INDIA: Wal-Mart International chief lobbies to enter Indian market
By: just-food.com | 13 May 2005
Wal-Mart International chief John Menzer has met Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and commerce minister Kamal Nath to lobby for permission to enter India's tightly-controlled retailing sector, the the Calcutta Telegraph newspaper reports.
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Wal-Mart International chief John Menzer has met Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and commerce minister Kamal Nath to lobby for permission to enter India's tightly-controlled retailing sector, the the Calcutta Telegraph newspaper reports.
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