Nov 6th, 2009 - The Denver Post
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The move led rivals Amazon.com Inc. and Target Corp. to reduce the prices of some online preorder DVDs, which pushed Wal-Mart to take a few more cents off its offerings.
The world's biggest retailer said late Thursday that it would lower the online prices of new DVDs such as "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" and "Star Trek" to $10.
But when Amazon reduced some of its DVD prices to $9.99, Wal-Mart shot back by lowering its DVDs to $9.98 as of Friday morning.
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Nov 7th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
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UPDATE 1-Target fights Wal-Mart with $10 offers on DVDs
Nov 6th, 2009 - Reuters
NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Target Corp (TGT.N) is offeringits top 10 pre-order DVD movie titles at $10 and free homedelivery on the discounted DVDs in a bid to match Wal-MartStores Inc's (WMT.
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Target fights Wal-Mart with $10 offers on DVDs
Nov 6th, 2009 - CNNMoney
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