If its calculations are wrong, however, those spending decisions could come back to haunt the giant retailer.

But would you welcome a giant retailer such as Wal-Mart in your own country?

Wal-Mart, the giant retailer that racked up $218 billion in sales last year, prefers to send them down the river.

The giant retailer reveals to the outside world relatively little about activities in its stores.

It was the kind of pro-Wal-Mart comment the giant retailer might write itself.

Such a delay may seem insignificant, but the amount of money flowing through a giant retailer quickly adds up.

No state and city subsidies or tax abatements were offered to lure the giant retailer.

But, he added, because the deluge from Kids has just begun, tougher times lie ahead for the giant retailers.

The project also kept residents' concerns about giant retailers in mind.

That will make it much harder for several giant retailers already under severe pressure.