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The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Please Stop Picking on Wal-Mart The retailer endures yet more undeserved media furor. Wal-Mart's latest round of pundit target practice comes courtesy of three distinct online endeavors that have come under fire this month.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Wigging Out Over Wal-Mart Are the good times over for the discount retailing giant?
The Motley Fool November 16, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Just Can't Win U.S. sales improved, but deep discounts deteriorated profit.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Is It Time to Put Wal-Mart on Pause? As expected, Wal-Mart had a solid second quarter. However, given upcoming challenges, it makes sense that some investors may want to say "when" on the discount retailer's stock, at least for the time being.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Is Wal-Mart Warming Up? The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up? The retailer's third-quarter earnings increased 12.7% to $2.29 billion, or $0.54 per share.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Big Problem Isn't Fixed Investors, don't ignore the recurring problem: U.S. sales are still a drag.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Play It Again, Sam Walton Despite a disappointing November that found comps sliding by 0.1%, the world's largest retailer bounced back during the critical holiday shopping season, posting a 1.6% uptick in same-store sales for the month of December.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Woe Is Wal-Mart This year, there were no holly jolly holidays for the discount giant.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Emil Lee	Wal-Mart Ditches Its Banking Bid The furor and delays over Wal-Mart's attempt to form an industrial loan corporation (ILC) have pretty much forced the retailer's hand to drop its bid.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Hybrid Strategies Recent initiatives by the discounter show Wal-Mart's willingness to think outside the big box.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Time to Love Wal-Mart Again Some pretty handsome returns can be earned by investors who pick up the retailer's shares on the days when there is bad news and hold patiently for a few years.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Hitting a Moving Target The discount retailer readies its back-to-school quarterly report.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Strips Down The discount retailer plans to reorganize its flagging apparel business.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Target Whacks Wal-Mart Investors, one month of sales data doesn't make a good investment thesis, of course, but Target has outshined Wal-Mart many times over the last year and so investors probably see a pattern emerging.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Facelift A new logo may be in Wal-Mart's future.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Danger for Discounters? Discount retail giants Wal-Mart and Target both reported surprising first-quarter earnings this week. Is Wal-Mart losing its advantage? And what's the macro message here?
The Motley Fool December 21, 2011 Shubh Datta	What 2012 Holds for Wal-Mart Will Wal-Mart correct itself next year?
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Alyce Lomax	How Wal-Mart's Losing Competitive Advantage As if Wal-Mart didn't have enough problems these days, the big-box behemoth may now be losing its ability to command the rock-bottom prices on which it's built its reputation.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2010 Cathy Applefeld Olson	Attention, Wal-Mart Shoppers (and Shareholders) Love it or hate it, there's no denying that Wal-Mart is a shining beacon of retail success, American-style. Let's peruse the aisles of America's top retailer.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Timothy M. Otte	Styling With Wal-Mart Is the world's largest retailer about to upgrade in style and quality?
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Michael Leibert	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Rebuttal Wal-Mart's management will someday get out of the way of the company's share price, rewarding long-term shareholders, but that day continues to seem distant.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Wal-Mart Expands Online and Overseas Wal-Mart's performance continues to be mediocre at best, but it also continues to have a very strong business with a dominant position. It's also a business that is priced for things to go wrong. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2008 Rich Duprey	Wal-Mart a Pariah No More These days consumers are more than happy to stretch their meager dollars as far as they can at a Wal-Mart superstore.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Still Stalled Out The discount giant can't seem to jump-start its U.S. sales.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Pumps Up a Gas War Will slashing gas prices at some of its gas stations refuel the discounter's U.S. sales?
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Alyce Lomax	What Happened to Wal-Mart's Low Prices? The discount retailer's prices are rolling both ways.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Worries Aren't Over Yet Sales still struggle in the United States.
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Burritt et al.	Why Wal-Mart Wants to Take the Driver's Seat The retail giant wants to grab control of deliveries from manufacturers. Suppliers' shipping costs "more than likely will be passed on to other retailers"
The Motley Fool June 5, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Will Consumers' Crush on Wal-Mart Become Love? Will Wal-Mart be the chief beneficiary in a post-excess consumer world?
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Rich Duprey	Stimulating Wal-Mart's Bottom Line After the rebate checks, careful consumers will continue to turn to the discount retailer.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	5 Things You Didn't Know: Wal-Mart Whether you love it or hate it, Wal-Mart seems here to stay. Here are five things that you probably didn't know about the largest private employer in the world.
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Michael Arndt	Danger: Falling Prices "The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How it's Transforming the American Economy" is an insightful look at the effect, for good and bad, of Wal-Mart's focus on price-cutting.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Brother, Can You Spare a (Five and) Dime? Investors, some hubs of cheap retail are struggling, but not all of them.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away There have been a few cracks in Wal-Mart's all-weather coating lately.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Does Wal-Mart Deserve to Be Hated? Should investors worry that this retail colossus seems to be a magnet for animosity and activism?
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Emil Lee	Wal-Mart: The New Banking Monopoly? Why a Wal-Mart bank might benefit customers.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Under Wal-Mart's Hood Sometimes you have to get dirty to come up clean. Until Wal-Mart wins that huge gray-area camp of supporters in the middle, it will have to deal with a country that consists mostly of indifferent spectators watching two thin opposing camps duke it out.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Wal-Mart Savings & Loan & HMO Is there anything the retailer cannot do?
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Zellner & Berner	Wal-Mart Eases Its Grip The retailer isn't squeezing suppliers as hard -- or slashing its own prices as much as it used to.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Struggles Despite Its Best Efforts Time will tell whether Wal-Mart's investments will help correct some disturbing trends in the business.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2010	Why We're Buying Wal-Mart Whether beset by inflation, deflation, or consumers continuing to retrench, Wal-Mart has the pricing power and scale to succeed even in the worst of economic environments.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Price Blitz Regardless of whether Wal-Mart's continued price-slashing is a sign of weakness or strength, it's enough to make its investors, and those of its rivals, a little bit nervous.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Trades "On Sale" for "Upscale" The discount retailer tries to sharpen its image with a new, upscale store. Will it work? Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Aaron Bernstein	Declaring War On Wal-Mart Wal-Mart's low prices remain irresistible, especially to the working poor who organized labor aims to help. Even so, if all its critics gang up, the company could have its hands full protecting its image.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 Seth Jayson	Has Wal-Mart Gone Terminal? The Street seems to think that the house of Sam has exhausted its growth opportunities. Stock watchers need to keep an eye out to see whether Wall Street bids it down too far.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Bianco & Zellner	Is Wal-Mart Too Powerful? Low prices are great. But Wal-Mart's dominance creates problems -- for suppliers, workers, communities, and even American culture
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 Jim Royal	Today's Buy Opportunity: Wal-Mart The Bentonville Behemoth is the best play for any environment.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Has Wal-Mart Hit the Wall? Should investors search for greener retail-stock pastures?
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 John Reeves	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear The key questions for those looking to buy shares of America's leading retailer are: Can the company successfully address its increasingly poor image? And will success in this area lead to the long-awaited upswing for its shares, which have gone sideways for the past five years?
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Can Wal-Mart Turn the Tide? As shoppers stray, the retail giant tries to get back on course.