Walmart confirmed Thursday it made “a business decision to...
Walmart confirmed Thursday it made “a business decision to not carry current Amazon products beyond our purchase commitments and existing inventory.” A Walmart spokeswoman told us: “Our customers trust us to provide a broad assortment of products at everyday low…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
prices, and we approach every merchandising decision through this lens.” Questions whether Walmart plans to offer its own tablet or reader, or whether it has replaced the Kindle offerings with other brands, weren’t answered by our deadline. “We will continue to offer our customers a broad assortment of tablets, e-readers and accessories at a variety of great price points,” she said, a decision that’s “consistent with our overall merchandising strategy.” Target elected to drop the Kindle brand recently, too. A search for Kindle on the Target website Thursday brought up jackets from Speck and M-Edge along with a guide for using the Kindle. A Kindle search on Walmart.com brought up numerous tablets including models from Pandigital, Velocity Micro, Visual Land, Samsung, Maylong Mobility and Asus.