businessweek.com— The retail behemoth isn't happy about the iPod maker's plans to offer movie downloads through iTunes. Has Wal-Mart met its match?
Aug 31, 2006View in Crawl 4
I'd love to see someone slap Walmart in the mouth a bit. They're big, arrogant and c**ky. They're notorious for being ruthless with their suppliers, and have driven several companies out of business by demanding near-cost pricing or banning their products from the store shelves. If Apple's the company to do that, so be it. Go Apple!
"Go f**k em"Exactly the response I was thinking of. Where do these f**king dinosaurs get off on thinking that they 'own' anything? You can't compete with downloadable movies? Well, you might want to consider to ditch your lame-ass DVD section and use your fortunes to create a kick-ass movie distribution site.Yet another example of those monster corporations thinking they enjoy some kind of entitlement.
I hate the red states so I shop at walmart. Thanks walmart for screwing them good. I would way rather buy movies from Itunes than walmart. haha the spell checker doesnt know how to spell walmart or itunes.
Has Wal-Mart met it's match. I belive they have. The only reason thay are doing this because they are scared. They know the movie download service will really eat into their business as a movie seller. The iTunes store is eating their dowmload store for breakfast on a daily basis. One thing about Wal-Mart is if they control a specific area of a market they will try to leverage out any competition who trys to get their way in. At one time they were one of the largest CD resellers but they didn't try to do anything about the iTunes music store when it was first started because why should the worlds largest retailer worry about such a niche market. Now fastforward to today. The realm of digital music dowmloads is a major player in the industry. So it makes sense now for Wal-Mart to want to try and bullly movie studios into not working with Apple ro provide content becuase it will cut into their profits from movies they burn in house to begin with.
Closed AccountAug 31, 2006
"Wal-Mart isn't happy"Good f**k em...
bi0metricAug 31, 2006
All I can say is APPLE SUCKS!!
chewie67Aug 31, 2006
I'd love to see someone slap Walmart in the mouth a bit. They're big, arrogant and c**ky. They're notorious for being ruthless with their suppliers, and have driven several companies out of business by demanding near-cost pricing or banning their products from the store shelves. If Apple's the company to do that, so be it. Go Apple!
geoncoderAug 31, 2006
Its called monopsony. I did paper on Wal-Mart and the strong arm tactics they use on their suppliers. Go Apple!
geekdreamsAug 31, 2006
People with iPods and computers, who like movies.
molecoolAug 31, 2006
"Go f**k em"Exactly the response I was thinking of. Where do these f**king dinosaurs get off on thinking that they 'own' anything? You can't compete with downloadable movies? Well, you might want to consider to ditch your lame-ass DVD section and use your fortunes to create a kick-ass movie distribution site.Yet another example of those monster corporations thinking they enjoy some kind of entitlement.
fuchilaAug 31, 2006
I am sorry but Damn Wal-Mart.
rupricktSep 1, 2006
I hate the red states so I shop at walmart. Thanks walmart for screwing them good. I would way rather buy movies from Itunes than walmart. haha the spell checker doesnt know how to spell walmart or itunes.
sdtek1Sep 23, 2006
Check an article written on applexnet. They ask some interesting questions. <a class="user" href="http://www.apple-x.net/node/445">http://www.apple-x.net/node/445</a>
roto31Sep 23, 2006
Has Wal-Mart met it's match. I belive they have. The only reason thay are doing this because they are scared. They know the movie download service will really eat into their business as a movie seller. The iTunes store is eating their dowmload store for breakfast on a daily basis. One thing about Wal-Mart is if they control a specific area of a market they will try to leverage out any competition who trys to get their way in. At one time they were one of the largest CD resellers but they didn't try to do anything about the iTunes music store when it was first started because why should the worlds largest retailer worry about such a niche market. Now fastforward to today. The realm of digital music dowmloads is a major player in the industry. So it makes sense now for Wal-Mart to want to try and bullly movie studios into not working with Apple ro provide content becuase it will cut into their profits from movies they burn in house to begin with.
gettaratNov 25, 2008
I hardly think walmart should complain.<a class="user" href="http://blockbusternewreleases.org/">http://blockbusternewreleases.org/</a>