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Today, Elmo TMX made its debut. And Walmart.com is already out of stock! Has the retail giant decided to pay employees with a new currency; in Elmo dolls?

Zo (Get it? Zo, instead of so!), Microsoft will soon unleash its Mobile Digital Music Player. The Zune! Press release. Walmart is promoting the Zune on the homepage of Walmart.com.

Walmart.com has all the Zune info you need, except the price. It even has images of the Zune in black, brown & white. Additionally, walmart.com, while informing you that the Zune is not yet available, allows you to sign up for Zune updates.

After I checked out the gas stations, we headed down to our local branch of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Public, NYSE:WMT).
They are out of water. So is Target. Surprisingly, Walmart was not as packed as I had expected it to be. However, people were definitely shopping for the occasion, stacking up on whatever food & drinks that is left.

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This bunny, (unlike Playboy’s lagging business) is raking in the money.

(Was this the contraceptive shelf? Course not! This is Walmart…)

(I am a proud tuna-head. The box is also less conspicuous than my yarmulka.)

Attention Walmart.com shoppers; there is a copy spillage at the entrance of  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Public, NYSE:WMT)

First, Walmart.com was promoting electronics. The tag line was/is “college happens. tech it out“. Fine. We celebrated, rejoiced and blogged it.

Now, Walmart.com has pushed the envelope even further. Not. While the original catchy slogan has not been exterminated, Walmart.com has added another “college happens” line to the site.

This one is really all that. And really all that is this one. This is it. “College Happens. Be Ready.” But wait, there’s more! “College Happens. Stylize your space“. So far, for the accountants, we have three “college happens”.

Would you care to believe it? There is actually a fourth “college happens”! Also on the homepage “College Happens. Break for Fun“. Amazing.

This is my new logo for Walmart.com.

Several weeks ago, the folks at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(Public, NYSE:WMT) launched their social networking initiative (schoolyourway.walmart.com) So far, it has been as successful as Wal-Mart’s clothing & Netflix attempts. (Read: horrendous).

While some have labeled this as Walmart’s try at a MySpace community, this not the whole thrust. The Hub is actually trying to create/combine a MySpace & Youtube experience.

This is evident as they encourage hubsters (don’t get me started on this term…) to create a personal page (myspace) while also uploading video footage (youtube).

The result thus far. Nothing short of fecal matter.

Today, I noticed Walmart.com attempting to lure the YouTube audience. Check out the screen shot I grabbed. God help us all!

Never underestimate Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Public, NYSE:WMT).

Just days after a Walmart PR man stepped down amidst a whirl of contoversy, Walmart has found a suitable replacement. Who is the new Andjew Young? Mel Gibson!

“We are glad to have Mel join the Wal-Mart family” was the joyous declaration of one an underpaid Walmart employee.

In a company press release announcing Gibson’s hiring, Walmart had this to add: “Mel brings to the table more than just bloodshot eyes. Like Wal-Mart, Mr. Gibson is a staunch denier of the Walocaust. Furthermore, his box office hit, “Passion of the Shopping Cart” is a message that will speak to our core customers“.

“I am very excited to be part of this great corporation” gushed Mel Gibson. He continued gushing: “with my film career in jeopardy, I am hoping that the good folks at Wal-Mart offer me the coveted job of being a Wal-Mart Door Greeter“.

Gibson concluded his comments, slurring ” Walmart Uber Alas!”.

Arrested Development, Season Three, has been pre-ordered by me. Via Amazon.com. It will arrive shortly at my house. At that time, I will vanish into a dark room and consume its contents.

Walmart.com is also selling the DVD set. Problem is, in contrast to Amazon, Walmart.com does not provide info regarding the release date (08/29/06).

AND…you ready for this? You sure? Fine. Walmart.com was not able to obtain an image of the box set. In place of a pic, the product detail states: sorry, photo not available.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Public, NYSE:WMT): Get a grip & pic! As a Arrested Development fan, this is serious diss to me and my homies. And that’s just me.

Do you not comprehend that lack of product detail, photo & info, will likely decrease YOUR conversion rates?

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Public, NYSE:WMT)is experiencing something for the first time. It’s called “controversy“. Kidding of course as controversy has not been in a stranger in the house that Sam built.

Andrew Young was hired by Families for Wal-Mart. This was supposed to be a PR initiative for the giant retail chain. Young has sinced stepped down. Mr. Young is co-founding Principal and Chairman of GoodWorks International. Hi Wiki bio has not been updated with the latest news. His former employers are saddened.

Why all the commotion? Well, he did have this to say, about smaller shops, to the Los Angeles Sentinal: “are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. ‚Ķ They’ve ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it’s Arabs. Very few black folks own these stores.”

For those keeping with the Ironies of Walmart; first the the former head of theft was charged with stealing. Now, the hired PR gun at Walmart causes a PR nightmare.

Meanwhile, I spoke with a Jewish store owner who swears that Young’s comments (1) stale bread and 2) bad meat and 3) wilted vegetables) were inaccurate. The JSK (jew-shop-keeper) tells me that in fact he has a tradition of selling “1) soiled meat, 2) boiled bread & 3) spoiled veggies”.