Wal-Mart truck fleet rolls fuel savings
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Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott laid out ambitious environmental goals in late 2005 as the world's largest retailer sought to burnish its reputation against mounting criticism.
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CEO Lee Scott said Wal-Mart's goal is to operate using 100% renewable energy, create zero waste and sell products that are energy efficient.
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Consumers may be making less shopping   trips in the face of higher gasoline prices, but when they get   to the store they're spending more, as they load up their carts   each time they shop, industry executives said this week.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  racked up  strong back-to-school sales, but customers continued to cut  back on shopping trips to save on gasoline, the chief of  Wal-Mart's U.S. discount stores said on Thursday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., hurt by sluggish  sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, on Friday launched  a rare advertising blitz in newspapers around the United States  focusing on its price cuts.
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Top U.S. retailers reported double-digit profit gains in the third quarter, with industry titan Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  leading the pack and brightening its outlook for the key holiday season underpinned by the recent drop in oil prices.
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Wal-Mart reported a better-than-expected 9.8 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit yesterday, helped by new strategy and cost-control measures at its flagship U.S. stores division.
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U.S. retail gasoline prices increased for the first time in 10 weeks, while truckers saw their diesel fuel costs drop for a second week, the Energy Department said on Monday.
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In spite of a burst of Friday spending, the holiday shopping season got off to a sluggish start, forcing retailers to reassess their strategies for luring buyers. Slow sales reported by three retail sales trackers on Tuesday were blamed on higher fuel costs and an overall lack of confidence in the economy.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Tuesday that it is offering free shipping on thousands of items  purchased on its Web site for pick-up in more than 750 of its  U.S. stores.
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U.S. retail gasoline prices declined for the ninth week in a row and truckers are enjoying the cheapest diesel fuel in almost four months, the Energy Department said on Monday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Thursday reported a 1.1 percent rise in sales at U.S. stores open at least a year in May, excluding fuel.
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Fluctuating gas prices may be driving away shoppers and affecting sales for discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which reported disappointing November same-store sales this week, according to a survey commissioned by the National Retail Federation.
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Car companies ads are emphasizing fuel efficiency again, and not just as a way to spare the wallet this time, but also as a way to save the planet.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday that it is offering free shipping on thousands of items purchased on its Web site for pick-up in more than 750 of its U.S. stores.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on  Thursday reported a 1.1 percent rise in sales at U.S. stores  open at least a year in May, excluding fuel.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Bank of America Monday upgraded Wal-Mart, citing valuation and its belief that higher energy costs have no negative surprise factor for the retailing behemoth.