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Welcome to the 42nd installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions and just a bit of everything else when it comes down to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart.

Last week, I looked at how Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) competes against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) locations. Best Buy seemed to have the edge when it came to low prices on items like flat-panel televisions and laptop PCs this holiday season, and in my opinion, Wal-Mart's allure to the consumer electronics shopper is not growing despite attempts to beef up that department in Wal-Mart locations.

This week, I'll peer into this year and look at what has gone right and what has gone wrong for the world's largest retailer. 2007 was an odd year for Wal-Mart from many angles, and 2008 promises to be every bit as captivating for the world's largest retailer in the global markets it serves. So, let's dig in.


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Technology continues to evolve faster than most of us can follow -- if you blink, you might miss the next-best thing and find yourself surrounded by obsolete devices. My pale-pink iPod Mini is less than 3 years old and already worthy of mockery -- and don't get me started on my embarrassingly large collection of single tapes. MP-what?

At least Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is helping prevent consumers from unknowingly buying a television that will quickly be seen as a relic. It's taking all analog television sets off the market. The familiar electronics retailer told its store locations to drop analog offerings at the beginning of October and focus exclusively on selling flat-panel and high-definition sets.

By February 17, 2009, all U.S. television programming will be required to be digital, as ordered by the Federal Communications Commission. Those holding on to old analog sets will be able to convert to the sharper signal using boxes, satellite equipment, or other methods of conversion. More than 60 million U.S. viewing households still watch their favorite shows via analog cable or antennas, and the government plans to offer coupons that can be used to purchase converter boxes. Where can one redeem such coupons and acquire such boxes? Well, Best Buy, of course, beginning early next year.

Beth Gaston Moon is an analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.

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