• In Toronto, the Globe and Mail reports that Walmart Canada "will open 47 hiring centres across the country as it adds a total of some 4,000 new employees this year and next, about 500 more than previously announced.
"By the end of 2013, the company expects to spend some $750-million to open, relocate or remodel 73 stores. Included are most of the 39 former Zellers Inc. stores for which Wal-mart Canada purchased leasehold rights in June 2011. They will reopen as Wal-mart stores in this fiscal year."
By 2014, the story suggests, Walmart could have as many as 94,000 employees in Canada.
"By the end of 2013, the company expects to spend some $750-million to open, relocate or remodel 73 stores. Included are most of the 39 former Zellers Inc. stores for which Wal-mart Canada purchased leasehold rights in June 2011. They will reopen as Wal-mart stores in this fiscal year."
By 2014, the story suggests, Walmart could have as many as 94,000 employees in Canada.
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