Wal-Mart Sales Decline Is Worst in 28 Years....wonder why

[babsbunny]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117880185064598518.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

DALLAS -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted its worst monthly same-store sales results in at least 28 years, tallying a 3.5% decline in April due to this year's early Easter as well as generally challenging economic conditions for consumers.

Wal-Mart's 3.5% drop in the four-week period ending May 4 at U.S. stores fell below its earlier forecast of "flat" sales to a 2% decline. In a recorded phone message Thursday, Wal-Mart blamed bad weather last month in most U.S. regions and the early Easter on April 8, which pushed many Easter sales into March.

[BOSSHOG]

1. they can get their story ready for next year

because Easter will be earlier then this year, next year.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. "challenging economic conditions for consumers"

Gasoline $3.50+

Regular working people start doing without the kind of shit they buy at Walmart.

[SaveElmer]

3. Maybe folks are catching on to the fact that Wal-Mart sucks...

Their stores suck, their management sucks, their service sucks...they just suck period!!!

[El Supremo]

4. We finally loaded up on everything that China makes.

But seriously - One friggin month? Big deal.

[indepat]

5. I could just

:cry:

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. The Wal-Mart business model has a fatal flaw

Their success is tied to cheap energy. Combine a falling dollar and enough of an energy shock, and Wal-Mart will be singing some serious blues. American labor could do with a few less Wal-Marts.

I also believe that enough people have decided against shopping at Wal-Mart that it is starting to bite. I know I have, by choice, only rarely been in a wal-Mart in the past decade.

[AndyTiedye]

7. Give Me a "B", Give Me an "O", Give Me a "Y", Give Me a "C", Give Me an "O", Give Me a Couple "T's"

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