Wal-Mart sees weak sales as holiday season starts
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. predicted a rare decline in monthly sales on Saturday, even as U.S. bargain-hunters jammed stores in search of gifts at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on  Thursday reported a lower-than-expected 0.5 percent rise in its  January sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, citing  unfavorable weather and gift card redemptions that were below  expectations.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  predicted  a rare decline in monthly sales on Saturday, even as U.S.  bargain-hunters jammed stores in search of gifts at the start  of the crucial holiday shopping season.
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U.S. stocks could start the week lower after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , a key barometer of the U.S. retail sector, forecast a decline in monthly sales, signaling caution about the holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the No.  1 U.S. retailer, on Tuesday signaled it will cut prices in the  weeks before Christmas after a strategy against deep discounts  backfired on the first weekend of the holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the No.  1 U.S. retailer, on Tuesday signaled it will cut prices through  Christmas after holding back deep discounts on the first  weekend of the holiday shopping season.
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The nation&#39;s retailers had a disappointing start to the holiday season, today reporting sluggish November sales as a much-hoped-for surge in Thanksgiving weekend business failed to materialize.
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Description: Slate columnist Daniel Gross examines whether a disappointing start to the holiday shopping season for Wal-Mart could present opportunities for other retailers.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, said Saturday it expects a 0.7 percent increase in November sales at its US stores open at least one year, down from a forecast of 2 percent to 4 percent a week ago.
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US retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather.
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U.S. retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said third-quarter sales were weaker than it had planned but earnings will be at the high end of its estimated range because of improved margins and a better tax rate.
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The outlook for the holiday season dimmed Thursday as the nation's retailers reported disappointing sales for November following an uninspiring Thanksgiving weekend.
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The U.S. holiday shopping season got off to a sluggish start with high oil prices and weak consumer confidence hitting the key Thanksgiving weekend, according to three retail indices released on Tuesday.
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Steep discounts, combined with warm and wet weather, led to a less-than-stellar November sales for many chains, despite heavy shopper turnout for the kick-off of the holiday season, retailers said on Thursday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, slashed its own expectations of November sales on Saturday, saying customer traffic declined toward the end of Thanksgiving Day week, which signals the start of the holiday shopping season.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower market open on Monday as investors worried about a weak retail environment after a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and a rise in crude oil prices.