Things Walmart blamed for disappointing earnings in FY 2014
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Walmart reports disappointing earnings…again
There wasn’t much good news for Walmart in its Q3 earnings release last week, as the company reported negative same store sales for the third consecutive quarter, a decrease in customer traffic, and inventory growth that outpaced sales growth. Executives again pinned the blame on “economic headwinds and fiscal uncertainty,” but this time, for good measure, they also threw in some concern trolling about the Affordable Care Act.
What’s behind Walmart’s weak earnings?
Remember those internal emails that Bloomberg obtained last February, in which a Walmart executive wondered: “Where are all the customers? And where’s their money?”
SAD FACE: Walmart’s Q1 Earnings
This morning, Walmart announced disappointing results for the 1st quarter of the fiscal year, making it three quarters in a row where the company’s reported results fell below Wall Street expectations.