Wal-Mart profits up on price cuts
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US retailer Wal-Mart sees profits rise 9.8% after price cuts attracted customers over the holiday season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Thursday that it is cutting prices on 15,000 more items this week as the world's largest retailer continues its push to boost sales headed into the holiday season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, estimated its U.S. sales were up between 1 and 3 percent for the week ending Sunday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Thursday affirmed its profit forecast for the current quarter despite lackluster September sales growth.
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Kroger Co. , the largest U.S. grocery chain, said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 15.8 percent, as shoppers were enticed by remodeled stores and improved perishable goods, and it raised its earnings view for the year.
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Wal-Mart Stores  on Tuesday  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit as  penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for  low prices on necessities like food and laundry detergent to  offset tough economic conditions.
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WAL-MART Stores, the worldâs largest retailer and owner of Asda supermarkets, has reported a 12.7 per cent rise in its third-quarter earnings.
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The companyâs third-quarter profit beat expectations, lifted by an extra week of holiday shopping and sales of video game consoles and GPS devices.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, met Wall Street expectations with a 12.7 percent rise in its third-quarter earnings Tuesday and bumped up its own projection for the full year&#39;s profit.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s biggest retailer, reported a 13 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday, in line with expectations, and raised its outlook for the full year.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N,  the  world's biggest retailer, on Tuesday raised its profit forecast  for the full year.
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Wal-Mart has seen a larger number of customers in its US stores over the past week as all-important holiday shopping improved. The world&#39;s biggest retailer said that its general merchandise sales picked up as the week progressed.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, reported a 12.7 percent rise in its third-quarter earnings, meeting Wall Street expectations.
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Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz posted a rise in profits for the third quarter, saying its price-cut strategy had paid off.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reduced its reported second-quarter profit by $153 million due to expenses from selling its German retail operations, the world's largest retailer reported Monday.
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Top U.S. retailers reported double-digit profit gains in the third quarter, with industry titan Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  leading the pack and brightening its outlook for the key holiday season underpinned by the recent drop in oil prices.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. met Wall Street expectations with a 12.7 percent increase in its fiscal third-quarter earnings. Wal-Mart said Tuesday it earned $2.29 billion, or 54 cents per share, in the August-October