I was recently looking through a classmate Eddie’s blog, and came across and post about Wal-Mart that intrigued me. It outlined Wal-Mart’s recent decision to open up many ‘Wal-Mart Express’ convenience stores. This idea was very interesting to me. Wal-Mart has founded it’s success on its size, being able to offer consumers all of their needs in one place, at a discounted price, and driving Mom and Pop retailers into bankruptcy. Now, Wal-Mart is coming after dollar stores and convenience stores as well, and is going to be able to offer consumers everything they need, whether its a big shop at their regular locations, or a quick run into one of their express locations. I agree with Eddie that this will be a successful venture for Wal-Mart. However, I cant help but think that Wal-Mart will soon be taking over, driving out all of its competitors by using its known strategy of predatory pricing (see one of my earlier blog posts for more info on this).