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Jason Del Rey, "Winner Sells All - Amazon, Walmart and the Battle for Our Wallets"

After Words

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The Story of Robert Davis and David Glass

In 1998, a Walmart employee tried to convince his boss that the company needed to focus more on e-commerce. David Glass said he didn't think online sales would ever be bigger than those at Sam's Club stores. So Robert Davis decided to take a pay cut and move from Arkansas to Seattle in order to join Amazon.

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