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BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Price cuts helped Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. post a 1.9 percent rise in July sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, toward the top end of its forecast. However, the retailer warned that its aggressive price reductions were hurting gross margins.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Supermarkets in North America are expected to spend more than $9 billion on IT during the next 12 months, according to a new report from retail analyst and consultancy firm IHL Consulting Group here.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Supermarkets in North America are expected to spend more than $9 billion on IT during the next 12 months, according to a new report from retail analyst and consultancy firm IHL Consulting Group here.

NEW DELHI, India -- Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has finally found a way into the Indian wholesale market. The global retailer yesterday signed a pact with Bharti Enterprises Ltd. here to create a joint venture that allows it to supply goods -- including groceries -- to smaller retailers, manufacturers, and farmers.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart-owned warehouse club retailer Sam's Club said today it plans to deploy daily pricing software for its fuel operations.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart-owned warehouse club retailer Sam's Club said today it plans to deploy daily pricing software for its fuel operations.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart-owned warehouse club retailer Sam's Club said today it plans to deploy daily pricing software for its fuel operations.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Wal-Mart Canada here and Evergreen this week revealed the first 48 community recipients of a five-year, $2.5 million Wal-Mart Evergreen Green Grants program. Funded by the retailer and headed by Evergreen, a Toronto-based nonprofit environmental organization, the grants provide up to CAN $10,000 (US $9,374) to public groups introducing or revitalizing green space in Canadian communities.