"Beginning next month, customers will be able to purchase Dell XPS and Inspiron products in Tesco stores, primarily in the UK, with sales also in Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia," says a Dell press release.
Dell products will soon be available in more than 10,000 stores and on-line around the globe. In the past several months Dell has announced relationships with Best Buy in the US, DSG International and Carrefour in Europe, Staples in the US, Courts stores in Singapore, Gome stores in China, Bic Camera Inc. in Japan, Carphone Warehouse in the UK and Wal-Mart in the US, Canada, Brazil and Mexico.
Dell may have lost a lot of sales to Hewlett-Packard and Acer through not having notebook PCs readily available at retail outlets, which helped HP overtake Dell in total PC sales. It will be interesting to see if next year's rankings change, following Dell's push into retail.
