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How Low Revenue Per Square Foot Is Impacting Walmart’s ROI?
Return on Investment is a meaningful metric to gauge Wal-Mart ‘s (NYSE:WMT) performance. It helps investors assess how effectively Walmart is deploying its assets or how much return is generated on each dollar invested in Walmart. A decli...
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Three Ways Walmart Is Making Big Strides In Its Battle Against Online Retailers
Retail giant, WalMart (NYSE:WMT), earns more than half of its revenues from groceries and hasn’t had a good time this year in the business, owing to weak consumer spending and deflation in food prices. In the light of its competitors gainin...
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Suppliers Demand Better Terms, As Wal-Mart Charges New Fees To Make Up For Low Margins
This year is turning out to be a rather forgettable one for Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Despite healthy revenue growth, the company hasn’t been able to realize higher profits. During the recent earnings release in August, the company attributed t...
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How Will Wal-Mart’s Shipping Pass Program Progress Against Amazon’s Prime?
Similar to Amazon ‘s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime membership program, retail giant Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is about to launch its Shipping Pass, where customers can sign up for $50 a year for free three-day shipping on walmart.com orders. The company i...
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Wal-Mart’s Missed Earnings Signal A Bleak 2015
Retail giant Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) missed consensus estimates with its Q1 fiscal 2016 release, as revenues fell slightly and profits declined more-than-expected. The company reported net revenues of $114.8 billion, marginally below last year, and b...
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Wal-Mart Earnings Preview: Traffic Decline, Cautious Spending And Currency Headwinds Will Weigh On Growth
Retail giant Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is scheduled to release its Q1 fiscal 2016 earnings on May 19th and we expect its results to be affected both by a continuing decline in foot traffic and as well as the size of its online relative to the whole. A...
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Why Sam’s Club Revenue Per Square Foot Is Likely To Increase Going Forward
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) operates around 630 outlets in the U.S. for its warehouse model, Sam’s Club. This format generates a higher revenue per square foot as compared to the retailer’s mainline stores, given that most purchases at a ware...
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Retail Week In Review: Wal-Mart and Target
The past week was stable for retail behemoths – Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and Target (NYSE:TGT), as stock for both companies did not move much. Wal-Mart faced some issues with its fired employees after it closed some stores, citing plumbing issu...
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What’s Driving Wal-Mart’s Average Square Footage Per Store In The U.S.?
Wal-Mart ‘s (NYSE:WMT) average square footage per store in the U.S. has come down significantly over the past four or five years. Back in 2010, it stood at 162,000 square feet per store, when the company had 708 Discount stores, 2,907 Super...
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Wal-Mart Gets Cautious With Mexican Expansion Amid Weak Market Conditions
The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) operates over 2,200 stores in Mexico, that make up for over a third of its international store fleet. Despite the prevailing economic problems, the retailer has performed decently in the ma...
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Wal-Mart Reports Growth Across Segments, But Falls On Bleak Guidance
The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), reported its Q4 and full year fiscal 2015 earnings on Thursday. The retailer’s net revenues for the fourth quarter increased by 1.4%, driven by growth in comparable sales at Wal-Mart...
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Wal-Mart’s Earnings To Be Weighed Down By Traffic Decline And West Coast Ports Issue
Retail giant Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is scheduled to release its Q4 fiscal 2015 earnings on February 19th and we expect its results to be bogged down both by a continuing decline in foot traffic and the labor unrest that has affected West Coast port...
