Although Wal-Mart has gained a reputation for driving out mom-and-pop stores, the city of Charlottesville, Va. represents an example of how homegrown stores and the retail giant can coexist.

Continue reading

Though Wal-Mart's low-price, low-wage, globally sourced model is not necessarily unique in the retail industry, the Arkansas-based company has become the most powerful retailer in the world.

Continue reading

In a small town north of Salt Lake City, Utah, a modern range war is being fought along the shores of the Great Salt Lake.

Continue reading

A man of modest beginnings, Sam Walton built the Wal-Mart empire into the number one retailer in the world on a simple, but groundbreaking rule, cut all excess costs and sell low.

Continue reading

As the nation's largest retailer of American pop music, Wal-Mart wields significant influence over the recording industry, artistic creation and consumer choices.

Continue reading

A lawsuit charging Wal-Mart with sex discrimination will move forward, a federal judge decided Tuesday, making it the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history.

Continue reading