Wal-Mart (WMT) Same-Store Sales Inch Up

August 9, 2007 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Perhaps it is all of these Dell PCs that it is selling. Or, the new program that allows buyers to order products and walmart.com and pick them up in stores.

Wal-Mart (WMT) same-store sales rose 1.9% in July. The company said electronics continued to show solid comparable store sales gains over last year, with strength in TVs, computers, digital cameras and video games. And the big retailer added apparel and home overall continued to be soft and are expected to remain so through the third quarter.

Wal-Mart still needst close some stores in the US

Douglas A. McIntyre

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