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Walmart surrenders DVD rental ops to Netflix

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Phoenix

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Well, it looks like Wal-Mart’s master plan to bankrupt Netflix didn’t quite turn out — the world’s largest retailer is now essentially surrenduring to the much smaller internet startup and turning over their DVD rental business. The agreement specifies that Wal-Mart will offer its existing online rental customers the chance to continue their subscriptions under Netflix at their current price for the next year, and begin promoting the Netflix service in its website. In turn, Netflix will remind its customers that they can purchase DVDs from Walmart.com — awww, isn’t that nice? Of course, Netflix still has Blockbuster to contend with, but it’s a major victory to have at least knocked Wal-Mart out of the running.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000733043890/#comments
 

tedtropy

$50/hour, but no kissing on the lips and colors must be pre-separated
Wal-mart getting beaten at something always puts a smile on my face. I think I'll go buy a 200-count crate of Dr. B soda!
 

DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
Tommie Hu$tle said:
I thought I was the only one around here who went to engadget.

Not at all...

and yeah I'm happy to see Wal-Mart take it on the nose too.
 

Macam

Banned
It's not really a total loss for Wal-Mart since Netflix will be pushing their 3m customers to buy movies from Wal-Mart's online and B&M stores. It helps them stay afloat, but it wasn't free.
 
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