Walmart Earnings August 20: Could Shelf Prices Rise?

Walmart reports earnings August 20, 7 a.m. CDT. After vowing to absorb tariff costs rather than raise shopper prices (Reuters, June 2025), the largest US grocer faces near-flat goods inflation — January 2026 consumer prices barely rose. Watch Walmart's profit margin, the gap between what goods cost and what they sell for. If that gap widens, shelf prices could climb even as overall inflation stays low.