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Would be interesting to see a comparison of Amazon's tactics and Walmart's. Traditionally Walmart has gotten a lot of bad press for its working conditions and
by greendave 6y ago
Would be interesting to see a comparison of Amazon's tactics and Walmart's. Traditionally Walmart has gotten a lot of bad press for its working conditions and its destruction of small businesses across the US. Amazon has thusfar had far less scrutiny.
- easytiger 6y ago> Amazon has thusfar had far less scrutiny. Are you quite serious?
- MattGaiser 6y agoScrutiny is probably the wrong word, but Amazon faces far less practical opposition compared to Walmart. With Walmart, people will both be mad at them and oppose their stores, warehouses, etc. With Amazon, anger stops at stage 1 usually.
- sct202 6y agoWalmart used to be in all these kinds of headlines if you look back across the last 10 years; shutting down sites that try to unionize, supplier pressure and mistreatment. Hilary Clinton got a lot of flack for being on their board during her presidential runs. Plus there's a class aspect (People of Walmart) that made it easy for people to proudly say they're boycotting Walmart when they would never shop there anyways.
- josefresco 6y ago> Amazon has thusfar had far less scrutiny This was true maybe 4-5 years ago when Amazon was the "darling" of the online retail industry. Those days are long gone.