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  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Walmart’s US ecommerce chief to leave after it combines operations

    Marc Lore to leave retailer following integration with bricks-and-mortar business

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Lex
    Walmart/US fintech: all-American Ant Premium

    Discount retailer will need to reassure people that their data is safe in its hands

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Private equity and hedge funds: an especially wild year in review Premium

    Needless to say, it’s been a mad year in the realm of alternative investments

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    US opioid epidemic
    US sues Walmart alleging role in country’s opioid crisis

    Retailer filled hundreds of thousands of illegitimate prescriptions, justice department claims

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    ASDA Group Ltd
    Asda paid £1bn dividend to Walmart 7 months before sale announced

    Parent company is selling its majority stake in deal that values UK chain at £6.8bn

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    LexUS retail
    Big-box retailers: winner takes all Premium

    The divide between the retail haves and have-nots has never been starker

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Americans prepare for a holiday shopping season like no other

    Pandemic has left some ready to spend more even as many face a financial crunch

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    US retail
    Walmart and Home Depot extend pandemic winning streaks

    Retailers gain as economic data show signs of weakness in broader US consumer spending

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    Why Walmart’s might couldn’t crack Japan

    World’s largest bricks-and-mortar retailer foiled by power of suppliers and regional food preferences

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Walmart sells majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain

    KKR and Rakuten to acquire 85% of Seiyu in deal valuing retailer at $1.6bn

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Markets
    Further reading

    Hunter Biden; Grantham’s Green New Deal; Xbox issues and much more . . . 

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Walmart removes firearms and ammunition from US store floors

    Country’s biggest retailer cites recent civil unrest for decision

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Walmart sues US to pre-empt possible DoJ opioid lawsuit

    Retailer claims authorities put its pharmacists in impossible position over prescriptions

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Black Friday
    Walmart to spread ‘Black Friday’ over several days

    Retailer plans ‘revamped’ US holiday discount shopping event to reduce crowds amid pandemic

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    News in-depth
    How Walmart’s UK invasion fizzled out

    US retailer’s sale of Asda ends its ambitions to conquer European grocery market

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    ASDA Group Ltd
    Walmart sells majority stake in Asda

    Deal with Issa brothers and TDR Capital values UK supermarket group at £6.8bn

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    LexASDA Group Ltd
    Asda/Walmart/EG: the backstop brothers Premium

    Low-profile siblings sense a seller running out of options

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    ASDA Group Ltd
    Petrol station tycoons are preferred bidders for Asda

    Consortium of Issa brothers and TDR beat Apollo to advanced talks for UK supermarket

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    ByteDance proposes US IPO for TikTok to woo White House

    Trump staffers review details of deal with Oracle as national security concerns remain

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Walmart to offer fuel discounts with rival to Amazon Prime

    US retailer revamps membership service as it tries to retain shoppers won over during pandemic

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    News in-depthTikTok Inc
    What Walmart might want from a TikTok tie-up

    Video-sharing app has more than 100m active US monthly users who are young, tech savvy and likely to shop online

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Microsoft’s unexpected ally in the TikTok tournament Premium

    Walmart’s show of interest adds to out of the ordinary Trump-induced M&A process

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    Walmart enters race for TikTok US with Microsoft partnership

    Retailer says deal for video app would boost its marketplace and ad businesses

  • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
    Walmart pushes ahead as a pandemic winner

    US online sales almost double but retailer warns growth will ‘normalise’ as stimulus fades

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    News in-depthHedge funds
    Hedge funds scour alternative data for edge on Covid and economy

    Everything from social media to the R number is being tracked, but some question the value

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