To cut supply chain costs—possibly by billions of dollars—Walmart is simply eliminating the middleman. Whereas currently the retail giant conducts …
Cutting Costs in Yet Another Realm
06 Wednesday Jan 2010
Tag Archives: Walmart
Walmart’s Sustainability Labeling
18 Saturday Jul 2009
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The influence of Walmart has long been acknowledged; as the world’s largest retailer, it can even drive suppliers to focus …
Store Brands at Wal-Mart
19 Thursday Mar 2009
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Wal-Mart is improving the variety of its private-label store brands, as 64 percent of its consumers note that they always …
Wal-Mart’s Sustainability
26 Sunday Oct 2008
In the face of widespread criticisms for working with suppliers that engaged in unsafe, poor, and environmentally unfriendly practices, Wal-Mart …
Wal-Mart Officially Enters India in Joint Venture
02 Sunday Sep 2007
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In agreeing to create a joint venture dedicated to wholesale cash-and-carry and back-end supply chain management operations in India, Wal-Mart …
Is Tesco the Next Wal-Mart?
05 Sunday Aug 2007
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Tesco, theUnited Kingdom’s largest retailer, is planning to open the first of hundreds of stores in the United States in …
Wal-Mart Struggles! Will the Retailer Stay on Top?
01 Tuesday May 2007
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, has not been able to sustain the growth that it maintained for so many years. …
Big Box Retailers Are Becoming Big “Greenhouses”
25 Wednesday Apr 2007
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We might not call them tree-huggers just yet, but Big Box retailers are promoting eco-friendly products and committing to making …
Wal-Mart Makes Nice; Wal-Mart Makes Very Nice!
07 Saturday Apr 2007
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Environmentalism, fitness, and healthy lifestyles once seemed a luxury that only the upper middle class could afford. Wal-Mart, the world’s …