Bentonville, Ark.

Five hundred suppliers, 200 merchants and 800 meetings equaled made in U.S.A. magic for Wal-Mart as the retailer looks to accelerate domestic sourcing with a first-ever event dubbed Open Call. Wal-Mart held the event at its Bentonville, Ark., headquarters yesterday to discover domestically sourced products from new and existing suppliers that can help the company meet its goal of buying an additional $250 billion in American-made products in the next 10 years.

Wal-Mart is refusing to budge an inch after critics bashed the retail giant for overpaying its executives while they mishandled a probe into charges that it systematically bribed officials in Mexico. Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) "misconstrues" Wal-Mart's executive compensation policies, the discounter said in a regulatory filing last Thursday. ISS based its analysis on information from CtW Investment Group, a union-backed group that's long opposed Wal-Mart, the filing charged. The Bentonville, Ark., retail giant said its pay practices are "intended to closely align the interests of our named executive officers with the interests of our shareholders."

Bentonville, Ark. – Wal-Mart Stores has named a new president and CEO of its Indian operations. According to multiple media reports, Krish Iyler, who has been a...

Bentonville, Ark. -- The National Labor Relations Board has reportedly determined that Wal-Mart acted illegally when it disciplined and fired employees who had been involved in strikes and...

Bentonville, Ark. – Gearing up for the holidays, Wal-Mart announced that it expects to promote more than 160,000 associates to jobs with higher pay and more responsibility this year, including 25,000...

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