This is the worst start to a month for Wal-Mart

Never seen for seven years, according to the vice president Finance and Logistics of Wal-Mart Stores.

The site Bloomberg released internal e-mails exchanged between executives of Wal-Mart. We learn that sales in early February are termed "total disaster." February 2013 would be even the worst month over the 7 years he has been in the company, according to the Vice President Finance and Logistics of Wal-Mart Stores.

The slowdown in the U.S. economy weighs on household purchases, but the reputation of Wal-Mart has gone down for consumers. Some of its foreign subsidiaries involved in corruption, and the fire that destroyed a textile workshop in Bangladesh by 111 deaths, led to questions in the public.

In recent weeks, Wal-Mart, has implemented extensive operations to reclaim the American public. Wal-Mart has announced its desire to buy more products "Made in USA", to hire 100,000 veterans of the U.S. military who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, to make a selection among its suppliers.

Source: bloomberg, le monde fr