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
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
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
May 2021
Diapers.com & Jet.com: Marc Lore
Around 2003, after forays into banking, baseball cards, and—believe it or not—bobsledding, Marc Lore landed on an idea for an e-commerce business: a website to make it simple for parents to order diapers. The only problem, as he quickly discovered, was that it's impossible to mak ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 2021
Rapid Response: Launching a $500b startup, w/Jet.com's Marc Lore
<p>Since stepping down as Walmart’s president of e-commerce at the beginning of the year, billionaire entrepreneur Marc Lore has had a busy year of big ideas. In the spring, it was announced that he reached a deal to purchase the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Minnes ... Show More
22m 22s
Jun 2024
JCPenney Sells Out with Joel Kim Booster and Scott Seiss | 39
<p>When JCPenney, the 100-year-old department store, decided to rebrand in 2011, they sought the best in the biz to give them a makeover. Enter Ron Johnson, the affable retail genius behind the Apple Store. Hailed as a techy visionary, Johnson was supposed to reinvent the brand. ... Show More
49m 2s