date:Oct 12, 2013
Wal-Mart announced that it was ending its joint effort with Bharti Enterprises of India to operate 20 wholesale cash and carry stores that sell to other businesses like retailers, hotels and restaurants. Wal-Mart plans to buy Bhartis 50 percent stake in the venture, and the two companies will operate independent businesses in India. That Wal-Mart kept the wholesale business, long seen as a way to learn about Indias fragmented retailing sector, suggests it has not entirely ended its hopes of e