Dell to Sell Desktop PCs at Wal-Mart Stores
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By REXCRUM  SAN FRANCISCO - Dell Inc., the world's No. 2 personal-computer company, said Thursday that it will begin selling PCs on the shelves of retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in a deal that breaks with its longtime direct model of making computers on order for customers.
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Dell moves beyond direct sales to market two models of desktops through Wal-Mart in June.
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Dell Inc.  plans to start  selling personal computers at 3,500 Wal-Mart  stores in  the United States and Canada as of June 10, launching a major  drive to sell through retailers, the companies said on  Thursday.
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Blog: Everex announces Wal-Mart will carry its Windows-based, back-to-school $298 desktop, which features open-source productivity software.
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Dell Inc  said it would  sell personal computers, printers, monitors and ink supplies in  1,400 Staples Inc  stores in the United States, its  latest move into retail after breaking from 23 years of selling  directly to consumers.
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NEW YORK - In a departure from the direct-to-consumer business model it  was founded on, Dell Inc. plans to sell computers at Wal- Mart Stores Inc.,  the world's largest retailer.
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Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) has been chosen under the Army's Desktop Mobile Computing (ADMC-2) contract to provide desktop and notebook computers, displays, printers and peripherals for three years.
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Dell has announced that it plans to start selling computers at Wal-Mart in June.
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By Don Mecoy, The Oklahoman  May 25--Dell Inc. will begin selling desktop computers in Wal-Mart next  month, but that should have no effect on the direct consumer sales at Dell's  Oklahoma City operation, a company spokesman said Thursday.
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Last week, Dell announced that it would begin selling two Dimension desktop computers through Wal-Mart Stores. It was a watershed moment.
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Dell Inc.  plans to open its  own retail stores on a city-by-city basis and does not expect  to sell its personal computers through shops like Best Buy Co.  , a senior executive said on Tuesday.
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Dell recently announced that it's partnering with Wal-Mart. So what's in store for Dell?
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Dell Inc , said on Friday British retailer Tesco  will sell Dell personal computers in outlets across Europe.
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(InfoWorld) - Wal-Mart opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by unveiling a $298 desktop from Everex that combines three of the most popular industry trends -- open-source software, a power-efficient processor, and a lack of "bloatware." The Everex Impact GC3502 uses Microsoft's Windows Vista OS but substitutes the OpenOffice.org 2.2 version of word processing and spreadsheet tools for the traditional Microsoft Office variety. The computer runs on a 1.5GHz C7-D processor from Via Technologies, a chip that meets lead-free environmental regulations and saves energy with low wattage demands. The sales price does not include a monitor but is still lower than comparable packages sold on Wal-mart's Web site, such as an HP Compaq Presario, an Acer America AcerPower FH Minitower, and a Dell Dimension desktop. PC vendors usually compete for customers by slashing prices during the eight-week back-to-school season, stretching from mid-July to mid-September. But Everex also hopes to attract buyers by avoiding the free "trial software" that annoys many users, according to Eugene Chang, a product manager at Everex, of Fremont, California. Dell followed a similar strategy on July 10 when itÂ withheld bloatwareÂ from its newÂ Vostro line of PCsÂ for small business users after a long campaign by bloggers and Dell customers against common practice by PC vendors of loading unrequested software onto new computers. Software companies fund the effort as a way to find new users. Although those features are popular, they could backfire on Everex because most U.S. consumers are not yet familiar with Via processors or OpenOffice software, one analyst said. "It's not surprising that Wal-Mart, of all retailers, will sell the $298 Everex desktop; it's a good marriage with their biggest audience -- budget buyers," said Toni DuBoise, a senior analyst with Current Analysis West. "But it has a couple of problems; one is that it uses a Via processor, which is almost unknown to U.S. consumers. And it runs at just 1.5 GHz, so it's unknown how it will handle Microsoft Vista," she said. "And running OpenOffice is kind of a unique tactic. It's anti-Microsoft as Microsoft obviously owns the market for productivity software. So users may have some concerns about compatibility."
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Dell has won a $700 million hardware and services contract with Philips Electronics. The deal will include the sale of Dell OptiPlex desktop computers, Precision workstations and Latitude
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Dell Inc said on Friday it had  cut from its Web site most consumer computers with chips from  Advanced Micro Devices Inc and would sell AMD-based PCs mainly  in stores and by phone.
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Following an announcement last month that it will sell specially-made desktops in select Wal-Mart locations, Dell announced Friday that it will sell notebook PCs in 500 stores of Wal-Mart subsidiary Sam's Club.