Remember Wal-mart

Amazing how things change. Remember a few years ago when hardware retailers were concerned about having a Wal-mart nearby. Today the hardware department in Wal-mart is almost non-existant. The move to become more like Target is almost complete in the hardware department.
Twice now, I have been in Wal-mart to pick up some grocery items and stopped in to the hardware section to pick up a couple of odds and ends. The latest trip was to grab a couple of wall anchors so that I could hang a towel ring in a guest bathroom. I was amazed, there was nothing there. I looked around and realized that Wal-mart is no longer a hardware destination.
In one sense, it kind of makes you wonder if the changes at the big boxes to include appliances and more recently automotive might signal a future where these folks might not be hardware destinations either?