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Surviving Wal-Mart A former Wal-Mart strategist tells you how to survive and thrive in a world dominated by the retail giant.

WAL-SMART

William H. Marquard

Tata McGraw-Hill

Pp: 272

Price: Rs 450

In the history of American business, there have been corporationsfar more powerful than Wal-Mart--for instance, Standard Oil and usSteel--but none of them was as feared or reviled as Wal-Mart istoday. True, this is a different day and age, but the universal awethat this hyphenated "beast from Bentonville" evokes is a left-handed compliment to its growing sphere of influence. It is not justsuppliers, competitors, state administrations, and technologyinnovators, but also employers who need to keep an eye on Wal-Mart.Consider this: Wal-Mart spends $240 billion every year on …

Jui Li sets aftermarket part recall in motion

After CAPA decertifies part, Jui Li takes responsibility for 5,000 hoods

OEMs conduct hundreds of recalls each year, but 2002-2003 marks the first year that an aftermarket part manufacturer has voluntarily recalled its wares since the parts were introduced in 1979. Beginning in December 2002, Taiwan-based Jui Li Enterprise Co. Ltd. began reeling in as many as 5,000 of its Toyota Tacoma hoods that were sold in the United States from July 15,1997 to March 29, 2002. A CAPA-certified hood that flew up as a repairer was taking a customer's Tacoma for a test ride sparked the recall. After examining the part, CAPA decertified all lots of Jui Li's P/N JLH13900. (See "NonOEM Tacoma hood …