Tom Schoewe
Tom Schoewe
intended larger share
All of this is intended to get a larger share of the wallet.
disposable gas higher income less mean prices
Higher gas prices mean less disposable income for Wal-Mart shoppers,
anticipate april easter expected later period sales three weaker weeks year
With Easter being three weeks later this year than 2005, we expected weaker sales in March. We anticipate the April four-week period to be stronger, with comp sales of 4 to 6 percent.
existing future growing growth pipeline projects sales three worth
We have just under 1,000 projects in the pipeline for the U.S. alone, or three years worth of future growth planned. We'll do it through new stores, through acquisitions and by growing sales in our existing stores.
compete enters job result
When Wal-Mart enters a market, we compete with some businesses, which can result in job losses.