Wal-Mart confident on April sales

Easter lines performing ahead of forecast
Wal-Mart expects April same store sales growth of between 4 and 6 per cent in its core US operations, after strong Easter sales got the month off to a good start.

The world’s biggest retailer said its sales were running at the high end of expectations after the week to April 12 saw strong US sales of food and Easter seasonal items.
Sales of Easter apparel and decorations are also running above forecasts.
Wal-Mart said its had seen both customer traffic and average spend increase across the week, but cautioned that with Easter earlier this year some comparative sales would have been made later in the month last year.

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