Why Are Walmart And Other Major US Retailers Canceling Billions Of Dollars In Orders As Summer Comes To An End? Why Are Walmart And Other Major US Retailers Canceling Billions Of Dollars In Orders As Summer Comes To An End? Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Do they know something that they aren’t telling us? As you will see below, Walmart, Target and other major U.S. retailers are literally canceling billions of dollars in orders ahead of the coming holiday season. I have never heard of such a thing happening before, and under normal conditions it wouldn’t make any sense at all. The holiday season is typically the busiest time of the year for retailers, and at this time in 2021 there was actually a great deal of concern that there wouldn’t be enough inventory due to global supply chain problems. But now everything has changed. All of a sudden major retailers are feverishly canceling orders, and this would only make sense if a severe economic downturn was imminent. For example, Walmart is admitting that it has canceled “billions of dollars in orders” as we approach the upcoming holiday season… John David Rainey, Walmart’s EVP and CFO, said it had cleared most summer inventory , was reducing exposure in electronics, home and sporting goods, and canceled “billions of dollars in orders” to realign inventories.