Walmart
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An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce Winners and Losers
An interview with Michael Morton about Shopify’s enterprise business, Amazon’s long-term dominance, and host of other e-commerce topics.
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Walmart Earnings, Walmart Connect and Closing the Loop, Walmart Acquires Vizio
Walmart is focused on building an advertising business, and acquiring a TV maker makes perfect sense in that regard.
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Hey v Apple Follow-Up, Shopify and Walmart, Three Follow-Ups
Apple’s likely next steps, encouraging moves from Shopify, and quick thoughts on the EU versus Apple, Section 230, and Zoom and encryption
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The Anti-Amazon Alliance
Google Shopping is changing its model, suggesting Google is joining the Anti-Amazon Alliance; 3rd-party merchants should do the same.
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Shopify and the Power of Platforms
It is all but impossible to beat an Aggregator head-on, as Walmart is trying to do with Amazon. The solution instead is to build a platform like Shopify.
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Walmart’s E-Commerce Struggles, Textbook Disruption, The Benefits of Not Competing
Walmart is struggling in ecommerce for very predictable reasons; the company — and economy — is better off leveraging its assets and not competing directly with Amazon.
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The Value Chain Constraint
Companies succeed or fail not based on technology but rather according to their ability to integrate within their value chains.
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Walmart Earnings, Walmart’s Grocery Business, Amazon’s Grocery Stumbles
Walmart’s earning suggest that the company’s online grocery business is doing well, even while Amazon struggles. This is not a surprise, given the two companies points of integration.