John Furner
President and CEO, Walmart Inc.
“Simeon, with the rollbacks and the other investments, we exited the first quarter, as we mentioned earlier, at about 7,000 rollbacks. It is normally about five. At the end of the quarter, we had 11. When you take rollbacks in consumable categories like food, you tend to see first a unit increase, and we saw transactions in units grow in the quarter. Then that does create a temporary deflationary effect. But as the units grow over time, particularly in food, then the share gains come through. We were really pleased with the recent share report in food. It is one of the strongest reports we have had in some time.”
John Furner
One-line summary: President and CEO of Walmart Inc.; Q1 FY2027 earnings source for consumer resilience signal (4.1% US comp sales despite headwinds) and AI shopping agent adoption (Sparky +100% WAU sequential).
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"Simeon, with the rollbacks and the other investments, we exited the first quarter, as we mentioned earlier, at about 7,000 rollbacks. It is normally about five. At the end of the quarter, we had 11. When you take rollbacks in consumable categories like food, you tend to see first a unit increase, and we saw transactions in units grow in the quarter. Then that does create a temporary deflationary effect. But as the units grow over time, particularly in food, then the share gains come through. We were really pleased with the recent share report in food. It is one of the strongest reports we have had in some time." — 2026-08-20-earnings-wmt-q2-fy2027 (2026-08-20)
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President and CEO, Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT).
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- john-furner in 2026-05-21-earnings-wmt-q1-fy2027: "Walmart U.S. comparable sales grew 4.1% despite a 100 basis point headwind from maximum fair pricing legislation. eCommerce delivery was up 45%. Sparky AI shopping agent weekly active users increased over 100% sequentially."