Wal-Mart lowers capital spending forecast for year
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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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Wal-Mart executives announced on Friday that they would reduce the number of new supercenters to be opened this year by 35 percent to hold down the chainâs mounting expenses.
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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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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares fell 3 percent early Monday after the world&#39;s biggest retailer cut its November sales forecast, casting a shadow over hopes for a bumper holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , 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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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Retail stocks fell Monday after Wal-Mart cut its August sales forecast, casting a pall over expectations for consumer spending during the back-to-school season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  shares fell in pre-market trading on Monday after the world's biggest retailer cut its November sales forecast, casting a shadow over hopes for a bumper holiday shopping season.
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Wall Street stocks moved mostly lower Monday on a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as investors worried that oil prices would cut consumer spending and hurt companies&#39; third-quarter profits.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, lowered its sales forecast for August, citing Hurricane Charley's swipe across Florida and slower than expected back-to-school sales.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N) 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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Blaming a computer error, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday lowered its September sales estimate again. The news sent shares lower in early trading and prompted analysts to speculate about what happened at the world's largest retailer when other merchants are expected to report higher sales amid cooling temperatures and easing gasoline prices.
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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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A leading forecaster of advertising spending has again lowered his estimate for growth in the U.S. this year.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the  world's biggest retailer, is trying to boost sluggish sales  gains by dropping its one-size-fits-all approach to retailing,  The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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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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NEW YORK : Shares in Wal-Mart Stores -- the world&#39;s number-one retailer -- slumped after it reported a weaker-than-predicted launch to the holiday shopping season.
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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!