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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NEW YORK: The world&#39;s biggest retailer Wal-Mart is offering price-conscious US consumers the cheapest laptop on the market, priced at just US$498, in a move described by some analysts as a &quot;significant milestone.
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Shoppers headed to malls and stores to grab discounted coats, cashmere sweaters, and other items yesterday as merchants slashed prices even deeper in hopes
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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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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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By Emily Kaiser CHICAGO  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  lowered its August sales forecast on Monday because of disappointing back-to-school demand, casting doubt on the strength of U.S. consumer spending in a key shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., famous for marking down everything from housewares to hand lotion, has lowered the bar on discount computing by offering a sub-$500 laptop.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, lowered its sales forecast for August, citing slow back-to-school sales and the effects of Hurricane Charley...
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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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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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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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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 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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In what may be the earliest holiday shopping season ever, Wal-Mart plans to offer big discounts this Friday, three weeks before retailers traditionally start their holiday sales efforts.
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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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Retailers are having to slash prices earlier to attract pre-Chrismas shoppers, a survey suggests.
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NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart , the world's largest retailer, plans to slash the prices of almost 300 generic prescription drugs, offering a big lure for bargain-seeking customers and presenting a challenge to competing pharmacy chains and makers of generic drugs.