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Lower Unemployment Might Mean Higher Revenue for Wal-Mart, Costco & Others
Higher unemployment hurts just about everyone in a consumer-driven economy, and the lack of jobs in the United States has been a challenge for just about everyone. Retail companies are most dependent on high employment rates and strong consumer p...
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Wal-Mart Opts for Pop-up Stores to Promote Its Online Portal
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has opened two pop-up stores in California to promote its Walmart.com brand. These stores are a temporary arrangement and are open for several weeks to help boost sales during the holiday season, and they help retailers have e...
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Wal-Mart Updates: Launches Social Media App ShopyCat
Wal-Mart recently launched ShopyCat, its first social shopping application, developed by its @WalmartLabs unit. The application helps Facebook subscribers to quickly find gifts for friends and family based on their tastes and interests. The appli...
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Wal-Mart Furthers its Social Media Focus with Shopycat
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) recently announced the launch of Shopycat, its first social shopping application, developed by @WalmartLabs. @Wal-Mart Labs creates platforms and products around social and mobile commerce. The application helps Facebook subsc...
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Wal-Mart Updates: India Opens Doors to Foreign Retailers
Last week has been an eventful one for Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Recently, India approved overseas companies to own as much as 51% of retailers selling more than one brand. We consider this as a major recent development which could pave a bright way ...
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Wal-Mart Gears Up for Holiday Sales with Social Media
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), the largest retailer in the world, is gearing up to use social media as a sales tool better compete for holiday discount shoppers’ dollars with competitors like Target (NYSE:TGT) and Costco (NASDAQ:COST). T...
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Wal-Mart’s Profits Take a Hit Due to Its Low Pricing Strategy
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) reported mixed Q3 results last week witnessing an 8% increase in its net revenues over the same quarter last year. This was due to an increase of 1.3% and 5.7% in comparable sales in the U.S. and Sam’s Club segment respectivel...
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Wal-Mart Updates: International Biz is Clicking, New Initiatives Encouraging
This morning Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) released encouraging results showing an increase in comparable same stores sales and strength in its international business which grew at a 20% clip. However margins were under pressure given inflation pressures, ...
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Wal-Mart Looks Abroad to Regain Momentum
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has grown well beyond its Arkansa s roots to become the largest public corporation in terms of revenue. We estimate that Wal-Mart International accounts for around 32% of the stock value, driven by aggressive growth plans in...
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Wal-Mart Gets Social with Facebook Integration
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has launched approximately 3,500 store-specific Facebook pages that would enable consumers to receive offers and updates from local Wal-Mart retail locations. The initiative is expected to increase Wal-Mart’s interaction...
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Wal-Mart’s Vudu Emerges as Legit Digital Movie Service
Unlike Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) other online ventures, Vudu is generating customer interest and has proved to be a success. It offers high quality streaming at reasonable prices, and many of movies are new releases and available the same day ...
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Wal-Mart Tries New Initiatives & Old Ones to Revive Sales
In the past few quarters, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has struggled to lift its same-store sales despite new initiatives like Project Impact in 2009 intended to improve sales performance. Now Wal-Mart looks to relaunch Everyday Low Prices — though ...
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Wal-Mart is Fumbling Online but Still Worth $73
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is stumbling to get its online business going. We estimate that Wal-Mart’s intrinsic value is around $250 billion ($73/ share) while Amazon is worth close to $110 billion, yet Wal-Mart’s online sales in 2010 brough...
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Wal-Mart Rides to $73 on International Growth
Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) international operations segment continues to be the key growth driver for the company as its U.S. division has posted declining comparable-store sales for the eighth consecutive quarter. Wal-Mart competes with other b...
