Walmart Gains as Sparky Draws a Made-in-USA Probe Request

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Walmart (NASDAQ:WMT), the retail and digital-marketplace giant, faced a bipartisan push for Federal Trade Commission scrutiny of its Sparky AI shopping assistant after Senators Tammy Baldwin and Rick Scott asked the agency to investigate how the tool handles Made in USA products. Walmart shares traded at $107.18 Friday. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Sign with BABA. Is WMT fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator.WMT GF Value chart The senators' request follows research alleging that Sparky can identify American-made merchandise and potentially detect questionable country-of-origin claims, yet does not consistently surface those products or flag potentially misleading listings.