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• Where to shop, Nationally or Internationally?

  By Rupert Hargreaves - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: CRRFY.PK, COST, WMT

  Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is without a doubt the biggest retailer in the world and a stable long-term investment. Having said that, it always helps to have some international exposure beyond the international markets that Wal-Mart serves. With that in mind it got me wondering, would investors benefit from investing in the world's second biggest retailer, Carrefour (NASDAQOTH: CRRFY.PK), or would Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) provide a better return?

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• Wanted: Effective Marketing Recipe for Retail and Consumer Goods in Europe!

  By Cristina Tanase - September 14, 2012 | Tickers: CRRFY.PK, PG, UL

  On the current European economic scene, some of the world´s largest consumer goods companies and retailers are finding themselves at a serious point of inflection. With sales declining in the most battered Western economies such as in Spain, Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL) has decided to replicate the Indonesian model:  selling products in small packages at affordable prices. Although the saying goes that good things come in small packages, from more »