Geeks may just save Wal-Mart. Gods, I don't believe I'm saying this.
I'll get it out of the way, I'm not exactly a fan of Wal-Mart. It's a combination of business factors, quality, effects on community and so on. You know, the usual. I'm not exactly going to diss success, but I think Wal-Mart's been on a kind of a race to the bottom.
In fact, it looks like that bottom is being reached pretty fast, as this article notes: Wal-Mart shoppers are running out of money: http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/27/news/companies/walmart_ceo_consumers_under_pressure/index.htm