Tag Archives: Wal-Mart

FINOVATE OR DIE

May 24, 2011 – 1:46 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis How does a computer company become the world’s largest music seller? That’s precisely what Apple did with iTunes, surpassing Wal-Mart back in 2008 as the biggest retailer of recorded music (USAToday.com, 2 April 2008). Record labels are still scratching their heads trying to figure out what happened, but it’s safe to say […]

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Wal-Mart’s healthy food initiatives are ready to move markets for good

February 23, 2011 – 1:27 pm

by Jana Branch WHAT’S HAPPENING Wal-Mart’s multipronged healthy food initiative, announced January 20, 2011, concentrates the retailer’s mega-muscle on providing healthier food options at affordable prices. In concert with First Lady Michelle Obama’s focus on health, Wal-Mart’s approach is both CSR- and retail-driven. A tsunami of R&D, supply chain and packaged food innovation is expected […]

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Sam’s Club breezes past the competition, powers store with wind

May 31, 2010 – 6:00 am

by Sarah Fazio WHAT’S HAPPENING For its next move as a green giant, Sam’s Club will be the first U.S. retailer to run a store with its own wind power. They’ll generate juice with 17 micro wind turbines mounted on light posts in a Palmdale, CA, store’s parking lot. Sam’s picked a particularly windy plot […]

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Stay in the car: Convenience-centric retailers test the drive-thru format

April 23, 2010 – 11:15 am

by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING Chicago-area shoppers can spend a little more time in their cars and less in stores. Retailers around the city, including Wal-Mart and Meijer, are borrowing from the fast-food playbook and testing drive-thru lanes (ChicagoTribune.com 3.30.10). The remodeled Wal-Mart store in Mount Prospect added a drive-up lane but hasn’t drawn much […]

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Target and Wal-Mart think out of the box for installation services

February 5, 2010 – 7:53 am

by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING As if shopping for a new TV isn’t hard enough, there’s also the major hurdle of at-home set-up. Target and Wal-Mart have launched new services to help their shoppers with this post-purchase phase of buying electronics. In mid-January 2010, Target rolled out a national TV and videogame console set-up service […]

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U.S.-based lucha libre flying high off the mat

April 13, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Rocio Zamora Arzola WHAT’S HAPPENING Before there was WWE, there was lucha libre. Now, U.S. Latinos are going back to their roots and pumping new life into the Mexican sport of masked wrestling. Thousands of spectators are filling seats at lucha matches across the country (LATimes.com 3.16.09). Lucha Libre USA is organizing matches throughout […]

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