William Eichler

Is the Wal-Mart Era 'Drawing to a Close'?

Good article ... lets not forget WMTs push into health care centers.
They would provide nurse services, home health equipment, prescription glasses, and pharmaceuticals. They hope to have 2,000 clinics within five to seven years. WMT has 300 different banks, with 1,200 branches, inside WMT stores. They plan to add 200 more by 2009. The re-negotiated leases give WMT the explicit right to offer mortgages, home-equity line of credit and consumer loans. Plus 170 MoneyCenters. Their success with electronics from Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Sony, and Dell. And finally, the search for a M&A executive. There is more but ....