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Walmart.com has much higher sales than Jet. It already is huge online, even if it's not Amazon huge. If anything, this is about pruning competition and buying p

Walmart.com has much higher sales than Jet. It already is huge online, even if it's not Amazon huge. If anything, this is about pruning competition and buying potentially useful IP.

mandeepj 10y ago
>even if it's not Amazon huge are your serious? Walmart's revenue was $482.1[0] billion in 2015 and amazon's was $107b[1] [0] - https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=walmart+revenue https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... [1] - https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=amazon+revenue https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... edit - sorry, i missed the .com part
- chockablock 10y ago
  Parent referred to walmart.COM. Walmart online sales only $13B/yr, per http://fortune.com/2016/05/20/the-silver-lining-in-walmarts-slowing-e-commerce-growth/ http://fortune.com/2016/05/20/the-silver-lining-in-walmarts-...
- __derek__ 10y ago
  Even though I meant Wal-Mart e-commerce, this is a good reminder that the company remains huge despite concerns about its online sales.
rogerdpack 10y ago
Honest question: do any readers here really order from walmart.com ? I am surprised they sell much at all, based on how much I personally have ordered from them (never).
- gtk40 10y ago
  I do. I price compare on larger purchases and have found Walmart.com cheaper occasionally. I've even done stuff from Sears, which has a multi-vendor marketplace as well. Both tend to have an addition 5-10% with Discover Deals as well, which I can't normally get with Amazon.
- gsg21 10y ago
  I've ordered a few times in the last couple months. They were cheaper than anywhere else (by a few bucks) and I did the store pick-up option to avoid shipping costs. In my experience, it's pretty quick shipping and the products are good quality
  - rogerdpack 10y ago
    Thanks for the response.

Walmart.com has much higher sales than Jet. It already is huge online, even if it's not Amazon huge. If anything, this is about pruning competition and buying potentially useful IP.

mandeepj 10y ago

>even if it's not Amazon huge are your serious? Walmart's revenue was $482.1[0] billion in 2015 and amazon's was $107b[1] [0] - https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=walmart+revenue https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... [1] - https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=amazon+revenue https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... edit - sorry, i missed the .com part

chockablock 10y ago
Parent referred to walmart.COM. Walmart online sales only $13B/yr, per http://fortune.com/2016/05/20/the-silver-lining-in-walmarts-slowing-e-commerce-growth/ http://fortune.com/2016/05/20/the-silver-lining-in-walmarts-...
__derek__ 10y ago
Even though I meant Wal-Mart e-commerce, this is a good reminder that the company remains huge despite concerns about its online sales.

rogerdpack 10y ago

Honest question: do any readers here really order from walmart.com ? I am surprised they sell much at all, based on how much I personally have ordered from them (never).

gtk40 10y ago
I do. I price compare on larger purchases and have found Walmart.com cheaper occasionally. I've even done stuff from Sears, which has a multi-vendor marketplace as well. Both tend to have an addition 5-10% with Discover Deals as well, which I can't normally get with Amazon.
gsg21 10y ago
I've ordered a few times in the last couple months. They were cheaper than anywhere else (by a few bucks) and I did the store pick-up option to avoid shipping costs. In my experience, it's pretty quick shipping and the products are good quality
- rogerdpack 10y ago
  Thanks for the response.