Sam's Club

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling that had prevented a union from recruiting members inside Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores nationwide, The Associated Press reports.

Wal-Mart came to dominate the market's grocery business in just a few years. Some local retailers were overrun, but consumers have yet to be overwhelmed.

CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday said that its June sales remained on track as consumers stocked up on soup and hot chocolate instead of fans and air conditioners, prompted by cooler-than-normal U.S. weather, reports Reuters.

CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday said it agreed to sell its McLane grocery distributor business to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for about $1.5 billion, reports Reuters.

LOS ANGELES -- A group of women claming they were taken to strip clubs on business trips, demeaned as "little Janie Qs" by senior managers, paid less than men for the same jobs, and denied promotions filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart in federal court in San Francisco yesterday.

CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday said it has named Tom Coughlin, who has run its namesake discount stores and its Sam's Club warehouse store division, as vice chairman of the corporation.

NATICK, Mass. - The website Daily Deal reported on Thursday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is considering a bid to buy BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., the Natick, Mass.-based chain that operates about 140 club stores.

TORONTO - Wal-Mart Canada on Monday said it would open Sam's Club warehouse stores in three cities in Ontario, triggering more competition among retailers and grocers in Canada.