Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
News and overview for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
MarketWatch's top stories of the week, Nov. 9-13 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 15 hours 44 minutes ago
Our weekend features will include a look ahead to how fourth-quarter results are shaping up, given the third-quarter's weak outcome and an examination of the Halloween effect, which suggests that from November to April is the best time for U.S. stocks.
Hershey, Target, housing data in focus - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 28 minutes ago
European shares gained for the fifth time in six sessions, with bid speculation at Cadbury and management changes at Marks & Spencer driving an advance for those firms. Asian markets ended mixed, with banking shares leading Japanese stocks lower on concerns about equity issuances.
Govt recalls a record 2.1 million dropside cribs after 4 infant suffocations are reported -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 2 hours 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.
Wal-Mart, Amazon wage price war | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), The | 38 days 23 hours 34 minutes ago
NEW YORK An online book special offered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is turning into a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com.
Sam's Club(R) Makes Holiday Shopping and Saving Simple [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 20 hours 32 minutes ago
...merchandise updates try twitter.com/samsclubdeals and facebook.com/samsclub. Sam's Club is a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., . The first Sam's Club opened its doors in Midwest City, Okla., in 1983. Today, Sam's Club serves...
Wal-Mart predicts total sales growth up 1 to 2 percent this year and 4 to 6 percent next year
Sun (Baltimore), The | 32 days 19 hours ago
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is projecting solid revenue growth for the current fiscal year and faster growth next year. It also says it will concentrate on emerging markets when it opens new stores.
Nov. clothing sales weaken compared with 2008's clearance sales, but electronics, online rise -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 9 hours 15 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — After showing signs of improvement in early fall, sales of clothing and luxury goods weakened a bit the first half of November, compared with a year ago, when stores pulled shoppers in with massive discounts, figures released Tuesday show.
Sam's Club cuts costs and offers more essentials
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.) | 32 days 21 hours 3 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Sam's Club, the nation's ninth-largest chain store, hopes to beat back the recession by cutting prices on specific items, offering more everyday goods like food and health and beauty items and paring its assortment of general merchandise like furniture and clothes, the company said Thursday.
SectorWatch.biz Issues MarketStats on Leaders in RFID and Wireless Technologies Including NPDT, MSFT, IM, MOT, and AVY [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 21 days 21 hours 32 minutes ago
...makers and sellers of RFID and wireless technologies include Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Ingram Micro, Inc. , Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , Motorola Inc. and Avery Dennison Corporation . Newport Digital Technologies...
Wal-Mart Legal Counsel Honored for Outstanding Law Firm Diversity Efforts [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 70 days 59 minutes ago
...utilization of these firms by corporations such as 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...
Samsung retakes top spot in U.S. LCD TV market - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 7 days 12 hours 56 minutes ago
Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY, 005930.SE) regained the top spot in the U.S. LCD-television market from chief competitor Vizio Inc. in the third quarter as it aggressively cut prices of its advanced LED-backlit sets, according to iSuppli Corp.
Wal-Mart announces weekly price cuts for holidays
Forbes | 33 days 18 hours 16 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart, which has ridden low prices to dominate the U.S. retail scene, stepped up its game in price cutting still further Wednesday.
Wal-Mart plans weekly holiday price cuts | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), The | 33 days 17 hours 48 minutes ago
NEW YORK Wal-Mart, which has ridden low prices to dominate the U.S. retail scene, stepped up its game in price cutting still further Wednesday.
Wal-Mart, Amazon in book price war
Cincinnati Enquirer, The | 37 days 20 hours 42 minutes ago
Taking a page from its original playbook, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com Inc. and a nation of book retailers, lowering prices on certain highly anticipated hardback titles to $9.
Fitch Upgrades D&S's Guaranteed Local Debt; IDRs Remain on Watch Evolving [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 17 hours 2 minutes ago
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the ratings of the Chilean retailer Distribucion y Servicios S.A.'s (D&S) guaranteed debt securities as follows:
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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 |