Walmart Investors Eye Margins Amid Grocery Focus
When Walmart reports earnings on Thursday, investors will get an even closer look at how American shoppers shifted their spending when faced with higher...
Walmart Keeps Grocery Prices Steady Amid Inflation, Antitrust Claims
A new analysis of Walmart’s pricing strategy reveals it has consistently kept grocery prices lower than competitors while generally hiking prices at rates far...
Walmart Could Expand Into Consulting And Website Design For Other Businesses...
NAM Implications:
How long before shoppers and their behaviour…
…become the raw material of a retailer’s increasingly multifaceted business?
Providing consultancy services being an...
Walmart Continues To Trim Non-Food Foray With Bonobos Sale
Walmart has agreed to sell its Bonobos menswear apparel brand, in a deal worth $75m, marking the latest sale of one of its non-food...
New Study Reveals Top US Consumer Grocery Retailers
A new study by Market Force Information has revealed the top grocery brands as preferred by US shoppers, with price and value being the...
Sales Growth Continues To Weaken At Costco
Costco’s sales growth weakened again in March as consumers made cutbacks amid persistently high inflation.
Having recorded double-digit increases during most of the pandemic, the...
Inflation Pressures Still Impacting Walmart; To Slow Staff Recruitment
The world’s largest retailer stated yesterday inflation would continue to pressure its business this year, with slower hiring as it shifts towards automation technology.
At...
Walmart Hails Shift Towards Automation
Walmart has said that it expects about 65% of its stores to be serviced by automation by the end of 2026. The statement comes...
Walmart Offers Affordable Easter Meals To Lure Thrifty Shoppers
Walmart said today that it would offer Easter meals and bundles at affordable prices, a move aimed at drawing more customers to its stores...
World’s Biggest Retailer Warns Of Tougher Times Ahead
Alongside solid fourth-quarter results, Walmart struck a cautious note on the economic outlook for 2023/4, with the world’s biggest retailer forecasting sales and profits...