Walmart to quit selling the Amazon Kindle

Wal-Mart Stores, the nation’s largest retailer, said Thursday that it was dropping Amazon’s Kindle tablets and e-readers, a sign of how seriously it views Amazon as a competitor in the consumer goods market, report Stephanie Clifford and Julie Bosman on Friday in The New York Times.

Target has already stopped selling Kindles, though other stores, including Best Buy, Staples and Office Depot, said Thursday that they would continue to carry the devices.