Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
News and overview for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Stanley, B&D build a bigger tool chest MarketWatch First Take - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 21 days 17 hours 40 minutes ago
The timing is impeccable. Earlier Monday, the October Supply Management Index floored economists with a leap to 55.7%, a three-year high. And the National Association of Realtors reported pending home sales for September hit a level not seen since 2006.
Hard sell? Wal-Mart offers new books for $10, heating up competition with Amazon.com -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 39 days 15 hours 29 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — A price war has broken out in the book world.
Leading CEOs And High-Performing Entrepreneurs Convene At 2009 Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 12 days 21 hours 13 minutes ago
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,600 industry icons and business leaders will gather at the 2009 Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum(R) in Palm Springs, CA, from November 11-15 to discuss how to successfully emerge from the downturn through innovation and strategic partnerships.
Wednesday's biggest gaining and declining stocks - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 13 days 4 hours 11 minutes ago
On the surface, retail sales seemed to have a pulse this week. But the latest rise in sales is only impressive because it comes on the back of last year's anemic results.
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Target Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Hasbro Inc., Mattel Inc. and Citigroup Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 45 days 20 hours 13 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).
Cloud from trampling hangs over Black Friday
MSNBC | 1 day 3 hours 45 minutes ago
Wal-Mart pledges better crowd control to handle holiday madness
Lazard cuts retail, apparel sector outlook - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 20 days 42 minutes ago
BREAKINGS&P cuts Regions Financial to 'BBB' From 'BBB+'
Adobe eliminating 680 jobs in cost-cutting effort - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 13 days 16 hours 45 minutes ago
AOL lays off roughly 100 employees. Plus, Droid sells well and the EU objects to Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun.
Wal-Mart official visits site for ceremony
St. Cloud Times (Minn.) | 33 days 19 hours 2 minutes ago
jlaskey@stcloudtimes.com
NYSE short interest positions decline - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 13 days 19 hours 15 minutes ago
NYX
Retail stocks inch higher; Pacific Sunwear raised - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 42 days 3 hours 5 minutes ago
Pacific Sunwear /quotes/comstock/15*!psun/quotes/nls/psun (PSUN 6.55, +0.41, +6.68%) shares rose 6.7% to $6.55.
Wal-Mart offers new books for $10
Boston Globe, The | 39 days 10 hours 59 minutes ago
NEW YORKA price war has broken out in the book world.
U.S. stock futures pare losses after jobs data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 12 days 3 hours 20 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 | 12 days 5 hours 47 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.
Wal-Mart starts a holiday series of week-long price cuts; thousands of items -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 33 days 21 hours 40 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is stepping up its game in price cutting.
Sign up for GMA SmartBrief
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 |