- Dow Jones reports Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is laying off 2.3K Sam's Club employees, or 2% of the division's workforce. The cuts amount to a small fraction of Wal-Mart's company-wide workforce of 2.2M.
- Sam's Club sales rose just 1.1% Y/Y in the October quarter. The business accounted for 12% of Wal-Mart's total revenue.