Caron covered Walmart as a retail reporter for the Washington Post in the 1990s and early 2000s. She says she learned that they had a really smart team working on e-commerce in the mid-90s. One of them, Robert Davis, ended up going to work for Amazon after being told by CEO David Glass he could make one Sam's Club worth $1 billion per year. Caron: If you want to know where these two companies are going, look at how each has influenced the other.
Breaking news: Kara Swisher will not referee the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Also, SpaceX is looking to up its valuation, and Meta wants to shut down access to news in Canada. And this weekend’s insurrection in Russia revealed how unequipped social media is to cover breaking news. Plus, an investigation into the Titan submersible implosion may lead to new regulations. Will the same happen for space travel? Then we’re joined by Friend of Pivot, Jason Del Rey on the decades-long battle between Walmart and Amazon.
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