Walmart to Raise Prices Due to Tariffs, Setting the Tone for Other Retailers

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  Walmart plans to raise prices because of tariffs, and other retailers will likely follow.

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  A lot of companies imported ahead of tariffs so that stores and their suppliers are still working through that supply.

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  But Walmart is saying that era is coming to an end.

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  It's Thursday, May 15th.

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  I'm Pierre Bien-Aimé for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Alex Osola.

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  This is the PM edition of What's News,

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  the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today.

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  Trade war price increases are coming for American shoppers.

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  Walmart says it will raise prices in response to tariffs.

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  The retail giant, which counts 90 percent of Americans as customers,

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  is the biggest company so far to signal price hikes because of tariffs.

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  Sarah Nassauer writes about large retailers for The Wall Street Journal.

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  She says Walmart's price increases stand to ripple through the retail industry and the U.S. economy.

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  So Walmart this morning when it reported earnings said that right now they're in the process of raising prices because of tariffs and that there will be more to come on their shelves and that was a pretty significant moment

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  because they're you know a huge retailer where most Americans shop at least sometimes and they're just acknowledging that this is coming.

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  It's significant.

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  for other retailers as well,

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  because Walmart is one of the biggest and they're going to sort of set the tone.

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