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Walmart was eligible for $2.9 billion in tariff refunds that the Supreme Court ruled were unlawfully imposed under President Donald Trump\u2019s emergency powers\u2014approximately half a percent of its annual U.S. sales. CFO John David Rainey said on Walmart\u2019s earnings call Thursday that the company has now received \u201csubstantially all\u201d of that money and will reinvest it into lowering prices \u201cbecause customers need us to.\u201d Walmart shares as much as 9% in Thursday trading after U.S. sales growth hit a 6-year-low.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve taken a disciplined approach to investing these funds back into customer experience and price leadership, prioritizing investment in grocery and general merchandise categories,\u201d Rainey told analysts on the call.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The retailer now has more than 11,000 items on \u201crollback,\u201d its term for temporary price reductions, up from roughly 7,200 at the end of the previous quarter. Walmart CEO John Furner said that was the highest number he could remember \u201cat least in recent times.\u201d The money has gone toward discounts, notably ground beef, where Furner said higher prices were hurting customers. Walmart previously passed on tariff-related costs to consumers, with prices for products like electronics and appliances rising more than 3%, up from 1.7% before the tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we\u2019re trying to reinforce the everyday low-price model and save customers money,\u201d Furner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shoppers also bore much of the tariffs\u2019 cost on top of inflation, research indicates. Dallas Fed researchers estimated core inflation would have been 0.8 percentage points lower in March if tariffs weren\u2019t imposed. Separate research from the Kiel Institute estimated that Americans paid for 96% of the costs of tariffs.<\/p>\n

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The push to lower prices comes as Walmart said its customers are feeling more strained because of gas prices, echoing warnings that executives have repeated since May.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rainey told analysts the pressure became more noticeable in June as gas rose above $4 a gallon and shoppers began making more tradeoffs in what they bought. The company now expects more than $2 billion in additional fuel-related costs this year compared with what it anticipated when it issued its original forecast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Fewer people also shopped at Walmart as the K-shaped economy kept high-income buyers and pushed out lower-income ones, with the biggest gains in market share for Walmart from households making over $100,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Walmart\u2019s U.S. sales rose 2.6% in its latest quarter, below analysts\u2019 expectations of 3.8%, the retailer\u2019s first comparable-sales miss in more than five years. Customer traffic grew 1.5%, down from 3% the previous quarter, as higher fuel prices put more pressure on consumers. Rainey previously warned in May that shoppers filled their gas tanks with fewer than 10 gallons on average for the first time since 2022, calling it an \u201cindicator of stress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Walmart said sales in its core categories outside health and wellness have remained in the 3% to 4% range, while global e-commerce sales rose 23%. The company also raised its full-year sales outlook to growth of 4% to 5%, from 3.5% to 4.5% previously, citing first-half performance and expectations that its price investments will drive stronger sales and market-share gains.<\/p>\n

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