Wal-Mart Stores said it was requiring its suppliers to stop sourcing cotton from Uzbekistan in an effort to end child labor there.

After years of building bigger grocery stores, retailers are experimenting with radically smaller ones.

After years of building bigger stores, retailers are experimenting with radically smaller grocery stores.

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the country’s top retailer violated the Constitution by paying a worker in part with store cards usable only in Wal-Mart stores.

Many retailers struggled with a sluggish back-to-school season, though Wal-Mart posted higher August sales, as shoppers focused on buying essentials amid worries about high gas and food prices.

Many retailers struggled with a sluggish back-to-school season, though Wal-Mart posted higher August sales, as shoppers focused on buying essentials amid worries about high gas and food prices.

The world’s largest retailer said Thursday that sales of groceries and back-to-school products helped its August sales rise 3 percent, beating expectations.

A group of workers in the automotive department of a Wal-Mart store in Canada became the first North American employees of Wal-Mart to be covered by a union contract.

The worlds largest retailer reported a higher quarterly profit Thursday as shoppers headed to its stores for low prices.

Wal-Mart Stores says it will invest at least $1 billion in Brazil to expand its operations there.