Inside This Issue - Opinion

Let’s not rush to judge Walmart

The scandal dramatically unfolding at Walmart, the one involving allegations that the retailer’s Mexican unit bribed officials to gain favorable store locations, then covered it up corporately, all but overshadowed the excellent Annual Meeting the National Association of Chain Drug Stores conducted last month in Florida.

It’s time for Lampert to deliver on promises

At Sears Holdings Corp.’s annual meeting earlier this month, Edward Lampert, the billionaire hedge fund manager who created the company in 2005 by merging the Sears and Kmart retail chains, certainly talked a good game.