| Quartz said: Wallmart. Great in America...not much good anywhere else. From Wikipedia (Yes-might need to take with a pinch of salt.) This is not the first time they have tried something and failed!
Wal-Mart has struggled in other foreign markets. For example, in Germany, it had captured just 2% of German food sales following its entry into the market in 1997 and had remained "a secondary player" compared to competitor Aldi which boasts 19% share of the German market.[43] In July 2006, Wal-Mart announced its withdrawal of operations from Germany because of sustained losses. Its stores are to be sold to German company METRO AG[25] In China, Wal-Mart is "a small fish" as its strategy of "everyday low prices" has not been successful against "Chinese mom-and-pop shops that are used to cutthroat pricing."[44] In May 2006, Wal-Mart withdrew from the South Korean market when it agreed to sell all 16 of its South Korean outlets to Shinsegae, a local retailer, for $882 million who are as of late 2006 re-branding the country's Wal-Marts as E-mart. Wal-Mart had originally entered the South Korea market in 1998.[45] In the UK, Wal-Mart's ASDA subsidiary is the second largest chain after Tesco.[46] Specifically, ASDA is a distant second to Tesco in the UK grocery market, and as of 2006 the gap is widening, based on market share figures published by TNS Superpanel. Somehow I'm not convinced that Wallmart can make a big difference based on historic attempts to take over the market in other places, unless they can shift WELL over 2 million HD-DVD players before the end of 2007. |
The number 1 consumer of DVD today is the us so if they can get money out of the HD-DVD producers to help them they will.
By the way in Mexico they have 50 % of the market and in latin america they are close to 37% in general
