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Walmart's Robots Are Taking A Bite Out Of Amazon's Lunch

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) didn't declare a tech war on Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) this quarter — but its third quarter earnings call made something very clear: the world's largest retailer is no longer playing defense.

Benzinga

Walmart Q3 FY26 Earnings Call Transcript

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) reported third-quarter financial results before the market open on Thursday. The transcript from the earnings call has been provided below.

Benzinga

Walmart’s CFO on competing for tech talent: 'You’re helping shape the future of retail on a massive scale'

Amid soaring e-commerce sales and rising tech salaries, Walmart is focused on the long term.

Fortune

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Walmart sees customers flocking to its stores to find deals amid high prices and tariff fears

Walmart said its tariff-related price increases were limited to 10 percent and the company was absorbing the rest of the costs

The Independent UK

How Walmart’s CEO navigated tariffs to post a solid quarter: ‘We’re keeping our prices as low as we can for as long as we can’

Walmart has a three-pronged strategy to deal with tariffs, and is making sure shoppers aren’t the only ones taking a hit.

Fortune

Walmart Earnings Miss Target: Here's What Its CEO Is Doing To Combat Impending Tariff Pains

Walmart's Q2 earnings missed Wall Street profit forecasts with adjusted EPS of $0.68, but sales surged to $177.4bn as e-commerce, memberships, and advertising drove growth.

International Business Times UK

Half of Americans say they are already cutting back because of tariffs — and that includes summer vacation plans

While Donald Trump demands that companies ‘eat the tariffs’, multiple surveys and polls show that Americans are expecting major price hikes

The Independent UK

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Walmart cutting 1500 corporate jobs in major restructure - days after announcing tariffs would increase prices

The big box retailer recently said it would try its best to ‘keep prices as low as we can’ amid Trump’s tariff shakeup

The Independent UK

Walmart responds after Trump says retail chain should absorb his tariff cost

The largest retailer in the U.S. said it would keep prices low for as long as possible

The Independent UK

How Walmart's CFO uses scenario planning to navigate tariff uncertainty

Walmart expects its prices to increase by the end of May.

Fortune

Walmart’s warning of higher prices puts spotlight on ‘RIM accounting’ practice favored by big retailers

CFO John David Rainey said RIM accounting will accentuate tariff-induced financial swings.

Fortune

Trump orders Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ and stop blaming his trade war for rising prices: ‘I’ll be watching’

President lashes out at world’s largest retailer despite claiming his tariffs are tax on foreign countries not U.S. consumers

The Independent UK

GOP Lawmaker Insists Walmart Will 'Lower Prices' Despite Walmart Executive Declaring Trump's Tariffs Are 'Still Too High'

A Republican lawmaker dismissed concerns that Trump's tariffs are driving up prices moments after Walmart's CFO confirmed the tariffs are making goods more expensive.

Latin Times

Under of a cloud of tariffs, Walmart is the latest retailer to announce price hikes

Volley after volley of tariffs — and at times on-again, off-again trade actions — have put companies around the world on edge

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Walmart will have to raise prices this month due to Trump tariffs, execs say

Retailer expects annual sales to continue to rise but ‘we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure’, CEO says

The Independent UK

Walmart warns that it has to raise prices starting this month as tariffs remain ‘too high’

Walmart’s chief financial officer warned that the ‘magnitude’ of Trump’s tariffs was more than any retailer and supplier ‘can absorb’

The Independent UK

Walmart worries Wall Street by yanking its economic expectations report amid tariff uncertainty

CFO argues company will emerge on other side of uncertainty ‘with greater share and a stronger business’

Fortune

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is a rare beacon of confidence amid tariff woes—and sees a chance to grab market share

“Nothing about the current environment impacts our confidence in our business or our strategy,” McMillon said at the company’s investor day.

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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says customers are exhibiting 'stressed behaviors'—and it's already tanked the company's valuation by $22 billion

The retailer’s stock dropped on the news that consumer confidence had hit a 12-year low.

Fortune

Target CEO joins swarm of Fortune 500 retail executives warning of bigger bills as Trump’s tariff fallout hits the grocery aisle

Target shoppers can expect to see price increases on produce “over the next couple of days,” boss Brian Cornell said on Tuesday.

Kiplinger

Stock Market Today: Growth Concerns Drag on Stocks

Forward-looking commentary from a major retailer outweighed its backward-looking results as all three major equity indexes retreated on Thursday.

Fortune

Walmart stock tumbles on lower 2025 guidance given 'uncertain times' in the economy: 'We don't want to get out over our skis here'

Walmart’s stock has been on a tear over the last year.

The Guardian - US

Walmart shares fall upon disappointing forecast, fueling US spending worries

World’s largest retailer expects inflation-weary consumers to pull back after shares hit record high of $105 last week

Fortune

Walmart is selling a $78 dupe of the Hermès Birkin bag that fans say is so realistic it makes the expensive one obsolete

The Kamugo leather handbag is just 1% of the price of the Birkin.

Fortune

Costco CFO warns Trump’s tariffs could mean widespread price hikes: ‘When it rains, it rains on everybody’

Gary Millerchip became the latest retail executive to admit costs will rise across retail should Trump carry out heavy taxes on imports.

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