was considering new store sizes and types in the United States but played down the possibility of acquisitions as it faces slowing sales growth at its older stores and new competition from British rival Tesco.
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Tesco, the largest retailer in the UK, will carry on its global expansion with a wave of small US stores called Fresh and Easy.