Wal-Mart may face holiday boycotts
610014
A conservative group that had called on supporters to boycott Wal-Mart's post-Thanksgiving Day sales to protest the retailer's support of gay-rights groups withdrew its objections yesterday.
120905
By Chris Williams THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  MINNEAPOLIS -- For Best Buy, Wal-Mart may be the Grinch who steals Christmas.
439586
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unsettled the retail industry yesterday, reporting a sales decline for the first time in 10 years and warning that its holiday sales would be disappointing. The discounter's news, coupled with a jump in unemployment benefit claims, raised concerns about the strength of the retailing sector at a critical time of the year.
94373
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Thursday reported a 3 percent rise in sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year in December, the big holiday shopping month, which was at the top end of its forecast range.
336792
With one week left until Christmas, customers can still find some of the season's hottest toys, like Dora's Talking House and Bella Dancerella, a ballet kit, at Toys "R" Us Inc. But it's a different story at rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , whose inventory of many of the popular items has been depleted.
474222
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, announced Monday that it expects its December sales to have risen 3 percent at stores open at least a year, a figure that is at the top end of the company's sales estimate.
19906
U.S. retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather.
322569
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, and its chief executive, Lee Scott, went on the offensive Thursday against critics of its employment policies and the impact its stores have on communities where they are located.
527918
Disappointed over its Thanksgiving weekend showing, retail giant Wal-Mart is overhauling its sales strategy for the coming holidays.
297032
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N on  Thursday reported a 3 percent rise in sales at its U.S. stores  open at least a year in December, the big holiday shopping  month, which was at the top end of its forecast range.
362123
Stocks fell on Monday after Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. WMT.N recorded disappointing Thanksgiving sales,  hurting hopes for a strong holiday retail season.
428944
Holiday shoppers at Target and Wal-Mart expressed mixed opinions Sunday about seeing fewer Salvation Army red kettles outside of retail outlets this time of year.
373064
Unions for thousands workers in northern Quebec have urged a boycott of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  over its plans to close a store that last year became North America's first unionized Wal-Mart.
453381
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.
292390
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , hurt by sluggish sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, on Friday launched a rare advertising blitz in newspapers across the United States touting price cuts.
393667
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  reported  surprisingly weak November sales on Saturday, even as U.S.  bargain-hunters jammed stores in search of gifts at the start  of the crucial holiday shopping season.
427563
Retailers may be in for a blue  Christmas this year as worries about soaring energy prices,  consumers' cost-consciousness and a warmer December than last  year make for lackluster holiday sales, retail analysts said.