Only about 13 % of walmart's revenue comes from ecommerce, but it is growing much faster than amazons. They leverage their stores to do things like same day grocery delivery, or pickd it up at the store, buy it and we're flexible whether you sort of feel like you bought it in the store and you want to come grab it from us,. Or whether it wants to arrive at your house. Problik: One of the reasons i don't like shopping at trader jo target, even whole food, to like, physically anywhere, is the check out lines. But one of the cool things that's part of walmart plus is you can scan, check out by
We kick off Season 11 with the incredible story of the retail “granddaddy of them all” Walmart, and its founder Sam Walton. Once you study Walmart, you realize just how deep its heritage runs through Amazon and so many iconic modern companies we cover on Acquired. This episode was an absolute blast, and we even uncovered a new addendum to the hallowed “focus on what makes your beer taste better” playbook theme!
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