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January 02, 2007
Wal-Mart tries again
An article in today's New York Times described Wal-Mart's intention to sell millions of high efficiency light bulbs, and the significant resistance the company is feeling from light bulb manufacturers that aren't particularly anxious for consumers to go in the high efficiency direction.
It's hard for me to be skeptical about this, in spite of my automatic Wal-Mart radar warning buzzing steadily. I'm sure they plan to make money, but it seems maybe like win-win. Which is pretty unusual for Wal-Mart.
Here's a link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/business/02bulb.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
I just stopped at Lowe's to pick up some things tools and noticed how prominent the compact fluorescents are. All over the store, at the front of the light bulb section and on a central aisle end shelf. This is surely a response to Wal-Mart.
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