However, in mid august of 2000 Wal-Mart decided to make a minor accounting change due to some questions that arose within the company. This seemingly minute change had a major effect on stock. After, announcing its second quarter earnings, Wal-Mart said it planned to revise its accounting practices for consumer layaways...
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The result was projected as a minor hit to the third quarter earnings of no more than two cents a share. What Wal-Mart said was that it would wait to record sales on always items until the consumer paid off the entire balance, not when the sale itself was posted. The change was expected to affect about 400 million in sales (wal-mart decade, 2003)...
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