Wal-Mart Comes Back Swinging
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After being outmaneuvered by aggressive competitors at the start of the holiday shopping season, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT ) is returning fire.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Monday said it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in September sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year, and back-to-school demand picked up after a sluggish start.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, met Wall Street expectations with a 12.7 percent rise in its third-quarter earnings Tuesday and bumped up its own projection for the full year&#39;s profit.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's  biggest retailer, is ready for some football.
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Wal-Mart has become the dominant retailing force in the U.S., but its experience overseas has been checkered.
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Wal-Mart gave investors something on Friday they haven't seen in some time: a reason to pour some money into its shares. The world's largest retailer, under pressure by investors to improve its sales, is trimming its store growth as it balances its traditional focus on low prices with a push to be a force for change in such areas as health care and the environment.
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Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) turned in a decent quarter today (with earnings that exactly matched the consensus estimate). Investors shrugged off the numbers.
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No big surprise: Wal-Mart just beat its pessimistic forecasts, again.
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Major retailers, led by discounters Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp, turned in better-than-expected August sales on Thursday, as consumers went back-to-school shopping despite higher gas prices and the nation's housing meltdown.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on  Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit after the world's  biggest retailer cut prices on hot items like toys and  electronics to lure customers during the holiday shopping  season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N 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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Things look bright for the retailer this year.
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Shoppers wait their turn in frigid wind-chill temperatures to enter Wal-Mart in Hamburg, NY, Friday, Nov. 26, 2004. Bargain shoppers woke up before dawn to head for the nation&#39;s malls and stores Friday, the
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A pull back in oil prices and upbeat outlooks from Wal-Mart and Lowe's prompted new bargain-hunting on Wall Street today.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, said US sales at stores open at least a year are rising within its forecast after four months of disappointing results.
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Retailers, including industry leader Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , reported June sales that topped Wall Street's conservative expectations on Thursday, raising hope for the back-to-school shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , 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.