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CIO July 15, 2003 Kim Girard	How Levi's Got Its Jeans into Wal-Mart CIO David Bergen joined Levi Strauss almost three years ago with a mission: Get ready for the number-one retailer. This summer will tell if his company's IT transformation will help turn around this American icon.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Bianco & Zellner	Is Wal-Mart Too Powerful? Low prices are great. But Wal-Mart's dominance creates problems -- for suppliers, workers, communities, and even American culture
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Zellner & Berner	Wal-Mart Eases Its Grip The retailer isn't squeezing suppliers as hard -- or slashing its own prices as much as it used to.
Knowledge@Wharton April 9, 2003	The Wal-Mart Empire: A Simple Formula and Unstoppable Growth The company has a simple formula of low prices and rocket-science logistics to back up its operations. There's no secret to its success.
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Burritt et al.	Why Wal-Mart Wants to Take the Driver's Seat The retail giant wants to grab control of deliveries from manufacturers. Suppliers' shipping costs "more than likely will be passed on to other retailers"
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Does Wal-Mart Deserve to Be Hated? Should investors worry that this retail colossus seems to be a magnet for animosity and activism?
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Michael Arndt	Danger: Falling Prices "The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How it's Transforming the American Economy" is an insightful look at the effect, for good and bad, of Wal-Mart's focus on price-cutting.
BusinessWeek April 30, 2007 Anthony Bianco	Wal-Mart's Midlife Crisis Declining growth, increasing competition, and not an easy fix in site for Wal-Mart.
Inc. November 2003 John Anderson	Running the Gauntlet at Wal-Mart The process of selling to the behemoth of Bentonville starts well before you push open the doors of its Arkansas headquarters. But it's within the fortress itself that the dream (or nightmare) of working with Wal-Mart really begins.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2008 Rich Duprey	Wal-Mart a Pariah No More These days consumers are more than happy to stretch their meager dollars as far as they can at a Wal-Mart superstore.
BusinessWeek October 7, 2010 Boyle & Wolf	Wal-Mart Wants More Buying Clout Wal-Mart is convinced it can cut even better deals by consolidating its purchasing of raw materials with partners.
BusinessWeek June 3, 2009 Matthew Boyle	Wal-Mart Moves Upmarket The recession is bringing Wal-Mart affluent shoppers looking for bargains. Can new CEO Duke keep them in a recovery?
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Wendy Zellner	Wal-Mart: Your New Banker? Wal-Mart can't be or own a full-fledged bank -- yet -- but its partnerships and in-store financial services are giving the industry jitters
The Motley Fool October 10, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Will Women Wear Wal-Mart? The author takes some time to ponder Wal-Mart's new fashion line, Metro 7.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	Wide World of Wal-Mart The retail giant looks to take over the world.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bull To be a Wal-Mart bull you have to be convinced that the company has plenty of opportunity to expand its store base.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Turns to the Web ... Again Wal-Mart tests online grocery delivery system.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Michael Leibert	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Rebuttal Wal-Mart's management will someday get out of the way of the company's share price, rewarding long-term shareholders, but that day continues to seem distant.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Dexter Roberts	China: The Next Big Conquest? For retailers, doing business in China is tough stuff. But with a $370 billion market up for grabs, Wal-Mart and its competitors know it's worth the trouble.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2010 Rich Duprey	Wal-Mart's Global Ambitions In a cutthroat business like retail where a penny saved can mean a dollar earned, Wal-Mart's laser-like focus on expenses has global implications.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Can't Just Duct Tape This Massive Problem Wal-Mart to test its small-store format in the U.S.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Pumps Up a Gas War Will slashing gas prices at some of its gas stations refuel the discounter's U.S. sales?
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Wendy Zellner	Sam Walton: King Of The Discounters The legendary retailer Sam Walton, relentlessly studied and borrowed from rivals.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	The Expectations Game The expectations for Target and Wal-Mart aren't the same, but lately the performance is. Investors, take note.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	Wal-Mart's Big Gamble Wal-Mart's mandate that manufacturers adopt RFID to improve supply-chain management has clear benefits for Wal-Mart, but the payoff for manufacturers is less certain.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2011 Shubh Datta	What 2012 Holds for Wal-Mart Will Wal-Mart correct itself next year?
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Is It Time to Put Wal-Mart on Pause? As expected, Wal-Mart had a solid second quarter. However, given upcoming challenges, it makes sense that some investors may want to say "when" on the discount retailer's stock, at least for the time being.
Fast Company February 2004 Fast Company	Feedback December's cover story, "The Wal-Mart You Don't Know," attracted among the largest, most passionate reactions of any story Fast Company has published.
Fast Company November 2005 Charles Fishman	How Low Can It Go? A retrospective look at articles about Wal-Mart.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Alyce Lomax	How Wal-Mart's Losing Competitive Advantage As if Wal-Mart didn't have enough problems these days, the big-box behemoth may now be losing its ability to command the rock-bottom prices on which it's built its reputation.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Countdown to RFID As the Jan. 1 target to meet retailers' RFID mandates nears, auto-identification in the supply chain remains a work in progress.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Just Can't Win U.S. sales improved, but deep discounts deteriorated profit.
InternetNews June 17, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Wal-Mart Expands RFID Plans After meeting with its top 300 suppliers, the U.S.'s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, said it will expand its radio frequency identification roll-out faster than expected.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Wigging Out Over Wal-Mart Are the good times over for the discount retailing giant?
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Wal-Mart Walks In Wal-Mart chimes in with its first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Here's what you need to know to make sense of the news. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Chris Mallon	Wal-Mart: Tech King? Wal-Mart's innovative use of technology changed the face of American business.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 Jim Royal	Today's Buy Opportunity: Wal-Mart The Bentonville Behemoth is the best play for any environment.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Can Fail Too Wal-Mart has thus far failed in one of its promising growth initiatives -- its in-store clinics.
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Berner & Grow	Out-Discounting The Discounter Why dollar stores that sell at cut-rate prices are giving Wal-Mart pause.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Michael Leibert	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Is Wal-Mart losing its edge? Investors looking for a stock that will outperform the market would be well-served to keep looking.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Struggles Despite Its Best Efforts Time will tell whether Wal-Mart's investments will help correct some disturbing trends in the business.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Alyce Lomax	What Happened to Wal-Mart's Low Prices? The discount retailer's prices are rolling both ways.
HBS Working Knowledge August 23, 2006 Ghemawat & Mark	The Real Wal-Mart Effect Critics are lining up to take shots at Wal-Mart's treatment of workers and a host of other alleged knocks against society. But the critics miss one big point: Wal-Mart's overall impact benefits the economy and lower-income consumers.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away There have been a few cracks in Wal-Mart's all-weather coating lately.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Dressed Down Wal-Mart's dying to drum up more growth and lure more customers from all walks of life, but when it comes to appealing beyond its core, it's got some real challenges.
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The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Seth Jayson	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bull Rebuttal With Wal-Mart, investors are riding with proven success. The company has always overcome insurmountable obstacles, and it will continue to do so.
CIO October 15, 2002 Susannah Patton	Food Fight As they struggle for survival against discounters like Wal-Mart, supermarkets turn to IT to make shopping easier, cheaper and more profitable for them.
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