Marc Lore wants to build a new city in America.
The entrepreneur who founded Jet.com (and sold it to Walmart in the biggest acquihire ever), is hoping to build a brand new city, with the first residents moving in by 2030. | learn more
The entrepreneur who founded Jet.com (and sold it to Walmart in the biggest acquihire ever), is hoping to build a brand new city, with the first residents moving in by 2030. | learn more
This began as the most expensive acquihire ($3.3 billion for Jet.com) I’ve ever seen and appears to have ended successfully. He’s leaving them in great shape as a credible competitor online. “Walmart CEO Doug McMillon credited Lore in a companywide […]
Shortly after Marc Lore earned publicity for rapid-fire acquisitions as the head of e-commerce at Wal-Mart, Jeff Bezos declares they’re going to shut down the sites they bought from Lore in 2011 – diapers.com and others. The stated reason is […]
Wal-Mart does the internet. Now that Marc Lore of Quidsi (diapers.com + soap.com) and Jet.com fame is in charge of e-commerce at Wal-Mart, they’ve started a shopping spree with the acquisitions of ModCloth and Moosejaw. These are culturally pretty far from […]