Close to 750,000 U.S. consumers received a strange-looking email Thursday, offering them a Walmart gift card for $12.32. The sender: an ominous entity called Online DVD Rental Settlement. The ...

The DVD-rental pioneer Netflix Inc., hoping to fend off hard- charging Blockbuster Inc., scored a coup Thursday when retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed to end its online subscription movie ...

Wal-Mart Stores jumps into the video-download market today with a promotional offer on Superman Returns. DVDs of the Warner Bros. film hit Wal-Mart shelves today, with an option that lets shoppers who ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Wal-Mart Stores is turning over its online DVD rental business to Netflix, signaling that the world’s largest retailer couldn’t beat the Internet upstart at its own game. Netflix ...

Wal-Mart may not have an official stance on the respective merits of HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray, but actions speak louder than words. According to a recent report, Wal-Mart will be buying 2 million HD-DVD ...

Never underestimate the power of Wal-Mart! The retail juggernaut has the power to destroy a product line’s sales by deciding not to sell it - or simply pushing it to the bottom shelf. Wal-Mart ...

Vudu, Walmart’s premium video-streaming service, will now let people “convert” DVD and Blu-ray Disc collections into digital copies — which they can then watch on hundreds of different ...

doesn't stay ahead by being a dinosaur. Every selling category is studied and strategically deployed. When it works, it's expanded (see: consumer electronics in the post- Walmart, along with other ...