A good bit of the Amazon and Walmart bid for the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck this week was at the top of the news feed. Amazon plowed ahead into the wearable device market. Walmart teamed up with Microsoft in a bid for TikTok. And that...
It’s not often that Walmart gets upstaged in the world of retail. In fact, Amazon is about the only one who has been capable of doing so, as the reigning offline and online title-holders duke it out for the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck. But this...
Success breeds imitators, especially when the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck is at stake. This week saw two major shots across the bow in the battle for said paycheck. One: Walmart teamed up with Instacart to go after the Amazon/Whole Foods portion of the paycheck. Two:...
Another week has gone by, and there’s still no sign of a critical date being set in Amazon’s and Walmart’s battle for Prime customers, in another key avenue to claiming the whole U.S. paycheck. Amazon could have made the announcement of a date for Prime...
If Amazon and Walmart are fighting for the consumer’s whole paycheck, this week’s battle went to Amazon. Decisively, in fact. By any metrics, the company’s earnings were off the charts, and they hardly came as a result of cost-cutting. The company almost doubled its revenue...
This week, the battle for the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck is more like a boxing match. In this corner, the brick-and-mortar champion, Walmart. And in the opposite corner, the online market share king, Amazon. And they’re fighting for the biggest prize of them all: American...
The American economy is reopening for business and consumers are starting to head back toward their lives in the physical world. But shopping will likely see much of the great digitization wave that’s swept over it in recent weeks stay in place because shoppers like the...
Stores are starting to reopen nationwide, and consumers are considering leaving their houses again. The world of retail might not be quite getting back to normal, but people are starting to pick up some pieces of their old day-to-day lives again. And in the ongoing race...
Both Walmart and Amazon made some big add-ons and/or acquisitions this week as they attempt to widen their sphere of retail influence in a post-pandemic world. Amazon made a big push into the automotive world, while Walmart doubled down on secondhand clothing sales. It was a...
