CCAM : another nice piece of INFO
Wal-mart sales up 6% y/y
biz.yahoo.com
historically WMT contributed to 25% of CCAM's sales...
Reuters Business Report
Wal-Mart Same-Store Sales Up 6.2 Percent
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (Reuters) - Discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - News) on Wednesday said sales at stores open at least a year -- same-store sales -- rose 6.2 percent in May compared with a year earlier.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, had forecast a rise in the mid-single digits on a percentage basis at its Wal-Mart stores, and an increase of 3 percent to 4 percent at its Sam's Club warehouse stores.
The retailer said net sales at all outlets in the four weeks ended May 31 rose 11.5 percent from a year ago, to $18.34 billion. At outlets open at least year, sales at Wal-Mart discount stores rose 6.8 percent, and sales at its warehouse unit, Sam's Club, were up 3.7 percent. |
