Walmart says it will raise prices due to tariff costs after posting solid first quarter sales
- Walmart will raise prices later this month due to high tariff costs, executives said today.
- CEO Doug McMillon stated that Walmart cannot absorb all tariff costs due to narrow retail margins.
- The tariffs are the highest since the 1930s and will impact customers amid ongoing inflation.
- Walmart's first quarter profit slipped, leading to the necessary price increases caused by the tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump.
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