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Walmart is becoming a technology company

May 26, 2019

The author makes the point that Walmart has embraced the need to be tech-focused as it competes with Amazon, Alibaba & other tech/retail giants. What the author misses is that Walmart, despite its 60 years of age, has often been […]

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Amazon enters the freight brokerage business

May 5, 2019

I probably should have expected this, but I didn’t. Have you visited Relentless.com recently? “Amazon could build a zero-margin equivalent of C.H. Robinson inside the ‘shipping costs’ line on its P&L without anyone noticing.” | learn more

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Amazon soon moving to one-day Prime delivery

April 28, 2019

The news here is a big deal, but shouldn’t surprise anyone who has been paying attention to Amazon’s relentless pressure. My favorite part might be this Yahoo Finance headline: “Amazon ‘Sneezes’ One-Day Delivery, And A Chill Envelops Retail, Logistics Landscape” […]

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An Amazon misstep?

April 7, 2019

Zack Kanter writes about how he defines Amazon’s business. It’s a fairly interesting, though not totally novel, analysis. What most caught my eye is his argument that their advertising business is creating a crack in their mighty facade. This is […]

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Walmart’s secret weapon to battle Amazon

April 7, 2019

“The world’s largest retailer is using Jetblack, a labor-intensive and money-losing personal-shopping service, to develop artificial intelligence to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon.” I’d try this as a consumer – seems great! | learn more

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Amazon pharmacy.

March 24, 2019

This Nisarg Patel post from last year is an interesting view on how Amazon’s new platform for pharma will avoid the troubled outcome for its long-ago investment in the now-defunct Drugstore.com. |learn more