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On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Walmart (WMT) tumbled ahead of the market open after the retail giant's quarterly sales fell short of expectations, a rare miss that's likely to stoke concern about the leading big-box retailer decelerating alongside a slow-growing US economy. - Shares of Advanced Auto Parts (AAP) sunk in premarket trading after the parts provider reported second-quarter sales that fell short of analyst estimates. Though the company boosted its adjusted earnings per share forecast for the full year, it maintained its sales guidance, which is also below estimates at the midpoint. - Shares of Coty (COTY) fell after the beauty conglomerate reported fourth-quarter results. While the company's net revenue for the quarter beat the average analyst estimate, Coty didn't provide a full-year forecast and said it expects to provide a broader outlook following a strategic review.

Higher gas prices cut into Americans’ overall spending, leading to the slowest sales growth at Walmart’s US stores since the earliest months of the pandemic.

Walmart's (WMT) fiscal second-quarter US comparable sales growth decelerated more than Wall Street e

Bond yields reversed course Thursday after the Treasury's debt buyback plan failed to sustain a rally in fixed-income markets

Walmart CFO John David Rainey said the timing of Flipkart’s Big Billion Days sale will shift between the third and fourth quarters, creating a headwind of more than 100 basis points to third-quarter sales growth.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops Thursday on Trump's "Economic D-Day" threat on Iran. Walmart dives on earnings.

U.S. stock futures mostly pointed higher, buoyed by the unexpected intervention that broadly lifted global market sentiment.

Walmart stock is down 15% since mid-May. A few factors could help the retailer’s shares change direction.

Walmart raised its outlook, but traffic and US sales came in below Wall Street's expectations.

Retail earnings are set to offer a check of consumer health this week as the second quarter earnings season winds down.

Retail earnings are set to offer a check of consumer health this week as the second quarter earnings season winds down.

Retail earnings are set to offer a check of consumer health this week as the second quarter earnings season winds down.

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended down on Monday and the dollar hit a two-month low against the euro as soft U.S. economic data, including an unexpected drop in retail

Enjoying a serving of frozen dessert on a hot summer day, or at any time for that matter, has grown in popularity as ice cream store industry growth rose by 5.8% to $7.4 billion in the five years through 2025, according to IBISWorld. The industry grew by 0.9% in 2025 alone. Ice cream company ...

The Federal Reserve now looks somewhat unlikely to raise interest rates at either of the next two meetings after a weak July retail sales report further assuaged concerns that the economy may be overheating. Last Friday's weak jobs report and the even weaker retail sales report "are bad news for workers and consumers, but potentially good news for the stock market, because it reduces the urgency at the Fed to raise rates to fight too-high inflation," wrote Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Northlight Asset Management.

Eric Criscuolo, Market Strategist at the NYSE, reviews a quiet week on Wall Street marked by tight trading ranges, cooling inflation, and a major new AI financing development. The S&P 500 consolidated near all-time highs before breaking through 7,800 for the first time on Thursday, lifted in part by Nvidia's partnership with major Wall Street firms to launch a $500 billion compute financing platform. In-line CPI and a cooler-than-expected PPI pushed yields lower across the curve, with the long end finally joining the downtrend. Looking ahead, markets will turn their attention to FOMC meeting minutes, August Flash PMIs, and earnings from consumer and housing bellwethers including Walmart, Home Depot, and Deere.

Albertsons CEO Susan Morris made her first open-market stock purchase after weak earnings and a lowered outlook sent Albertsons shares to record lows.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) shares moved lower in U. S.

Investing.com -- Oppenheimer on Tuesday downgraded Walmart shares to Perform from Outperform on Monday and removed its $140 price target, citing a less compelling near-term case for the stock ahead of the retailer’s August 20 earnings report.

Oppenheimer believes WMT stock’s “peakish valuation” could be at risk of a re-rating lower if the company’s U.S. comp growth slows.

Walmart stock has delivered a strong 151.4% return over the past five years, yet the latest Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) estimate points to the shares trading at a premium to intrinsic value, while market based multiples suggest pricing that is closer to fair. Over the past five years, a 151.4% total return highlights how much of Walmart's long term value story may already be reflected in the share price. Walmart's dominant grocery position and partnerships that support better inventory...

Uber just cut a chunk of its customer service workforce in the name of AI efficiency, and it is far from alone. The real question is whether these scattered layoffs signal the early edge of a wave that could reshape employment across entire industries.

This may come as a surprise, but one of the world’s biggest winners of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution isn’t actually a technology firm — it’s Walmart (WMT), the big-box discount retailer. Thanks to its early and aggressive bets on AI beginning in the late 2010s, Walmart has transformed ...

Most shoppers do not expect something as simple as a bakery roll to carry a safety risk. But food recalls can sometimes involve products consumers never see in their original packaging. This is especially true of products, which are shipped in bulk to grocery-store bakeries, restaurants, or other ...

A parasite outbreak tied to Taylor Farms sends Walmart and Yum Brands shares lower while Sweetgreen rallies on relief.

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If you shop at Giant Eagle, your grocery bill could look noticeably different this month, and the savings are broader than you might expect. The chain rolled out price cuts across more than 300 products, and those reductions will remain in effect through the first week of September. ...

Walmart has lowered prices on a range of grocery staples, including ground beef, corn on the cob, cherries, and 24-packs of soda. The nation’s largest retailer recently unveiled a summer rollback campaign covering thousands of products across groceries, household essentials, and seasonal goods ...

Food manufacturing companies continue to grow even as the jobs behind familiar grocery products shift. For shoppers, the change may not be immediately obvious, as snack bars, candy, crackers, and pet-food brands can still be on shelves at Walmart, Target, Costco, and other grocery chains. But ...

The discount retailer is lowering thousands of prices, but grocery chains are too. The problem: Americans have lost their patience, and so has Wall Street.