Soon Walmart, one of the world's largest retailers will sell Apple's iPad across their 8,500 stores from Oct 15th.
Walmart said it would start carrying all six iPad types including both Wi-Fi and 3G + Wi-Fi models, at the same prices Apple charges. The company will also have all models available online through Walmart.com, but buyers will still have to pick up their new iPads at local Wal-Mart locations.
However, it may not have had the option to wait this time around, as pressure from competitors like Best Buy and Target began selling the iPad months ago and as both Apple and Wal-Mart eye the upcoming holiday shopping rush with an aim for both firm's bottom lines.
According to iSuppli, the iPad is expected to account for 74.1 percent of all global tablet shipments, with the remaining percentage left mostly to an assortment of older PC style tablets. In 2012, that figure will drop to a still leading 61.7 percent as more tablet makers race to hit the market and struggle to compete with Apple, iSuppli said. But those rivals will have their work cut out for them.
Considering iSuppli's report it is a boon for Apple to have the iPads sold in Wal-Mart stores . Selling any product at Wal-Mart is bound to bring a bounce to its overall sales, as the retailer currently has 8,500 stores in 15 countries operating under 55 different names. After offering the iPhone in December 2008, Apple reported an 88 percent spike in sales of the smartphone over the quarter ending Dec. 27, 2008'a leap that was at least in part attributable to the much wider availability of the phones nationwide.
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