Wal-Mart, Target Sales Slump, from US News and World Report



Wal-Mart: The end of stimulus from CNN Money



Wal-Mart’s July Sales Miss Forecasts from the New York Times



Wal-Mart July sales miss estimates from Reuters



Hard-up US shoppers spurn bigger stores from the Financial Times

Wal-Mart, after reporting its biggest sales gain in several years in June, had projected July same-store-sales growth between 2% to 4% and boosted its fiscal second-quarter earnings target. Wal Mart Sales actually came in at a 3% gain over July 2007 sales.