Well ,what don’t they sell ?
Wal-Mart to sell caskets and burial urns.
Wal-Mart's Web site lists 14 caskets that start at $895. All are less than $2,000 except for the Sienna Bronze Casket which lists for $2,899.
The company also offers a variety of styles of cremation urns. A child or infant urn lists for $99.99, while the Web site advertises dozens of adult-sized urns ranging from $140 to $242. Wal-Mart also sells several styles of pet urns that range from about $59 to $79.
A Canadian business reporter tells of other efforts the retail giant is making.
Under pressure from Wall Street, Wal-Mart suddenly is taking on the world — igniting price wars with Toys R Us, pharmacy giant Walgreen and consumer electronics colossus Best Buy (owner of Future Shop in Canada). It seeks to replicate the growing prowess of Amazon.com Inc. as an online general merchandiser – a discipline that Amazon itself hasn't yet mastered – while going after niche operators like Michael's Stores, the top U.S. vendor of arts-and-crafts supplies……………..
Over a three-year period ending in fiscal 2011, Wal-Mart will have spent about $40 billion to add a staggering 186 million square feet of new selling space.
World: There’s only one Wal-Mart .How do you account for that?
People: It knows what it wants .Don't you Wal-Mart?
Wal-Mart: Sure
People: What's that?
Wal-Mart: Well, I want umm, more ...more yeah that's it I want MORE!
World: Will you ever get enough?
Wal-Mart: No, I guess I won’t.
imagined conversation adapted fromKey Largo Johnny Rocco (Edward G.Robinson) and Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart)and James Temple (Lionel Barrymore)
