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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Drugstores reported unusually weak December sales on Thursday, weighed down by a slow flu season, lower-priced generic drugs and sluggish sales of seasonal items.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares fell 3 percent early Monday after the world&#39;s biggest retailer cut its November sales forecast, casting a shadow over hopes for a bumper holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1 US retailer, on Thursday posted weak November sales and gave its lowest monthly forecast in 19 months for December as high oil prices crimp core lower-income consumers&#39; spending.
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The outlook for the holiday season dimmed Thursday as the nation&#39;s retailers reported disappointing sales for November following an uninspiring Thanksgiving weekend.
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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. 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.  said on Thursday it expects little improvement in December sales at its stores open at least a year as it struggles with disappointing demand for clothing and home decor.
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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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Wal-Mart Stores estimated that November sales fell 0.1 percent at its stores in the United States that have been open for at least a year.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on Saturday it still expects a 1 percent to 3 percent increase in December sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year as sales of general merchandise and winter items improved in the latest week.
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NEW YORK : Shares in Wal-Mart Stores -- the world&#39;s number-one retailer -- slumped after it reported a weaker-than-predicted launch to the holiday shopping season.
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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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Stocks tumbled after a weak sales estimate by Wal-Mart spurred concerns about the holiday shopping season.
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U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday after a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  over the weekend raised doubts at the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on Thursday it expects sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year to be flat to up 1 percent in December, the biggest shopping month of the year.