Shares of retail giant Walmart ( WMT 1.01%) were up a whopping 72% in 2024. To put the magnitude of this move in perspective, this was the best year for Walmart stock since 1998 -- you read that right. And its 72% return handily outperformed the S&P 500 's otherwise stellar gain of 23%.

Retail stocks in general are seeing improvement as inflation moderates, and 2025 could be another great year for Walmart, the largest retailer in the world. Here are three reasons why investors might want to consider buying it this year.

Jason Buechel will expand his role to oversee Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores business, including Amazon Go convenience stores and Amazon Fresh physical and online stores, while also continuing to serve as Whole Foods Market CEO.

Developed by researchers at Mass General Brigham and publicly accessible, the database reveals the prevalence of processed foods across various grocery stores, emphasizing the need for greater awareness and regulation of food offerings.

All grocery stores will be open in New Jersey and the greater metropolitan area on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025

On Monday, workers at Philadelphia’s Center City Whole Foods Market voted 130–100 to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. It marks the first time an Amazon-owned Whole Foods store has voted to unionize—and it is one of the first major union elections of the second Trump presidency.

“The biggest piece of advice for retirees is to create a financial plan before retiring,” Patrick Marcinko, a certified financial planner Patrick Marcinko, told Nasdaq. “A good financial plan should provide peace of mind that you are on track for a successful retirement, financially.”

One of the most popular grocery chains in the country, Whole Foods, has only become even more attractive to customers in a post-Amazon-ownership world. Even though the company might only control 1% of the grocery market (compared to Kroger’s 9%),

Ultra-processed foods have become somewhat of a nutrition villain over the past decade. But even more of a pain? Trying to figure out which items fall into this category while standing in the grocery aisle.

If your debt load is light and your housing and other daily costs are low, you might consider a more conservative annual draw on your retirement, such as Suze Orman’s recommended 3%. At some point, your Social Security benefit will add an extra cushion, but you’re still 11 years away from being able to tap into that safety net.

With those numbers, it's not surprising that the stock has lost 49% of its value since 2021, a long-term downtrend that has probably discouraged Target bulls. Nonetheless, that sell-off may present an opportunity for investors despite the anemic growth, and here's why.