If store shelves seem a little less festive than usual this year, don’t blame the Grinch – Walmart and other major retailers are importing fewer Christmas goods this year as they prepare to face a lukewarm holiday shopping season.
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has shipped at least 340,000 kilos of products described as Christmas goods into the US in the 12 months ended Sept. 30, according to ImportYeti import data provided to Reuters.
That amount is less than half the 980,000 kilos shipped in the same period last year, according to the data.
Walmart has shipped about three times fewer Christmas goods into the US in the 12 months ended Sept. 30, according to ImportYeti data. AFP via Getty Images
And in 2022, Walmart imported more than 1.9 million kilos of Christmas products in the same 12-month period, according to ImportYeti.
A Walmart spokesperson said the data “only paints a partial picture” of its sourced goods.
