One reason, he said, was that Wal-Mart is taking advantage of the slumping advertising market to increase its advertising.

他说，其中一个原因是沃尔玛抓住了广告市场下滑的机会加大了广告力度。

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Last week Wal-Mart pulled the plug on its German operations, selling its 85 hypermarkets to Metro, the local market leader.

上个星期沃尔玛停止了德国市场的运作，将85个店铺都卖给了德国当地零售巨头麦德龙。

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Wal-Mart, Costco, and specialty retailers like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s are expanding and taking market share from Albert-sons, Safeway, and Kroger.

沃尔玛，好市多，一些比如完全食品市场和乔氏那样的独特销售商正在扩大，并且占有埃尔贝森，西夫韦，克罗格的市场份额。

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Wal-Mart achieved market dominance through innovation.

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Learning a lesson from its experience in Mexico, where it had to add to its Cifra stake by buying shares at ever-higher prices on the open market, Wal-Mart purchased warrants to potentially raise its Seiyu position to 67%.

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Likewise, Wal-Mart used its market dominance to attack its ailing rival Kmart with deep price cuts.

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