Supermarket operator Seiyu starts selling Dell PCs

Monday 12th May, 07:02 AM JST

TOKYO —

Supermarket operator Seiyu Ltd on Monday started selling personal computers of Dell Japan Inc at a Tokyo store. Seiyu, a wholly owned unit of U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc, will is selling three types of notebook PCs and one desk top PC model, all originally configured.

The notebook models are priced at between 84,700 yen and 139,000 yen and the desk top model will cost 94,700 yen.

Seiyu plans to make those PCs available at about 30 outlets in Japan within this year, the company said.

Wal-Mart and U.S. computer giant Dell Inc, Dell Japan’s parent, are cooperating in selling Dell PCs in the United States and other countries.

Through the cooperation with Seiyu, Dell Japan intends to win new customers such as housewives.

JCN

9 Comments

tkoind2 at 09:08 AM JST - 12th May

Shopping list.

Carrots, celery, milk, eggs, Dell laptop...

Doesn't just about every station with a big super suitable for selling PCs already have some kind of electric shop anyway? And how many people spontaneously buy PCs?
Coligny at 09:41 AM JST - 12th May

People who buy PC in supermarkets are the people who consider it as a random appliance to check Email. The lucky clueless few... But in for some pain.

I'm a sysadmin, and god knows that I would be able to do the same, buying a random netappliance to check mail and browse the web without starting a new nightmare of virus/trojan/hardware incompat and so on.
Fair dinkum! at 01:05 PM JST - 12th May

And this is news because...........???

I wonder if the next we hear about this will be Dell suing Seiyu for not selling any PCs.
tkoind2 at 01:40 PM JST - 12th May

Probably.
some14some at 02:07 PM JST - 12th May

In the absence of Chinese Vegetables/food products they need to fill the vacant shelf with something and they chose Dell PCs...simple and acceptable fact.
milbrat at 09:59 PM JST - 12th May

Have you ever been to Seiyu? Seiyu is more than a supermarket. They have several different floors. First floor being the supermarket, 2nd floor clothing, 3rd floor misc. and 4th restaurants.
franz75 at 12:47 AM JST - 13th May

What is Seiyu?
Seiryu at 02:18 PM JST - 13th May

What is Seiyu?

It's like Meijer...
OssanULTRA at 03:44 AM JST - 14th May

Meijer...lol. Somebody around here's from the midwest.