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• Walmart this morning said that its third quarter revenue on a constant currency basis was $122.4 billion, an increase of 2.8 percent over the same period a year ago. The retailer also said that US Q3 same-store sales were up 1.5 percent, on traffic that was up 1.7 percent and sales that were up $2.7 billion.

Walmart also said that "e-commerce sales and GMV globally increased approximately 10% on a constant currency basis."
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