Wal-Mart faces must-win December after weak November
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  shares  dipped 1 percent early on Monday as Wall Street tried to  determine what caused surprisingly weak November sales and  looked ahead nervously to a make-or-break December.
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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 US stores open at least a year as sales of general merchandise and winter items improved in the latest week.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, said on Saturday it still anticipates a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in November sales at its stores open at least a year.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   on Monday said it expected sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year to be in the middle of a previously forecast rise of between 1 and 3 percent in December, the key shopping month.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.&#39;s (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Lee Scott is &quot;optimistic&quot; about the holiday season and expects a &quot;strong finish&quot; to the year, he said on Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said a surge in after-Christmas shopping spurred December same-store sales gains of about 3 percent, at the high end of its forecast. Kmart Holding Corp. said profit rose 10 percent during the holiday season after it limited deep discounts.
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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. issued a sobering warning for the holiday shopping season Thursday, predicting its December same-store sales gain would be zero percent to 1 percent.
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Woolworths says it needs a good Christmas to meet the lower end of its full-year sales targets.
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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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Last-minute shopping helped U.S.  retailers boost sales in December after a slow start to the  holiday season, but hefty discounting caused some companies to  warn profits may be squeezed,
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  reported  surprisingly weak November 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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With a weak back-to-school season behind them, US retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again.
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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. , the world's largest retailer, 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.
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The nation's retailers had a strong start to the holiday shopping season, according to results announced Saturday by a national research group that tracks sales at mall-based stores. One big exception was Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which said it expects to report same-store sales in November below its already lackluster forecast.
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Will steep discounting save Christmas? Retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores (nyse: WMT - news - people ) Chief Executive Lee Scott, will be forced to slash prices this week to spur sales that got off to a weak start this holiday season.