Posted by Allan on 12/09/05 04:41

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:00:54 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <b3rhp1de7j86gbc9tvupc7tgs7mef5frao@4ax.com>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb.org> wrote:
>
>> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest
>> retailer, plans to follow the lead of other big electronics sellers
>> and exit the VHS business by early 2006, according to a report Sunday.
>>
>> VHS tapes will still be available through the 2005 holiday season, but
>> will disappear from Wal-Mart (Research) shelves sometime soon after
>> February, said the Hollywood Reporter, citing industry sources
>> familiar with the matter.
>>
>> http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/13/news/fortune500/walmart_vhs/
>
>BTW, Wal-Mart denied this report and CNN retracted their claim the
>following day. Looks like the tired, old VHS format is gonna chug along
>in Wally World for another year...
>
>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/14/news/fortune500/walmart_vhs/?cnn=yes


""DVDs are certainly the lion's share of our business," says Randy
Hargrove, a spokesperson for Blockbuster Inc. Latest News about
Blockbuster "For the first nine months of this year, VHS only
accounted for 4.7 percent of our sales; "

I'm amazed it is that high.






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