Great Wal of China
17 October 2006

Paying through the nose for 100 Chinese hypermarkets may ring alarm bells. After all, WalMart has made a fist of overseas expansion before. But the group needs growth, and China s $680bn retail market has bags of it. Besides, WalMart looks like it’s learning from past mistakes.
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