Stock Spotlight: Inflation takes a bite out of Walmart profits

Full-year profits to decline 11% to 13%

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Overstocking and rising inflation have eaten into Walmart's profit margins, the multinational retail giant revealed in its quarterly report issued at the end of July.

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