Wal-Mart focusing on sustainable electronics
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Monday that starting next year, it will ask its electronics  suppliers to fill out a scorecard assessing the sustainability  of their products.
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Ziff Davis - HP is working with specialists BearingPoint and OATSystems on RFID for Wal-Mart compliance and other retail implementation. Meanwhile, the major IBM competitor is building "domain knowledge" about RFID in manufacturing.
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By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle  May 30--Dell may be losing its religion, but Wal-Mart is an unlikely savior.   Last week, the computer maker, known for its direct sales by phone and the Internet, said it would begin selling PCs through the discount chain.
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By Phillip McGowan, The Baltimore Sun  Mar. 13--Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's  biggest retailer, is ready for some football.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Lee Scott unveiled a new "Sustainability 360" environmental plan on Thursday, challenging employees, suppliers and customers to remove nonrenewable energy from their lives.
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Scorecards for consumer electronics makers The Greening of Wal-Mart, America's least popular popular retailer, continues apace. This time it is putting the squeeze on consumer electronics suppliers, with a scorecard to assess the "sustainability of their products".â¦
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Consumer electronics aren't exactly easy on the environment Â they consume electricity that contributes to global warming, and toxins leach out of them when they end up in landfills.
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The world&#39;s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said it planned at least 10 new stores in China next year, joining other foreign retail giants in taking advantage of new rules letting them move into smaller cities.
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Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott laid out ambitious environmental goals in late 2005 as the world's largest retailer sought to burnish its reputation against mounting criticism.
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Wal-Mart, the largest U.S. retailer, on Friday said it would phase out the sales of HD DVD offerings and exclusively offer high-definition Blu-ray hardware and DVDs by the middle of this year.
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Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it will begin asking its suppliers to measure their carbon footprint and find ways to reduce it, part of an effort by the world's largest retailer to transform itself into a more environmentally friendly company.
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The Wal-Mart Foundation announced yesterday that it donated $1.5 million to help establish a sustainability research center at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, part of the company's initiative to become more environmentally friendly.
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Last week, Dell announced that it would begin selling two Dimension desktop computers through Wal-Mart Stores. It was a watershed moment.
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The electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corp. (SNE) is talking with Wal-Mart Stores Inc...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Friday it would push its suppliers to cut the amount of  packaging used in products sold through the world's largest  retailer, a move the company said will save it $3.4 billion.
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The computer-hardware giant, best known for products such as PCs and printers, on Friday laid out its plan to become a brand-name in consumer electronics products such as flat-screen TVs, music players and the devices that move content between them.