Lower Sales Growth Strikes Wal-Mart

from National Public Radio

Heading into the holiday season, Wal-Mart says it will look at adjusting its product mix to make up for slumping same-store sales in October. The retailer's sales grew only half-a-percent last month, after earlier predictions that sales would jump between two and four percent.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, October 30, 2006