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... price regulation in Germany, Wal‐Mart has come up against German labor laws which are more sympathetic to trade unions, and local discount stores such as Aldi and Lidl are well‐established and highly successful operations. Wal‐Mart continues, however, to persevere in trying to compete in the German...

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... Wal‐Mart is the world’s largest retailer. In fact, it is the biggest corporation on the planet. In January 2002, annual year to date sales exceeded a staggering $200 billion, and analysts predict that this figure will have rocketed to $700 billion by 2010. However, to meet such forecasts...