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Re:Lessons from six months at Shopify by twblalock on Saturday October 24, 2020 @02:07PM (#24880868)
> Amazon ate Walmart alive, alone with a handful of other retailers.

Walmart is actually doing very well, especially in e-commerce.

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Re:Lessons from six months at Shopify by Supermancho on Saturday October 24, 2020 @02:22PM (#24880965)
Walmart online growth was directly cannibalized by AMZ for some time. Walmart stopped getting eaten, but the history stands.

As it stands, you have the poorest Americans (the long tail) competing against a small section of the rise who can afford and trust that shipping goods to their door. The overlap is minor, excepting for perishables.

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Re:Lessons from six months at Shopify by chiefalchemist on Saturday October 24, 2020 @03:14PM (#24881297)
Now. Maybe. But when Walmart was #1 they could have - and should have - never let Amazon and the like get a toe hold. Jeff ran up and over Walmart in less than a decade. It took Walmart well over a decade - and a few acquisition - to find their feet and sort it out.

David is so far ahead Walmart is looking in the mirror thinking they're ahead :)

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