January 3, 2005

WM December Sales now at 3%

Same store sales for the December period are 3% higher instead of 2% higher. ALP readers will not be shocked, since we informed you that Wal-Mart itself announced before Thanksgiving that they were expecting a later shopping season in 2004:

Wal-Mart Stores said it now expects December sales to be at the high-end of its previous forecast, boosted by better-than-expected sales in the weekend after Christmas.

Posted by Kevin on January, 3 2005 at 09:32 AM