Via the Eclectic Econoclast, and the Emirates Economist, we find a new Economist article ($$$$) about Wal-Mart in Canada:
WHEN Wal-Mart moved into Canada just over a decade ago, the American retailing behemoth arrived with a splash, buying 122 stores of Woolco, a foundering chain. It turned down the chance to buy ten further Woolco outlets, including what was reputedly the most profitable of them all, because their workers belonged to a labour unionThe rest of the story requires a subscription. I'll report on the rest when my library gets the electronic edition...
Posted by Kevin on February, 25 2005 at 03:12 PM
