A rare miss for Walmart to end the year
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart reported disappointing fourth-quarter profits and sales after a sluggish and shortened holiday shopping season. Violent social protests in Chile, where there are hundreds of Walmart stores, cut into international sales. Walmart also delivered a weak profit forecast for the year and a rare quarterly miss, its worst in about five years. "We