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> Why any corporation would run two separate ecommerce operations that compete is beyond me. I imagine the same reason that Ford bought Jaguar. Segmentation.
by jacques_chester 7y ago
> Why any corporation would run two separate ecommerce operations that compete is beyond me.
I imagine the same reason that Ford bought Jaguar. Segmentation.
- Alupis 7y agoIt's a bit different here though. Walmart bought Jet back before Jet had any real market share. Most figured they bought Jet to aquire their technology and people, namely Jet's founder. And there's nothing shared between Jet.com and Walmart.com - unlike Ford being able to build Jaguar's in the same factory, or benefit from shared economies of scale. Walmart doesn't even sell on Jet.com, it's purely 3rd parties.