How does this make them any different than any other retailer out there?
It's the same thing as every year - I don't know why it's news, or why they've chosen to single out Wal-Mart here.
Because it WASN'T like "any other retailer" LAST year. They decided to buck the trend last year, which WASN'T the same thing as every other year, and something no one else dared to try. They also point out that Wal-Mart might not have wanted this to get out - my guess is so that competition might assume they'll try the same thing as last year - so as to get the drop on the competition.
Also, I see an eMachines notebook at BestBuy, while the article references an HP at Wal-Mart. Either way, I was suspecting the brands they were speaking of as sale items were of higher percieved value at Wal-Mart.
That's why they singled out Wal-Mart.
Thanks for the link though. Our vacuum took a crap tonight and I was gonna pick one up tomorrow, but they've got a cheap one on sale that day. I highly doubt vacuums will be a "hot item", so I'm gonna take my chances that one is still available when I decide to wander out
