Dell has been struggling lately. Sales are down and competition is up. Dell is not about to fail though. They have some tricks up their sleeves yet. You don’t get to be the #1 supplier of home pc’s and office pc’s alike by being stupid. While Dell is going through some bumps in the road, it seems as if they may have just come to a wide open straightaway. The answer for the computer manufacturing giant may very well lie in the hands of the big boys over at Wal-Mart.

According to Forbes, Dell will begin selling desktop pc’s through over 3,000 Wal-Mart stores starting on June 10th. That’s right. Buying a Dell computer just became extremely easy. If you haven’t been the observant type you probably didn’t realize that Dell is not currently available in retail stores. It’s always been Sony, Gateway, Toshiba, HP, but not Dell. Dell is the one that you get free magazines and catalogs from every few months. The deals are great and so are the computers. That’s how Dell became #1, by cutting out the middlemen.

Starting on June 10th, however, Dell fans and Dell competition alike will have their eyes set on Wal-Mart. It’s not going to be easy for competition. Dell pc’s are now instantly available as opposed to waiting for shipping. They are just as readily accessible as any of the other leading brands now, if you don’t count the fact that they still are not sold at Best Buy, CompUSA, Circuit City, Ultimate Electronics, and really any other pc retailer besides Wal-Mart. Even so, this new availability has not helped stock prices yet. Dell shares fell 37 cents per share to $25.89 now. Things could definitely change starting early June, but, right now it looks like Dell has a lot to worry about.

Source: Forbes