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    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Saudi Arabia and UAE race to buy computer chips

      US retailer earnings reports send mixed messages on consumer spending

    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      Walmart sales rise as inflation keeps consumers hunting for bargains

      US retailer’s chief says ‘pockets of disinflation’ are helping customers but rising fuel and borrowing costs present risks

      A customer outside a Walmart store in San Leandro, California, US
    • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
      Ecommerce
      Amazon falls behind Walmart in battle for India’s online shoppers

      Controversial $16bn Flipkart deal gives Walmart an ecommerce edge

      Woman with smartphone is seen in front of displayed Flipkart logo
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Lex
      Walmart: come for the everyday low prices, stay for the side hustles Premium content

      Diversifying from low-margin grocery sales is bearing fruit for America’s biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer

      Walmart car park and entrance
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Walmart raises guidance after first-quarter results top expectations

      World’s largest retailer bucks more cautious tone from rivals on US consumer spending

      A Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Walmart issues cautious outlook as Fed rate rises sink in

      World’s biggest retailer reports solid fourth quarter but forecasts miss Wall Street estimates

      Exterior of a Walmart store in Atlanta, Georgia
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      LexHome Depot Inc
      Home Depot/Walmart: labour pains engulf pandemic stars Premium content

      Retail giants continue to raise wages for frontline staff amid cautious outlook

      Exterior of a Home Depot
    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Walmart lifts guidance as richer consumers go bargain hunting

      Retailer upgrades outlook even as $3.1bn opioids settlement results in quarterly net loss

      Walmart signage outside a store
    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Lex
      Walmart: retail investors need to know their LIFO from their FIFO Premium content

      An alphabet soup of inventory accounting terms has been appearing in US earnings results 

      A Walmart store in Burbank, California
    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      ReviewFT Wealth
      Book review: Still Broke by Rick Wartzman

      A top-down history of Walmart, with few voices from the shopfloor

      The facade of Sam Walton’s store. A pickup truck is parked in front
    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      FT Magazine
      How Walmart convinced critics it can sell more stuff and save the world

      Why antagonists such as environmentalists and philanthropists have partnered with the world’s largest retailer

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      US retail
      US retailers prepare for penny-pinching holidays as inflation bites

      Consumers are on the hunt for deals after hopes for a return to normal are dashed by soaring prices

      Macy’s, Nordstrom and Walmart logos
    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      Lex
      Walmart: bargain bragging rights will help store chain as inflation rips Premium content

      US retailer spooked markets three weeks ago, but now appears to be on a firmer footing

      A Walmart trolley
    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      Retail sector
      Walmart and Home Depot ease fears of recession even as inflation persists

      World’s largest retailer provides less gloomy outlook while DIY chain reports record earnings

      A shopper leaves a Walmart store in Bradford, Pennsylvania, US
    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      US inflation
      ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: US retailers compete to clear stock

      Walmart and its rivals resort to aggressive price cuts as high inflation hits demand for goods

      A shopper in the aisle at a Georgia Walmart store
    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      A new CEO for Credit Suisse

      Argentines swap pesos for black market dollars as economic crisis worsens

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Corporate earnings and results
      World’s largest consumer goods groups reveal soaring price rises

      Unilever, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s warn of more pressure on households as global inflation surges

      A Pprson reaches for Dove soap on a store shelf
    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Walmart issues profit warning as soaring inflation hits customers

      Shares fall almost 10% after grim trading update ahead of second-quarter earnings

      A Walmart store
    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Sport
      Walmart heir agrees to buy Denver Broncos

      Reported $4.6bn price for American football franchise would be record for any team in sport

      Denver Broncos players on a pitch
    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      News in-depthRetail sector
      How retail stocks went from ‘recessionary playbook’ to market casualty

      Higher prices stun consumers while cost and inventory pressures hit chains in dismal week

      A Target store in Shorewood, Illinois, US
    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Retailers meet the bear market Premium content

      Plus, some optimism on sticky inflation

      A man wearing a mask reads a tablet device in front of a montage of a graph and a close-up of a dollar bill
    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      Target Corp.
      Target shares tumble after US retailer warns on rising costs

      Grim outlook will heighten investors’ concern over damage higher inflation is inflicting on corporate profits

      A Target store in Colorado, US
    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Walmart shares suffer biggest drop since 1987 after guidance cut

      Stock of world’s largest retailer falls more than 11% as inflation hits profits

      A Walmart store in Torrance, California
    • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
      Walmart navigates logjams and inflation to give upbeat outlook

      US retailer reveals $10bn buyback plan after price-conscious shoppers boost holiday-quarter results

      People leaving a Walmart store
    • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
      News in-depthEcommerce
      ‘Grinch bots’ buy up most-wanted gifts, exacerbating shopper woes

      Fast software scours retailer websites for popular toys and games to resell at higher prices

      An empty Nintendo Switch display case
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