The Monday after the deadly collapse of Rana Plaza in Savar, Bangladesh, Joe Fresh parent company Loblaw joined fellow retailers Sears Canada and Wal-Mart Canada at an emergency meeting of the Retail Council of Canada to discuss how to combat working conditions in sweatshops.
In the previous quarter, every international region generated positive comparable store sales growth for Wal-Mart with main contributors being the U.K., Canada and Mexico.