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Wal-Mart Stores Comparable-Store Sales Down 0.3% in Q2 (WMT)

Hike in pay roll taxes and increase in gas prices seems to have taken a toll on the U.S. consumer spending. The world’s largest discount retail chain, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said on Thursday that comparable-store sales in the U.S. fell 0.3% in the fiscal second quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected 1% gain in comparable-store-sales. For the quarter, Wal-Mart posted a profit of $4.07 billion or $1.24 a share compared to a net income of $4.02 billion or $1.18 a share. Revenue edged up 2.3% to $116.9 billion from $114.3 billion in the same quarter of last year. Wal-Mart, however, slashed its full-year outlook.


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