Ninety-six percent of Americans now shop online, snapping up everything from rare coins to industrial-sized barrels of hand sanitizer. Almost half of those purchases take place on one website: Amazon.
But before sales were a click away, Walmart was the top dog, decimating main streets across America with its big-box efficiency and ruthlessly low prices.
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Apr 2020
Amazon vs Walmart - Priming the Public | 3
<p>By the mid-2000s, Walmart is starting to show some cracks. They are still successful, but bad press and sluggish growth are taking a toll on their earnings. The company debates the best way to move forward, including focusing on online sales, something they’ve long eschewed. A ... Show More
23m 50s
Apr 2020
Amazon vs Walmart - There’s No Business Like Shoe Business | 4
<p>Walmart finally decides to focus aggressively on its e-commerce division, but struggles with the best way to use the internet to reach consumers. They decide their best strategy is to buy up successful online retailers. Unbeknownst to Walmart, Amazon, which is looking to move ... Show More
22m 25s
Apr 2022
Amazon vs Walmart | Futterneid | 5
Amazon beschließt, in den größten Bereich von Walmart vorzustoßen: frische Lebensmittel. Doch Bezos muss erstaunt feststellen, wie schwierig dieses Geschäft ist. Walmart hat es inzwischen geschafft, das Online-Geschäft und die stationären Läden erfolgreich zu verknüpfen. Die Kund ... Show More
23m 10s
Sep 2023
🧠 “The Genius Ingredient” — Elon’s biography takeaway. Twinkies’ snack sale. Google’s antitrust megatrial.
<p>Walter Isaacson’s biography on Elon Musk arrives today, so we jumped in for you — And we found the common ingredient among geniuses like Elon, Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Steve Jobs: Curiosity.</p><p>Twinkies’ parent Hostess is being acquired for $5.6B by Smuckers — Becau ... Show More
19m 19s
Sep 2023
🐒 “Elon’s Luke Skywalker monkey startup” — Neuralink’s brain computer. Rupert Murdoch’s succession. Walmart’s puppy splurge.
<p>Elon’s musk’s most secretive startup (Neuralink) is moving to human trials — It’s connecting humans to computers to save the world from robots. </p><p>The most influential media mogul of his era, Rupert Murdoch, is retiring from Fox News, News Corp, and more — It’s Succes ... Show More
20m 4s
Feb 2015
52. (Ch 7.1) The Birth of Amazon.com
Finally, the long-promised foray into e-commerce, starting with… not the first… but practically the first… player in the space… and ironically enough, the 800 pound gorilla in the space to this day. Amazon. Dot com. We examine Jeff Bezos, the man. We consider Amazon, the idea. We ... Show More
54m 53s
May 2024
🫠 “Promotion, Pay Raise, or Taco Tuesday?” — The secret to job satisfaction. Netflix’s NFL Christmas gift. Wayfair’s 1st megastore.
<p>Job satisfaction just hit a record high 62.7% in America, but it also revealed a strange paradox — More Americans prefer company culture than a promotion or pay raise.</p><p>Netflix just gave itself the biggest Christmas gift of all: NFL football games for the next 3 Christmas ... Show More
23m 18s
Dec 2017
Live Episode! The Home Depot: Arthur Blank
In 1978, Arthur Blank and his business partner Bernie Marcus were running a successful chain of hardware stores called Handy Dan – but then, they were unexpectedly fired. The next year, they conceived and launched a new kind of home improvement store that flopped on opening day, ... Show More
32m 19s
Mar 2024
🍨 “The Best Deal in History” — Ben & Jerry’s Unilever deal, undone. MrBeast’s Amazon game show. Nvidia CEO’s wild origin story
<p>Unilever is spinning off its $9B ice cream biz into a separate company, they’re unwinding Ben & Jerry’s 24 years after they acquired it — We’re looking at how Ben & Jerry managed to get rich and stay king.</p><p>The biggest YouTuber on earth, MrBeast, is partnering wit ... Show More
22m 25s