I am looking for some articles and websites and tell me in detail
about two strategic decisions made by Wal-Mart that is going into
international business and tapping the grocery market.

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 16 Apr 2003 13:27 PDT

Greetings, instyle!

It would help Researchers to assist you if they know how many links to
articles you are expecting to receive.

Thanks,

aceresearcher

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I have found the following articles you require. I separated them into
the two categories you mentioned, international business and tapping
the grocery market.

International Business:

“Wal-Mart: Lessons from Going Global”
http://www.themanagementor.com/kuniverse/kmailers_universe/mktg_kmailers/Wal-Mart.htm

“Inside The World's Biggest Store”
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901030120-407305,00.html

“How Well Does Wal-Mart Travel?”
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_36/b3747107.htm 

“Wal-Mart going global to expand”
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0405walmart05.html

“Wal-Mart to add Japan to global lineup”
http://www.siamfuture.com/asiannews/asiannewstxt.asp?aid=835 

“Watch Out Europe: Here Comes Wal-Mart”
http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_26/b3635129.htm 

“Carrefour vs. Wal-mart:   The Battle for Global Retail Dominance”
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:fGJPcN9Ubm0C:www.agsm.unsw.edu.au/~timdev/research/cases/CARREFOUR.PDF+%22Wal-Mart%22+global&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

“$10 Billion Gamble In U.K. Doubles Its International Business”
http://www.iht.com/IHT/TB/99/tb061599.html 

“In Europe, Wal-Mart Pursues a Big Dream”
http://www.iht.com/IHT/JS/98/js121098.html 

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Grocery Market

“Meet Your New Neighborhood Grocer”
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,373493,00.html

“Wal-Mart Study Offers Insight For All Retailers”
http://www.newhope.com/nfm-online/nfm_backs/apr_02/walmart.cfm 

“Wal-Mart Is Eating Everybody's Lunch”
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_15/b3778053.htm 

“Wal-Mart: Supermarket Smackdown”
http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/2003/Wal-Mart-Supermarket3apr03.htm

“New England market challenges Wal-Mart”
http://www.organicconsumers.org/supermarket/112202_shaws.cfm 

“Albertsons feels pressure from Wal-Mart”
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/10/20/biz_albertsons20.html 

“Will Wal-Mart Give On-Line Grocers Indigestion?”
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:_QWcfGg5XOoC:www.stores.org/archives/feb03sidebar_3.html+%22Wal-Mart%22+grocery+market&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Search terms used:        
“Wal-Mart” international global strategy grocery market Europe Asia
            
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Thanx!