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Wal-Mart’s Japanese unit Seiyu has announced that the losses in 2006 can be higher than what the company earlier expected. The company expects the net losses to be in the region of $ 479.6 million, which is greater than...

Top brass of the India retail industry have registered as members with indiarertailing.com. The portal was launched by Union Minster of Commerce and Industry Mr. Kamal Nath, at Udyog Bhavan on 9th January 2007. The portal is ten days old...

Seattle based Costco (Costco Wholesale Corporation), which has a membership warehouse club format, based on the Wal-Mart’s Sam’s and Club and Metro’s Cash & Carry, is eyeing to enter the Indian market. The company is valued over $60 million and...

Sam's Club Brazil, a division of the Wal-Mart Corporation, is expecting to post Christmas sales up by 30 per cent compared to last Christmas trading period. Experts believe that besides its great range of prestige wines, gourmet foods and...

Increasing competition is forcing retail chains in India to strengthen their brands. As a post Bharti-Wal Mart JV impact, all major brands like Pantaloon, Shopper's Stop, Ebony, and Trent, have increased their marketing budgets, and are devising innovative marketing...

After the departure of a top marketing executive that helped Wal-Mart to take up another advertisement agency - Interpublic's DraftFCB, Wal-Mart has dropped this agency. A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said that the decision was taken after the information that was...

Citu, the trade union arm of the CPM, is apparently holding talks with the American Federation of Labour (AFL) to collaborate and tie up with their counterparts. Incidentally, Citu has asked for AFL's cooperation in organizing and implementing a...

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will now look into the Bharti-Wal-Mart deal, as a response to the concerns raised by the Left parties, soon after the deal was announced. The Commerce Ministry will prepare a detailed note, followed by...