Charles P. Walsh

Wow! This is a significant development for Walmart and for shoppers, especially those of modest means.

This is far more convenient than lay-away and doesn't require the retailer to staff or warehouse inventory. There is no chance that Walmart will ship unwanted goods to the store since the product...

My comments have nothing to do with Walmart, rather they are focused on the responses that I've read in today's discussion.

I'm somewhat shocked to read that there is a belief expressed within this discussion that bribery is an acceptable form of doing business. It is not, and in...

Google's Trusted Stores program isn't a competitive advantage, it is an essential element of ecommerce. It is certainly an important step in Google's development in the business of ecommerce.

I feel that this type of program is used once a purchase decision has been made and when there are...

I am not sure that the board was wrong in not announcing the specifics concerning the investigation into Mr. Dunn's resignation. It would depend, in my mind, on the significance of the evidence that the board has/had at the time of his resignation. If the evidence were circumstantial, it...

I absolutely believe that Food Information Apps will alter not only grocery but general merchandise shopping experience and decision making. We are just at the beginning of this revolution, but I expect it to be one more tool in the public's belt to assist them in making product decisions....

The elimination of the penny doesn't mean that transactions with pennies in it are also eliminated. If the penny is eliminated it could complicate a retailer's operations in a significant way.

Even if prices would have to be changed to end in .05 cent increments, the total due including...

This is a solid strategy, though I admit that Walmart took a bit of a risk in the scope and scale of the product throughout the store.

This isn't a new approach that Walmart is taking and often ties up licenses as they relate to movie and video releases....

This would be laughable if it weren't so very sad. Sears has forgotten how to be a retailer and that what a retailer does is sell product that people want at the prices that they want to pay.

This quote, which I've taken from the article, by Edward Lampert,...

Dark Rye captures the aspirational values of many, if not most, of Whole Foods shoppers and will reinforce the feeling of community with the retailer.

I like it; it is a perfect tool to reinforce the perception that shopping at Whole Foods brings you closer to the aspirational wish/dream...

Absolutely.

Obsolescence applies to more than just embedded technology within a category, but to a category itself over time.

The traditional PC marketplace has changed dramatically over time from the dominance of desktops giving way to laptops (desktops now account for roughly 25% of the PC marketplace in 2011)....