TORONTO -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Canada here has been making some inroads in its effort to unionize Wal-Mart stores in that country, where the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer ...

TORONTO --Wal-Mart is expanding remote checkouts to additional Canadian stores after a successful test at a single unit last year, a corporate executive said yesterday during the company's analysts ...

Wal-Mart Canada has announced the expansion of a plastic-bag-reduction initiative that will include the introduction of a 5-cent plastic bag fee on all single-use plastic bags. The initiative began in ...

Wal-Mart Canada plans to launch an RFID pilot this fall with approximately 16 suppliers to track products through the supply chain. The pilot will include Wal-Mart Canada’s Mississauga distribution ...

This story appears in the Jan. 13 print edition of Transport Topics. Wal-Mart Canada said it wants to expand its “Supercube” fleet after initial testing found the vehicle’s additional freight capacity ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Inc. suffered a defeat on Thursday when Canada's Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge of the company's 2005 decision to close a Quebec store that had been the first in ...

Wal-Mart has launched the index it uses to measure the “sustainability” of its suppliers in Canada. The retail giant’s local arm announced the move yesterday (10 February) among a series of ...

at Hamilton's McMaster University, told IPS. often, it is the quality of management when people feel like they are being exploited, when people feel like they are being humiliated." ...

Wal-Mart Stores has outlined its expansion plans in Canada for the next 12 months. The world’s largest retailer plans to invest C$750m (US$754.1m) in what it described as a “record” year of expansion ...

"I'm not stopping until I get food in every box in Canada," said Shelly Broader, according to recent article in The Globe and Mail. Broader is a former grocery executive and the current CEO of ...

Wal-Mart plans to spend $115 million Canadian (about US $108 million) to build a refrigerated distribution center in western Canada. The retailer said the facility will employ new energy-saving ...