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Wal-Mart to Stop Issuing Sales Estimates

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday it is going to quit issuing sales estimates for each retail period on the Saturday after the end of the period.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the retailer said it will continue providing the figures on the Thursday after the end of the retail period.

On this past Saturday, Wal-Mart reported its same-store sales rose an estimated 2.2 percent in January.
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