Week in Preview: Retail Earnings in the Spotlight

Many of America’s best-known retailers, including Walmart, Home Depot and JCPenney, will be stepping into the earnings spotlight this week. Their reports come on the heels of disappointing January retail sales numbers from the …

Dollar Stores Are Taking Walmart’s Lunch Money

Thrifty shoppers looking for low prices on basics are frequently passing up the big boxes of Walmart for the tighter aisles of their local dollar stores. The cheaper upstarts have replaced no-name products with nationally known…

Dollar Stores Are Taking Walmart’s Lunch Money

Thrifty shoppers looking for low prices on basics are frequently passing up the big boxes of Walmart for the tighter aisles of their local dollar stores, which have replaced no-name products with nationally known brands and rev…

Walmart Earnings Meet Estimates, but Revenue Disappoints

The giant retailer’s profits grew 9% in the third quarter to $3.4 billion. However, revenue disappointed analysts, mainly due to a small sales decline at Walmart U.S. operations. Still, the company raised its future earnings gu…