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Walmart.com to sell goods made by small women-owned businesses Mar 7th 2013, 12:02 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Walmart says price cuts helped shoppers save billions on produce Thu, Feb 28 2013 Target cautious after weak holiday quarter, shares fall Wed, Feb 27 2013 Wal-Mart eases investors fears, U.S. shoppers feel pain Thu, Feb 21 2013 UPDATE 5-Wal-Mart eases investors fears, U.S. shoppers feel pain Thu, Feb 21 2013 Yen falls on draft G20 statement; oil slides Fri, Feb 15 2013 Analysis & Opinion The boardroom mystique An apology Related Topics Investing and Taxes Simplified » Tech » A view of a Wal-Mart.com store at the Topanga Plaza in Canoga Park, California, November 8, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Fred Prouser By Jessica Wohl Thu Mar 7, 2013 7:02am EST (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) on Thursday will launch a line of products from small, women-owned businesses on its website, its latest push to position itself as a leader in women's economic empowerment. More than 200 items, from jewelry and iPad cases to coffee beans and apparel, will be sold on the "Empowering Women Together" section of Walmart.com, the world's largest retailer said on Thursday, a day before International Women's Day. The products currently come from nine countries including Cambodia, Haiti and the United States and include a $9.88 Women's Bean Project soup mix and cornbread mix gift set and a $20 dress from the Rwandan women's company Gahaya Links. Wal-Mart continues to work on transforming its image from a corporation that critics say underpays workers and does harm with its large stores into an outspoken corporate citizen that hires more veterans, reduces its impact on the environment and works with local suppliers. The women's items will be part of the "Store for Good," a project Walmart.com is working on for products that do good for others, for consumers or for the environment. Future goods may include eco-friendly items and healthier food, it said. Walmart.com will highlight the new section of its site on its main page. For now, the goods will only be sold online, not in Walmart stores. In September 2011, three months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out women's massive class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, the retailer laid out broad plans for women's economic empowerment. Wal-Mart's goals include spending $20 billion over five years through 2016 with women's businesses that provide goods for the company's U.S. business, up from about $2.5 billion a year previously. It also aims to double sourcing from international suppliers run by women. Wal-Mart's partners in the Empowering Women Together project include Full Circle Exchange and Global Goods Partners, non-profit organizations that sell products made by women. (Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Chicago; Editing by Alden Bentley) Investing and Taxes Simplified Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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