UPDATE: RUSSIA: X5 reiterates interest in Wal-Mart "target" Kopeika

By: Dean Best | 15 October 2010

X5 Retail Group, Russia's largest retailer by sales, has repeated its interest in buying local rival Kopeika amid reports that Wal-Mart Stores is again circling the business.

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X5 Retail Group, Russia's largest retailer by sales, has repeated its interest in buying local rival Kopeika amid reports that Wal-Mart Stores is again circling the business.

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