Wal-Mart sales, profits increase
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saw sales and profits increase during the third quarter this year, even as rising energy costs ate into customersâ spending money.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Saturday said sales at stores open at least a year rose 2.3 percent, according to its preliminary tally, helped by sales of bedding, electronics, food and pet supplies.
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US stocks rose on Tuesday as traders were cheered by better-than-expected quarterly earnings at Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT), the country's biggest retailer.
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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.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said a surge in after-Christmas shopping spurred December same-store sales gains of about 3 percent, at the high end of its forecast. Kmart Holding Corp. said profit rose 10 percent during the holiday season after it limited deep discounts.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT.N said on  Saturday that preliminary data show sales at U.S. stores open  at least a year rose approximately 2.5 percent in January.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Thursday reported a higher-than-expected 2.4 percent June rise in sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year, and the world's largest retailer said its second-quarter earnings forecast is "attainable."
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's largest retailer, on Thursday said sales at stores open  at least a year rose 2.4 percent in September, slightly higher  than its preliminary report but still toward the low end of its  forecast range.
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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.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Saturday estimated that September sales rose 1.8 percent at its U.S. stores open at least a year, in line with its forecast for 1 percent to 3 percent growth.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday that third-quarter earnings increased nearly 13 percent year-over-year on strong international sales and higher same-store sales at the company's Sam's Club stores.
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Stocks rose on Thursday after strong August sales from Wal-Mart Stores Inc  and other retailers combined with positive economic data calmed concerns about mortgage market turmoil hurting the broader economy.
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A busy Veterans Day helped Wal-Mart&#39;s weekly sales rise from a year earlier at stores open a year, the retailer said Saturday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's biggest retailer, on Monday brightened its outlook for  December sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, seeing  sales up 3 percent bolstered by post-Christmas spending.
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The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, reports higher profits but says this year will be challenging.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on Tuesday  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit after  penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for  low prices on necessities like food and laundry detergent.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on Thursday reported a 2.4 percent rise in December sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, beating Wall Street expectations, as customers flocked to its stores for cheap groceries.