Wal-Mart report should give clues on fiscal year
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors will be focused on the retailer's forecast for its new fiscal year and indications as to when sales at its U.S. store base may finally strengthen when the world's largest retailer reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday.
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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
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1  retailer, on Monday said September sales at U.S. stores open at  least a year were tracking in line with its forecast for a 2  percent to 4 percent increase, though it expects Hurricane  Frances will briefly hurt sales in areas hit by the storm.
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You can tell a lot about a company from the way it reports its numbers.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Monday said it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in September sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year, and back-to-school demand picked up after a sluggish start.
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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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Retailers need to prepare for the second retailing season that follows Dec. 25.
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Amid reports yesterday of sluggish back-to-school sales from the nation&#39;s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., analysts maintained forecasts for a decent retail season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  reported May sales at U.S. stores open at least a year toward the low end of its forecast and gave a cautious view for its June sales on Thursday, adding that shopper worries about gas prices have increased from January through April.
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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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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N 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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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.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on  Thursday said it expects February sales at its U.S. stores open  at least a year to be up between 1 percent and 2 percent.
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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.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1 retailer, on Monday said its September sales at U.S. stores open at least a year were tracking in line with its forecast for a 2 percent to 4 percent increase, driven by back-to-school buying.
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Investors will soon get clarity on an uncertain quarter.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has announced on Thursday, September 16, that a team of its analysts has recently checked expansion opportunities in Russia, Reuters reported.