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"Long Road Out of Eden" -- released Oct. 30 exclusively through Wal-Mart -- has sold more than 1 million units since its release in the U.S. and Canada. In the first week of its release, it became the number one selling album on the Billboard Top 200 chart and one of the largest, fastest-selling music products in Wal-Mart history.
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Wal-Mart's international operations in Canada, Germany and Japan (Seiyu) are ... collecting funds for relief efforts at stores in their respective companies. ASDA, Wal-Mart's operation in the United Kingdom, has announced it will make a direct financial donation to relief efforts and allow donations via its company website.
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Wal-Mart's business model is based on selling a wide variety of general merchandise at "always low prices."[27] The company refers to its employees as "associates". All Wal-Mart stores in the US and Canada ... have designated "greeters", who welcome shoppers at the store entrance.[47]
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EK3 is using its industry-leading narrowcasting solutions to help Wal-Mart and other like clients engage customers with meaningful and informative content. Narrowcasting uses a company's unique customer data and other factors to reach a captive in-store audience, delivering the right messages at precisely the right time to help influence buying decisions. Because Lisa is based on Wal-Mart Canada research, surveys and customer buying data, the shopper will feel a connection to the character while ... tying together other elements of Wal-Mart Canada's in-store narrowcasting strategies.
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LONDON, Ontario, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- EK3 Technologies Inc., a global leader in digital merchandising, today announced a first-of-its-kind original in-store program recently launched in Wal-Mart Canada stores. An executive from Wal-Mart Canada will address the National Retail Federation show next week to discuss the company's use of a new in-store narrowcasting strategy, which revolves around "Lisa," an animated character designed to build customer loyalty and improve the shopping experience.
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