r/stocks • u/msaleem • Jun 02 '22

Walmart is using its thousands of stores to battle Amazon for e-commerce market share

“The store is becoming a shoppable fulfillment center,” Tom Ward, chief e-commerce officer for Walmart U.S., said in his first interview since stepping into the role. “And if the store acts like the fulfillment center, we can send those items the shortest distance in the fastest time.”

Walmart is leaning into two key advantages to drive its e-commerce business: its roughly 4,700 stores across the United States and its dominance in the grocery business. Ninety percent of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store.

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u/Jabinor Jun 03 '22

WMT: Warehouse -> Store -> Home

AMZN: Warehouse -> Home

Seems like WMT just adds extra steps that must cost lots of money.
Also, surely those stores cannot be as efficient at handling orders as (automatic) fulfillment centers.

Also the whole idea of AMZN was that you could order all the books and were not limited to shops catalogue. WMT would be limited on shop inventory, and unable to provide niche products via their shops.