Walmart store entrance getty WalmartWMT is a great merchant. It’s merchandising under John Furner, the CEO of Walmart U.S., has been spectacular. Still, management has indicated that the company seeks...
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Retailers Double Down On Costly Last-Mile Arms Race
Retailers Double Down On Costly Last-Mile Arms Race getty How soon do you really need that box of instant stuffing or a new head for your electric toothbrush? How about an hour from now, or maybe even...
Walmart banks more revenue than Apple and Home Depot combined, but warns of tougher times ahead
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) banked $164.1 billion of revenue in the fourth quarter, per earnings results announced last week. This beat analyst expectations of $159.7 billion and was the biggest quarter in sal...
Walmart, Home Depot raised wages, analyst calls it a ‘no brainer’ for long-term value
Big box retailers — and big-time employers — in the U.S. recently announced plans to increase their minimum wage. In Home Depot’s (HD) Q4 earnings results this week, the company announced an additiona...
The rich are shopping at Walmart — and 3 other big themes this week
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Walmart, Amazon, And The Home Depot Agree, Consumer Spending Will Slow In 2023
Walmart’s value-oriented position will serve consumers well with diverse product offerings as … [+] spending slows for 2023. Getty Images Consumer spending may be waning as three of the to...
How Private Label Merchandise Is Reshaping Retail
How Private Label Merchandise Is Reshaping Retail getty The slow and steady rise of private-label and store-branded goods shifted into high gear last year as rising food prices squeezed household budg...
Home Depot Earnings And Walmart Earnings May Signal Trouble For Retail Giants
Getty Images Key takeaways: Home Depot and Walmart reported earnings, setting the stage for retail sales The retail giants shared full-year guidance that disappointed investors since a spending slowin...
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon vows to fight inflation
Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Walmart CEO Doug McMillon wants to help bring inflationary prices down by keeping his company’s own private brands priced low, te...
Dow Falls 700 Points—Biggest Plunge Of 2023
Topline Subpar profit outlooks from two of the nation’s largest retailers fueled a broad decline in stock prices Tuesday, as investors increasingly heed the calls that this year’s rally may be little ...
Is Walmart’s Loss Leading Egg-Scapade A Winner?
WalmartWMT is known for its everyday low prices on products across the store, but a recent offer of a carton of 18 eggs for $2 at a store in Kentucky raises questions about how this particular locatio...
Dow Jones Dives 500 Points After Economic Data; Home Depot, Walmart Tumble On Earnings
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 500 points Tuesday morning amid the release of economic data in a holiday-shortened week. Meanwhile, retail giants Home Depot (HD) and Walmart (WMT) rep...
Walmart, Home Depot prepare for consumer slowdown
If you want to know how this year may be for the retail industry, look no further than Walmart‘s cautious outlook. The discounter easily topped expectations for the holiday quarter on Tuesday, b...
Walmart (WMT) earnings Q4 2023
Customers exit a Walmart store on January 24, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Walmart announced that it is raising its minimum wage for store employees in early March, store employees will make between $14 an...
Walmart, Home Depot kick off retail earnings this week
Shoppers walk past a Bloomingdale’s store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images After benefitting from a pandemic-era s...
Walmart Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect.
Keep an eye out for Walmart stock when the market opens on Tuesday, analysts say. The retail giant is poised to deliver another strong quarter, fueled in part by a strong holiday season, and shares ma...
Walmart, Alibaba, Moderna, and More Stocks to Watch This Week
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Walmart earnings preview: retailer vulnerable to inflation, but remains king of retail
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will report Q4 and full-year results Tuesday morning. The retailing giant will be closely watched amid a difficult environment dominated by economic and inflation concerns at ...
Walmart, Alibaba, Moderna, and More Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
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Stock Market Investing Action Plan: Holiday-Week Earnings From Walmart, Home Depot, Nvidia
The stock market heads into a short week as the Presidents Day holiday closes markets on Monday. The Investing Action Plan shows plenty of action crammed in the remaining four days. Earnings from Walm...
Instacart Takes Aim At Amazon And Walmart
Instacart logo is seen displayed on a phone screen . (Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto … [+] via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Instacart is gearing up to launch a version ...
Walmart takes the return to office one step further by asking hundreds of employees to relocate to an entirely new city
Like many other major companies, Walmart is asking its employees to come into the office more often. In an internal memo seen by the Wall Street Journal, Walmart chief technology officer Suresh Kumar ...
Walmart Closes Pickup-Only Grocery, But Others Are Just Getting Started
Walmart is closing its two pickup- and delivery-only concept stores in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood and in Bentonville, AR. Walmart opened the Lincolnwood store in 2019 on the site of a former Do...
Walmart Files Trademarks for NFTs and More
Alex Dovbnya Sam’s Club, Walmart subsidiary, has taken major step into world of blockchain by filing trademarks for range of services, including virtual currency and financial services involving...
The Walmart And Salesforce Partnership Has Benefits Far Beyond The Obvious
Las Vegas – Circa June 2019: Walmart Retail Location. getty During a live interview from NRF 2023 in early January, WalmartWMT U.S. President and CEO John Furner remarked, “Loyalty in retail is ...
Walmart Files For New Crypto, Blockchain Trademarks Via Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club, an American chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs that is owned and operated by Walmart Inc., is now jumping into the digital and blockchain bandwagon by filing for crypto and NF...
Walmart Groceries With Crypto Payments: When Launch In 2023?
Walmart crypto news: Sticking to its plans of launching crypto based payments, US department stores chain Walmart appears to be silently building the technology for the same. The company’s executives ...
Walmart Creates New Look For Its Supercenters
Walmart Supercenter storefront getty Walmart has remodeled five Supercenters, and it is a hint of how many of the other 3,572 Walmart Supercenters will look in the future. It is John Furner, president...
The Great China Unshoring, Retail’s Big Trend For 2023
The Great China Unshoring, Retail’s Big Trend For 2023 Shutterstock The retail industry’s supply-chain-induced inventory glut may turn out to have been a gift in disguise. Although companies are...