7-Eleven, Inc.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said today its sales at stores open at least a year rose 8 percent in December, topping company forecasts, Reuters reports.

MAHWAH, N.J. - Novadigm Inc., provider of adaptive management solutions for software and content in enterprise and Internet environments, today announced that 7-Eleven Inc. has implemented Novadigm's e-wrap technology to automate the management of server-based software that powers retail systems in its chain of 5,300 U.S. convenience stores.

DALLAS - 7-Eleven Inc. senior executives announced today the company is hosting its first quarterly Product Innovation Day on Jan. 17, 2002, at its headquarters in Dallas.

7-Eleven Inc. is launching a pilot test of the new Vcom financial kiosk in Austin and Temple/Killeen, Texas. Thirty-six stores in Fort Myers and Naples, Fla., are also part of the test.

7-Eleven Inc., the world's largest convenience retailer with over 22,000 stores worldwide, today announced plans to expand the development and operation of 7-Eleven stores through licensing arrangements in the People's Republic of China.