A CONSULTING FIRM THAT helped drum up community opposition to dozens of proposed Wal-Mart developments around the country was covertly funded in part by supermarket companies, according to a report in last week's Wall...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Analysts said Wal-Mart Stores here appears to have supermarkets in its sights as it increases its emphasis on low-price leadership, particularly in the grocery area. The company repeatedly proclaimed...
Ahold here said sales have improved at the Ukrop's stores it acquired earlier since converting them to the Martin's banner. In a conference call with analysts last week discussing results for Ahold's first fiscal...
Craig Herkert wants to make Supervalu add up to more than the sum of its parts. More than ever before, the company's chief executive officer, on the job for about a year now, is looking for synergies that help unite...
AFTER ONE YEAR AT THE HELM, Supervalu Chief Executive Officer Craig Herkert said he finally has his top executive team in place. During a 12-month period that saw the departure of several high-level executives...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here on Friday pledged to be aggressive
in its global expansion initiatives and to ramp up its emphasis on low pricing.
Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer behind Wal-Mart Stores, beat its bigger rival to the punch when it cracked the Russian market last June. The celebration of Carrefour's first Russian store, a hypermarket...