Walmart

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Speculation continues to mount that Wal-Mart is studying new formats, the latest round fed by a report in the Wall Street Journal last week claiming the retailer is prepared to test two new small-footprint formats in early 2008: a smaller, urban, convenience-type store that could go head to head with Tesco's new Fresh and Easy format in the West; and a stand-alone store dedicated to health services and products.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Speculation continues to mount that Wal-Mart is studying new formats, the latest round fed by a report in the Wall Street Journal last week claiming the retailer is prepared to test two new small-footprint formats in early 2008: a smaller, urban, convenience-type store that could go head to head with Tesco's new Fresh and Easy format in the West; and a stand-alone store dedicated to health services and products.

NAPLES, Fla. -Bruce Peterson, former s.v.p./perishables at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has joined Naturipe Farms based here as its new president and c.e.o.

NAPLES, Fla. -Bruce Peterson, former s.v.p./perishables at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has joined Naturipe Farms based here as its new president and c.e.o.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday that its 2006 Ethical Sourcing report, which provides information on the company's ethical standards program, shows that high-risk violations at its factories decreased 23.5 percent in 2006, mainly due to educational outreach.

BENTONVILLE, Ark., WELLESLEY, Mass. and HELSINKI, Finland -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and SSH Communications Security, a provider of secure file-transfer and end-to-end communications security solutions, said yesterday that Wal-Mart has selected the SSH Tectia solution to enable secure remote access and secure end-to-end data file transfer throughout the retail leader's extensive global computing network.

BENTONVILLE, Ark., WELLESLEY, Mass. and HELSINKI, Finland -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and SSH Communications Security, a provider of secure file-transfer and end-to-end communications security solutions, said yesterday that Wal-Mart has selected the SSH Tectia solution to enable secure remote access and secure end-to-end data file transfer throughout the retail leader's extensive global computing network.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - In a conference call here yesterday, Wal-Mart's top executives lamented a "challenging" second quarter that saw missed objectives in overall performance, but also bright spots in the grocery and pharmacy segments where the retailer most directly rivals grocers.