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I'd say most online shoppers are not the kind of people who would buy from Walmart, and most people who shop at Walmart are not the kind of people who will shop

I'd say most online shoppers are not the kind of people who would buy from Walmart, and most people who shop at Walmart are not the kind of people who will shop online.

jonknee 9y ago
Walmart is one of the largest ecommerce businesses in the world...
- jborden13 9y ago
  Or so they "say"...
adventured 9y ago
80%+ of American adults are now routinely shopping online. [1] Which is another way of saying that the majority of Walmart's customers are online shoppers. [1] http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-commerce/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-...
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kbsletten 9y ago
I guess you'd be wrong. "Online shoppers" is most people these days, and Walmart is one of the strongest retail brands around. They don't even have to be that good to compete in online retail. I think you're likely the victim of a very specific perception bubble.
barsonme 9y ago
Ehhhh... try it, you'll be surprised. I default to Amazon, but if I don't see what I want in my price range I try Walmart as well. This is probably playing into some stereotypes, but when I needed some thermals for going hunting this last year I first tried Amazon and Cabelas, but their prices were around $10/shirt. Walmart had them for less than $2/shirt. Free 2 day shipping, too! Generally though—and perhaps to your point—buying from Walmart, whether in person or online, always feels lower quality than Amazon. I don't quite know why, but it does.
- Yhippa 9y ago
  In-store pickup with Walmart is one of the worst experiences I've had shopping.
dwighttk 9y ago
I think there are a lot more different kinds of people in the world than you do
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cookiecaper 9y ago
In most places that Walmart operates, there are no "Walmart people" and "not Walmart people". There are just people who have to do some shopping, and almost everyone will go to Walmart if it's the convenient place to get what they need. I've only found a segmentation to be a thing in some parts of California, where governments and municipalities work hard to keep Walmarts few and far between, and relegated to undesirable locations.
- StudentStuff 9y ago
  The segmentation occurs on most of the West Coast, people will either go to their local Kroger brand (Fred Meyer, QFC), Target or the local supermarket chain, considering Walmart as a last ditch store to get the item they want. Another oddity is Texas, where HEB and Lowes Foods controls the majority of the grocery market, with Walmart, Kroger and Safeway (branded as Randall's) being higher priced also rans.
samfisher83 9y ago
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/nearly-every-american-spent-money-at-wal-mart-last-year.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/nearly-every-american-spent-... About 95% of people in America went to walmart or walmart online. So I don't think your statement can be true.
reaperducer 9y ago
Dunno. I once built websites for an e-commerce company where the products started at around $2k, and went up to as much as $30k with all the add-ons. 75% of the visitors were 55+ on iPads.
- JohnJamesRambo 9y ago
  Ah, the people I see in Best Buy.

I'd say most online shoppers are not the kind of people who would buy from Walmart, and most people who shop at Walmart are not the kind of people who will shop online.

jonknee 9y ago

Walmart is one of the largest ecommerce businesses in the world...

jborden13 9y ago
Or so they "say"...

adventured 9y ago

80%+ of American adults are now routinely shopping online. [1] Which is another way of saying that the majority of Walmart's customers are online shoppers. [1] http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-commerce/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-...

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kbsletten 9y ago

I guess you'd be wrong. "Online shoppers" is most people these days, and Walmart is one of the strongest retail brands around. They don't even have to be that good to compete in online retail. I think you're likely the victim of a very specific perception bubble.

barsonme 9y ago

Ehhhh... try it, you'll be surprised. I default to Amazon, but if I don't see what I want in my price range I try Walmart as well. This is probably playing into some stereotypes, but when I needed some thermals for going hunting this last year I first tried Amazon and Cabelas, but their prices were around $10/shirt. Walmart had them for less than $2/shirt. Free 2 day shipping, too! Generally though—and perhaps to your point—buying from Walmart, whether in person or online, always feels lower quality than Amazon. I don't quite know why, but it does.

Yhippa 9y ago
In-store pickup with Walmart is one of the worst experiences I've had shopping.

dwighttk 9y ago

I think there are a lot more different kinds of people in the world than you do

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cookiecaper 9y ago

In most places that Walmart operates, there are no "Walmart people" and "not Walmart people". There are just people who have to do some shopping, and almost everyone will go to Walmart if it's the convenient place to get what they need. I've only found a segmentation to be a thing in some parts of California, where governments and municipalities work hard to keep Walmarts few and far between, and relegated to undesirable locations.

StudentStuff 9y ago
The segmentation occurs on most of the West Coast, people will either go to their local Kroger brand (Fred Meyer, QFC), Target or the local supermarket chain, considering Walmart as a last ditch store to get the item they want. Another oddity is Texas, where HEB and Lowes Foods controls the majority of the grocery market, with Walmart, Kroger and Safeway (branded as Randall's) being higher priced also rans.

samfisher83 9y ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/nearly-every-american-spent-money-at-wal-mart-last-year.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/nearly-every-american-spent-... About 95% of people in America went to walmart or walmart online. So I don't think your statement can be true.

reaperducer 9y ago

Dunno. I once built websites for an e-commerce company where the products started at around $2k, and went up to as much as $30k with all the add-ons. 75% of the visitors were 55+ on iPads.

JohnJamesRambo 9y ago
Ah, the people I see in Best Buy.