Article: Wal-Mart May Offer to Purchase British Discount Retailer Matalan.

Article: Wal-Mart 'lining-up Matalan takeover'.(Business)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 30, 2004 ;     496 words ...Asda owner Wal-Mart is reported to ... discount clothing chain Matalan. Senior executives of Wal-Mart and their financial ... stake in the group. Wal-Mart would also need ... consent to sell food at Matalan, while a lack of prime ...

Article: Wal-Mart set for Matalan takeover.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 30, 2004 ;     475 words ...ASDA owner Wal-Mart was yesterday reported ... discount clothing chain Matalan. Senior executives of Wal-Mart and their financial ... stake in the group. Wal-Mart would also need ... consent to sell food at Matalan, while a lack of prime ...

Article: Bid rumours send Matalan's shares up; Tesco and ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 8, 2004 ;     605 words ... ... discount chain Matalan sent the company ... with US retailers Wal-Mart and Target ... of our own. '' Matalan also declined to ... newspaper said Wal-Mart had ruled ... sales. Tesco and Wal-Mart have both ... Hargreaves, head of Matalan

Article: Wal-Mart `in pounds 1bn bid for Matalan'.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  August 30, 2004 ;     293 words ... ... pounds 1bn takeover bid by Asda owner Wal-Mart. It is believed the Skelmersdale-based out of -town discount retailer Matalan could be snapped up by the multinational ... Matalan group. Senior executives of Wal-Mart were in the UK this month to ...

Article: Wal-Mart moves on Matalan.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 30, 2004 ;     268 words ... ... Byline: DEBORAH JAMES AMERICAN retailer Wal-Mart could pay pounds 1bn to take over Skelmersdale clothing company Matalan if negotiations are successful. John ... the out-of-town retailer. Senior Wal-Mart executives and advisers were in ...

Article: Asda Wal-Mart's British chief defects to Matalan
Evening Standard - London;  August 24, 2001 ;     402 words ...ASDA Wal-Mart suffered another ... drain" blow today as Matalan poached the head of ... taken over by US giant Wal-Mart. Mason, recently ... plaudits in front of Wal-Mart shareholders ... healing the wounds at Matalan caused by the shock ...

Article: Asda Wal-Mart's British chief defects to Matalan.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 24, 2001 ;     590 words ... ... Byline: JIM ARMITAGE ASDA Wal-Mart suffered another ... drain" blow today as Matalan poached the head of its ... taken over by US giant Wal-Mart. Mason, recently ... with plaudits in front of Wal-Mart shareholders at ... healing the wounds at Matalan caused by the shock departure ...