A decade later, Wal-Mart's online operations were once again in the news. In 2011,
industry analysts estimated that Walmart.com was the sixth-largest online retailer in North America and noted that this was not a particularly impressive showing for the world's largest retailer.
In August, the company announced that it was ending sales of music downloads after failing to compete successfully against Apple's iTunes store and that two of its top online executives were leaving the company.