Walmart in South Africa
Precarious Labor and Retail Expansion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11212704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Kenny (0000-0001-6255-4971, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Pages | 173-177 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Labor and Working-Class History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-5479 • E-ISSN: 1471-6445 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0147547914000167 |
| OpenAlex | W2320241329 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
In 2011 Walmart's bid to buy a controlling stake in South Africa's Massmart Holdings, Inc. went before the country's Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal, both of which would determine whether to grant the merger outright or to place conditions on it. Massmart Holdings comprises a number of branded subsidiaries in the South African market, including Walmart-style general merchandise dealers, electronics retailers, do-it-yourself building suppliers, and food wholesalers—Game, Dion, Builder's Warehouse, and Makro, respectively—as well as the more recently acquired food retailer, Cambridge Food. South African unions, most prominently the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu), with support from the Global Union Federation UNI Global and, in the United States, the United Food and Commercial Workers, fought the merger
Business · Commission · Competition (biology · International trade · Subsidiary · Finance · Labor Movements and Unions
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |