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1. 1. Harbin Business Exchange - Harbex - HBE - Wanda Mall Opening Ceremony April 2005

   www.harbex.net/05_april.html - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/30/2006   Last Visited: 11/10/2007

   The TJI-I officials joined Mr. Ira Stiegler, of Warner Bros., Mr. Ben Cornish, Vice President (China) for Wal-Mart, and Mr. Low Kim Tuan, Chief Operating Officer-Northern China for Parkson as honored guests.

2. 2. Press Releases

   www.morganstanley.com/realesta - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/25/2005   Last Visited: 12/18/2007

   Ben Cornish, Vice President of Development for Wal-Mart in China commented, "Wal-Mart China is extremely excited to have a world-class retail developer like Simon entering the China market and working with us on our aggressive expansion program throughout the country.

3. 3. Good News Pilipinas | Biz Progress: Wal-Mart targets RP market

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   Published on: 7/5/2005   Last Visited: 2/8/2007

   These were the words of Ben Cornish, Wal-Mart Vice-President for China, who also said that "partnership with the Sy's of the SM Group or Gokongwei's from Robinsons could be a possibility."
   
   Cornish said "The Philippines is an exciting market with great potential (with so many people). Filipinos love to shop and there are some very good companies like SM and Robinsons - the Filipino retailing community is very vibrant."
   
   Wal-Mart and the SM Group has an existing business relationship as it currently leases a space for its Wal-Mart Super Center at the SM Mall in Xiamen, China.
   
   Thumbnail: Wal-Mart Cornish added that Wal-Mart usually does a thorough study first on the model that they are going to adopt for the countries that they are interested in, before setting up operations. This, he says, is the reason why they cannot commit on a specific date for their entry into the Philippine market.
   
   Nonetheless, he noted that at present, Wal-Mart has a Global Procurement Division in the Philippines that buys various items like shoes, textiles, etc. to be sold in their stores worldwide.
   
   To date, Wal-Mart has 6,800 stores around the world employing about 1.8 million people. Its US operations is a $250-billion business while its operations in other countries pitched in $65 billion last year.
   
   However, Cornish noted that while Wal-Mart's international operations may seem smaller than the US, growth is actually faster at 20 to 25 percent compared to the US' 10 to 11 percent annually.