Wal-Mart to use more self-checkout lanes

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will add more self-checkout lanes at Walmart and Sam's Clubs stores as it continues to look for ways to lower costs and prices, Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said on Wednesday.

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Q4 2012 Pre Recorded Earnings Call February 21, 2012 12:00 am ET Executives Carol Schumacher - Vice President of Investor Relations Michael Terry Duke - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Chairman of Global Compensation Committee and Chairman of Executive Committee William S. Simon - Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer of Walmart U S and President of Walmart U S

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Q2 2012 Earnings Call August 16, 2011 7:00 am ET Executives Jeffery Davis - Senior Vice President and Treasurer Mike Duke - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Chairman of Global Compensation Committee and Chairman of Executive Committee Carol Schumacher - Vice President of Investor Relations Charles Holley - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Q3 2012 Earnings Call November 15, 2011 7:00 am ET Executives Jeffery Davis - Senior Vice President and Treasurer Mike Duke - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Chairman of Global Compensation Committee and Chairman of Executive Committee Carol Schumacher - Vice President of Investor Relations

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Q1 2012 Earnings Call May 17, 2011 12:00 am ET Executives Mike Duke - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Chairman of Global Compensation Committee and Chairman of Executive Committee Carol Schumacher - Vice President of Investor Relations Charles Holley - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Q4 2011 Earnings Call February 22, 2011 7:00 am ET Executives Carol Schumacher - Vice President of Investor Relations Mike Duke - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Member of Equity Compensation Committee and Member of Executive Committee Charles Holley - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Jeff Davis - President and COO

Michelle Obama visited a Wal-Mart in February to extol the fresh, healthy food in the company’s grocery aisles. But Wal-Mart, Obama’s corporate partner in a campaign to make food healthier and more affordable, has been running into problems with food that is not so fresh.

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. offered a weak business outlook Thursday as new economic challenges for its low-income shoppers start to take a toll. The world’s largest retailer reported an 8.6 percent increase in profit for the fourth quarter which includes the crucial holiday season. But higher gasoline prices, late tax refunds and the payroll tax increase have it wary about the coming year. Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., is considered an economic bellwether because the retailer accounts for nearly 10 percent of nonautomotive retail spending in the U.S.