Bloomberg: Wal-Mart Will Carry Apple iPhone This Month
8 December, 2008 Posted by
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According to a report from Bloomberg, Wal-Mart will follow Best Buy to sell the Apple iPhone.
“Employees in the cell-phone departments at five California stores, contacted by phone today, said Wal-Mart will offer iPhones by the end of December. Employees are currently being trained on how to sell the device, all five said. “
Other rumors previously insist that Wal-Mart might carry the discontinue 4GB model for under $100. Apple currently sells two models at $199 and $299.
Why this is significant, read the below starling facts about Wal-Mart:
- At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour Of every day.
- This works out to $20,928 profit Every minute!
- Wal-Mart will sell more From January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) Than Target sells all year.
- Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
- Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people And is the largest private employer. And most can’t speak English
- Wal-Mart is the largest company In the history of the World.
- Wal-Mart now sells more food Than Kroger & Safeway combined, And keep in mind they did this In only 15 years.
- During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
- Wal-Mart now sells more food Than any other store in the world.
- Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores In the USA of which 1,906 are SuperCenters; This is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.
- This year, 7.2 billion different Purchasing experiences will occur At a Wal-Mart store. (Earth’s population is approximately 6.5 billion.)
- 12. 90% of all Americans live Within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart
[Source Bloomberg]
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