Wal-Mart is opening a store at Cribb’s Causeway, Bristol, on Monday.
It will be the first of up to 10 more specialising in low-cost goods that will open within five years. Others are to follow in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham and Havant, Hampshire, in October.
The 8,640 sq m (93,000 sq ft) outlet will be four times the size of the average British supermarket. The new outlet further threatens the Broadmead city-centre shopping complex. Planning restrictions could limit the impact Wal-Mart could have in the UK.
The Times 21/07/00 page 11, page 6 (Times 2)
The Independent 21/07/00 page 3, page 17, page 6, page 19 (Outlook)
Financial Times 21/07/00 page 5
The Guardian 21/07/00 page 21
The Daily Telegraph 21/07/00 page 16, page 28, page 35 (City Comment)
