Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K people in a single year

Re:Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K peo... by Fricken on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:25PM (#13562984)

If Amazon had the physical real estate that Wal-Mart does it wouldn't be long before they could service most of north America with sub-1 hour delivery for most products. In that regard, it seems that if Wal-mart was committed, they could totally steal Amazon's thunder. I must be overlooking something fundamental.

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Re:Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K peo... by quicklime on Friday February 03, 2017 @04:17PM (#13563406)

I think the fundamental thing you're overlooking is Amazon's wide selection. There's a long tail of relatively low-demand items that a company like Walmart would just remove from their shelves. Looking over my recent Amazon orders, I'd guess that around half of it is made up of this sort of item.

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Re:Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K peo... by petra on Friday February 03, 2017 @04:57PM (#13563692)

Walmart uses centralized fullfilment centers for the long tail.

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Re:Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K peo... by sjg007 on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:33PM (#13563049)

AmaTargetazon.

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