Hartnett: Look for Wal-Mart to slash prices more
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The latest numbers wouldn&#39;t be all that alarming at corporate offices of most retailers. But most corporate retailers don&#39;t have the same standards as Wal-Mart regarding the bottom line.
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Merchants are slashing post-holiday prices even deeper, hoping to squeeze the last bit of sales from a shopping season that many retailers are finding unimpressive.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the  world's largest retailer, said it plans capital expenditures  for its current fiscal year of $14.7 billion to $15.4 billion,  lower than its previous forecast.
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The move would be the first time Wal-Mart has used its influence to lower the cost of health care for its customers.
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Japan&#39;s Sony Corp. said on Friday it was in talks to sell more electronics goods in North America through discount retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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The price for Toshiba's HD-A2 HD DVD player has dipped below $200 at Amazon, Circuit City, and Wal-Mart.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the No. 1 US 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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Shoppers headed to the nation&#39;s malls and stores to grab post-holiday bargains Sunday as merchants slashed prices even deeper in hopes of squeezing more sales out of what&#39;s winding up to be an unimpressive holiday season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Monday it is cutting prices on back-to-school items and other products in a move to combat the effect of high gas prices on customers' spending.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  is  pushing to create a cheaper, more flexible work force by  capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more  staff on nights and weekends, The New York Times reported on  Monday.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. Aug. 23, 2004 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s biggest retailer, lowered its sales forecast for August, citing Hurricane Charley&#39;s swipe across Florida and slower than expected back-to-school sales.
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The world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart is offering price-conscious US consumers the cheapest laptop on the market, priced at just 498 dollars, in a move described by some analysts as a "significant milestone."
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Wal-Mart's message to America is "Save money. Live better." Its motto in Washington might best be summed up another way: Spend more. Lobby harder.
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NEW YORK -- Retailers opened earlier than ever on the day after Christmas on Wednesday and slashed prices with hopes of salvaging a holiday season that is falling short of already modest expectations.
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Retailers expect the day after Boxing Day to be busier as bargain hunters continue the chase for cut-price items.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a weaker market open on Wednesday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, cut its September same-store sales figure and a national employment index came in well below economists' forecasts.
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This year was the season of the last-minute markdown as merchants, led by Wal-Mart Stores, scrambled to cut prices, choosing sales gains over higher profits.