Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Wal-Mart starts a holiday series of weeklong price cuts; thousands of items affected -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 32 days 15 hours 38 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart , which has ridden low prices to dominate the U.S. retail scene, stepped up its game in price cutting still further Wednesday.
Retail IPOs greeted by 1999-style welcome MarketWatch First Take - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 9 days 17 hours 12 minutes ago
Teen apparel retailer rue21 Inc. also came to market. It priced at $19 a share, above its $16 to $18 range. Its shares soared more than 26%. Read about Dollar General and rue21.
Wal-Mart's grave situation - thestar.com
Toronto Star, The | 22 days 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has a problem.
Walmart to Launch Straight Talk Exclusively, Nationwide [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 39 days 17 hours 46 minutes ago
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dedicated to providing families affordable wireless solutions, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Retail stocks rise on October-sales upside - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 20 hours 44 minutes ago
The S&P Retail Index /quotes/comstock/10u!rlx.x (RLX 409.59, +4.18, +1.03%) climbed 1.4% to 411.01.
Walmart and CARE Launch New Initiative to Empower Marginalized Women in India [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 12 days 17 hours 16 minutes ago
...CHENNAI, India, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As a part of their commitment to women's empowerment, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and CARE announced the launch of a Cashew Value Chain Initiative. As part of the Walmart Foundation's $1...
America's #1 Retailer Wal-Mart of Central Georgia, Jean Rah Fya Records & the Boys & Girls Club of Central Georgia Present Recording Artist Bobby Tinsley and 'CHANI' in 'THE TRUTH THINK ABOUT IT!' Concert Series [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 41 days 17 hours 16 minutes ago
...go to: www.jeanrahfyarecords.com About Wal-Mart: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. serves customers and members more than 200 million...With fiscal year 2009 sales of $401 billion, Wal-Mart employs more than 2.1 million associates worldwide...
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Target Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Hasbro Inc., Mattel Inc. and Citigroup Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 44 days 15 hours 16 minutes ago
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS), Mattel Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT) and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C).
Retail stocks push higher - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 22 hours 10 minutes ago
The S&P Retail Index /quotes/comstock/10u!rlx.x (RLX 397.08, +7.40, +1.90%) gained nearly 9 points to 398.02 in early action.
China October data mixed, industrial output jumps - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 12 days 9 hours 34 minutes ago
China October data mixed, industrial output jumps
First State Investment Advisors Releases Free Risk/Reward Projections for Large Cap and Oklahoma Companies [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 39 days 17 hours 16 minutes ago
...including performance projections for AT&T, IBM, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., BOK Financial and other major companies. PRNewswire...Palmolive, ConocoPhillips, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and BOK Financial. The initial release of eight...
Wal-Mart starts a holiday series of weeklong price cuts; thousands of items affected
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) | 32 days 15 hours 56 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart , which has ridden low prices to dominate the U.S. retail scene, stepped up its game in price cutting still further Wednesday.
U.S. stock futures pare losses after jobs data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 22 hours 23 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures eased back on mild losses after data had fewer than expected Americans applying for weekly jobless benefits. "The trend continues a moderation in the pace of firings with the level of hiring being more uncertain," said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist, Miller Tabak. Down about 30 points earlier on, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lately off 15 points at 10,244.00. S&P 500 futures slid 2.1 points to 2,094.20, while Nasdaq 100 f...
Dell expected to see earnings, sales decline - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 50 minutes ago
But it was also a quarter of retrenchment for Dell. According to data from Gartner Inc., Taiwan's Acer supplanted Dell as the No. 2 PC company in the world during the period. Acer's PC shipments rose 23.6% to 12.5 million units, giving it 15.4% of the market. By contrast, Dell's shipments fell 6.7% to 10.3 million units, good enough for a 12.8% market share, according to Gartner.
Comments: Hasbro's quarterly profit rises on cost cuts - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 17 hours 25 minutes ago
Hey CIT Group Inc., you know your deal is screwed up when Carl Icahn is making the most sense.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Discount & Variety Retail |
| Website: | http://www.walmartstores.com |
Wal-Mart Stores is an irresistible (or at least unavoidable) retail force that has yet to meet any immovable objects. Bigger than Europe's Carrefour, Tesco, and Metro AG combined, it is the world's #1 retailer, with more than 7,870 stores, including about 890 discount stores, 2,970 combination discount and grocery stores (Wal-Mart Supercenters in the US and ASDA in the UK), and 600 warehouse stores (SAM'S CLUB). About 55% of its stores are in the US, but Wal-Mart continues expanding internationally; it is the #1 retailer in Canada and Mexico and it has operations in Asia (where it owns a 95% stake in Japanese retailer SEIYU), Europe, and South America. Founder Sam Walton's heirs own about 40% of Wal-Mart.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 405,607 (2009) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 7.1 (2009) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 13,400 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 5.3 (2009) |
| Number of Employees | 2,100,000 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (2009) |
| Fiscal Year-End | January |