Chicago greets 1st Wal-Mart, but wonders where's Elmo?
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There were no protesters or top   Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N executives at the grand opening of   the retailer's first Chicago store on Wednesday, but perhaps   the most keenly felt absence was T.M.X. Elmo.
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It's only September, but inflatable   Santa decorations were already on display at a newly opened   Wal-Mart store here this week as U.S. retailers try to   jump-start what looks to be a decent but unspectacular holiday   shopping season.
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CHICAGO -- One might think Chicago already qualifies as a "global city."
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Most adopt wait-and-see attitude as they await more details of historic retailing deal. By Francis X. Donnelly / The Detroit News.
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The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up?
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Investors finally decide between Wal-Mart and Target.
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After experiencing an initial shortage of T.M.X. Elmo, one of the hottest toys this year, Wal-Mart announced Tuesday that it has landed the Elmo jackpot and will sell 4,000 dolls every day this week on its Web site.
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MINOT, ND - City Council members have given Wal-Mart preliminary approval to build a Supercenter, though not without some soul-searching.
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Bargain-hungry shoppers raced to malls as early as midnight to be the first in line to grab the best of retailers' so-called doorbuster deals on Black Friday, the kickoff of the 2006 holiday shopping season. Impatient shoppers chanted "open the door" before a 5:00 a.m. opening at a Wal-Mart store in Union, New Jersey.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday introduced a test version of its new video download service, making it the first major retailer to offer such a service with the backing of all of Hollywood's big studios.
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It's only September, but inflatable  Santa decorations were already on display at a newly opened  Wal-Mart store here this week as U.S. retailers try to  jump-start what looks to be a decent but unspectacular holiday  shopping season.
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Minneapolis (WCCO) Were you part of the shopping opener this weekend? Malls and department stores report sales were not spectacular.
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SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico : As hundreds of curious onlookers watched, Wal-Mart opened its controversial store near the famous Aztec pyramids of Teotihuacan northeast of Mexico City.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , on Thursday reported a lower-than-expected 0.9 percent rise in February sales at U.S. stores open at least a year and provided a tepid forecast for March.
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November 26, 2004 -- The world&#39;s oldest toy store was back in business yesterday - just in time for the holidays. FAO Schwarz â-t Fifth Avenue and 58th Street â -ng its doors open for the first time
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The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores  Inc.'s  U.S. discount chain quietly toured the  retailer's first Chicago store on Tuesday, offering last-minute  suggestions on everything from signs to fishing rods.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  is actively  working to open its first small-scale grocery stores in  Arizona, according to city planning officials, as the world's  largest retailer looks to fend off competition from British  supermarket rival Tesco .