News Wal-Mart August same-store sales rise By Andy Braithwaite - 1 August 2006 0 Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email 31 August 2006 — Bentonville (AR): Wal-Mart Stores has recorded a 2.7 percent rise in US same-store sales in August. The company expects US same-store sales in September to rise by between one and three percent.