Walmart

ATLANTA - Winn-Dixie may turn at least some of its 40 metro Atlanta locations into Save Rite warehouse stores as Cub Foods closes its Georgia stores, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Tuesday that Jeanne Jackson, president and chief executive of Walmart.com, will be stepping down after the holiday 2001 season, The Associated Press reported.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores is making it easier for customers to use its private-label credit cards, thanks to a new program in which Wal-Mart and Sam's Club will accept each other's cards.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. today reported record sales and earnings for the quarter ended October 31, 2001. Net income for the quarter was $1.481 billion, up from $1.369 billion for the similar prior year quarter. Total sales were $52.738 billion, an increase of 15.5 percent over the similar prior year quarter.

SEATTLE - Mark S. Hansen, 47, chairman and CEO of Fleming Companies Inc., was elected today to the board of directors of Amazon.com.

LONDON - Carrefour, the French hypermarket chain, will sign an agreement today with the Chinese State Economic and Trade Commission that will allow it to resume supermarket openings, which have been suspended for six months, the BBC reported.

BEIJING - A Wal-Mart executive said today the company hopes to open its first store in Beijing late next year or early in 2003, The Associated Press reported.

NEW YORK - Online retailing is expected to fare only about as well or as poorly as the retail economy as a whole during the Christmas season, The New York Times reported today. That stands in contrast to a steady growth since 1998, when online sales kept surging despite less favorable economic trends or even normal seasonal patterns.