Insight Report 10 minutes PremiumWalmart 2016 Investment Community Meeting: Bentonville, Ar, October 6, 2016 Coresight Research October 7, 2016 Executive Summary On October 6, Fung Global Retail & Technology attended the Walmart 2016 Investment Community Meeting, held at Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. Before the meeting, Walmart reiterated its fiscal year 2017 EPS guidance, guided for flat EPS in fiscal 2018 and provided an $11 billion capital-spending target for fiscal 2018. The guidance for flat EPS in fiscal 2018 and for EPS growth at the low end of the 5%–10% target range suggests that Walmart is currently in a transition stage, feeling the brunt of the store closures and repositioning itself for to return to more normalized growth in fiscal 2019 and beyond. Walmart’s e-commerce strategy centers on leveraging the relative strengths of the superstores, Walmart.com and Jet.com, and in China, JD.com, in which the company recently doubled its investment. The food business was a recurring theme: management noted that Walmart needs to win in food in the US and that the company is the leading digitally enabled food retailer internationally. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Seasonal Shopping, 1Q24—Expectations for Valentine’s Day, Easter and Presidents’ Day: US Consumer Survey Insights ExtraMarketingPulse and eTailingPulse 2023: Retailers Leverage Localization, Web3, AI and Audio To Engage with Consumers in ChinaFlipkart Big Billion Days 2023: Preview—Positive Consumer Sentiment and a Focus on Immersive ShoppingShoptalk Europe 2023 Day Two: Exploring the Roles of Web3 in the Supply Chain and “Wow” Moments in Physical Retail