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Re:Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K peo... by gist on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:27PM (#13563003)
> And Walmart does hav enough capital to compete.

Otoh Walmart is much more subjected to the whims of the stock market and their stock price than amazon is. As such they can't afford to take the same risks with capital.

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Re:Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K peo... by petra on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:49PM (#13563173)
That's a good point. But what happens to Amazon's stock when/if Walmart do decide to compete seriously ? it seems more riskier to Amazon.
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