Wal-Mart reports drop in shoppers
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Customer traffic fell in the past week from a year earlier, Wal-Mart said Saturday in a report on its comparable-store sales. Free!
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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. , the world's largest retailer, slashed its own expectations of November sales on Saturday, saying customer traffic declined toward the end of Thanksgiving Day week, which signals the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Anecdotal evidence of crowded stores at the start of the holiday shopping season wasn&#39;t backed up with promising retail numbers, as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N 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 expects slower sales growth over the next three years and will spend less on new stores.
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Stocks fell on Monday after Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. WMT.N recorded disappointing Thanksgiving sales,  hurting hopes for a strong holiday retail season.
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U.S. blue chips ended lower on Monday  after a disappointing sales forecast from the world's biggest  retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, overshadowed a two-day  pullback in oil prices.
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Wal-Mart Stores said Saturday that shopping traffic dropped in the past week as it estimated October same-store sales growth at 2.8 percent.
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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. chain store retail sales fell for  the second week in a row, with customers mostly just window  shopping, a report said on Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart reported a slim half-point gain in sales at stores open at least a year and sales dropped at Limited Brands, Pacific Sunwear and Wet Seal, offering more evidence of a stumbling economy.
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Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N  ticked lower on Monday after the world's largest retailer cut  its August sales forecast.
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U.S. blue chips slipped lower on  Monday as a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores  Inc. WMT.N dampened sentiment toward retailers, although  pharmaceuticals benefited as investors changed their focus to  less volatile stocks.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) lowered its August sales forecast on Monday as back-to-school demand failed to meet its expectations and hurricanes in Florida forced it to close 75 stores.
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Sales at US retailers including Wal- Mart Stores Inc. probably slowed in November, the start of the holiday shopping season, as rising energy prices curbed consumer spending.
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Wal-Mart, the world&#39;s largest retailer, has lowered its November growth forecast amid concerns that fuel costs may slow down Christmas retail sales.