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AMZN roll out AMZN NOW
 

You get your shipment same day,availble in some cities !
What is WMT going to do?

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Maybe they will up their shipping game...

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This option has been available in the UK for a while now, dependent on the item.

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There it is - good clarification on the difference in market region status

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Do you have to pay extra??

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For some things extra 1.99, but if you meet certain minimum price of goods then it is free. It is only available for Prime Members.

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agent was referring to WMT offering that service which AZ offers, Nimble...from what I recall, Walmart doesn't operate in the UK but does have some 'representation' in ASDA...

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WMT has physical stores and AMZN does not,some shoppers prefer to shop in stores,some like to pick up what they order online in local store.
If you sell on WMT.COM and your shopper wants to pick up the item in local store,WMT will send you a Fed Exp shipping label so you can ship the goods to that local store.
What happens to the idea of using drones to deliver your order?

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Amazon offers collection from thousands of collection points so it does not need physical stores. Amazon is worth more than twice the valuation of Walmart as it stands. They are number 1 and 2 in terms of the biggest companies by revenue.

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No physical stores in the UK but yes, of course in North America. I haven't seen drone delivery by AZ up in Canada.

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Using price wars to hold Amazon back is something Walmart excels at.

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AMZN may not have physical stores,but it has been gobbling up space in abandoned,vacant or half vacant shopping malls and set up warehouses and distribution centers there ,it is a shrewd move as these are good locations to stock and deliver goods to local customers.
Pity the small shops in those malls which have been relying on a large shop as anchor eg Macy,JC Penny,Dillard to drive traffic,now they end up with AMZN warehouses !
AMZN has more than retail business,it has AWS,streaming and Wholefood and they make movies !while WMT just have grocery.
AMZN customers have more disposable income than WMT customers,
(BTW,consumers are coming back to malls and physical stores,to look around,and smell the roses )

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Amazon is a market disruptor in many areas. It has received over $14billion in tax breaks, infrastructure grants, and public subsidies in the U.S alone.
It doesn't get any bigger than Amazon.

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Biden wants to break up AMZN,in the past Uncle has success in breaking up NJ Trust and A T &T.
Stay tuned.

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That valuation is based on stock price. It doesnt mean anything in the real world.

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That "paper wealth" argument makes sense on the surface, but it completely misses how that valuation translates into massive, tangible leverage.

Market cap might be driven by investor hype, but that number gives a company insane real-world power over its competitors.

First off, it completely changes the cost of capital. When a company's valuation is sky-high, they can raise billions practically for free. If they want to build 50 new fulfillment centers or buy out a logistics network, they can just issue a tiny fraction of new shares or borrow money at dirt-cheap interest rates. A company with a traditional retail multiple has to rely way more on actual cash flow or expensive debt to fund the same growth.

Second, it's acquisition currency. They don't need to empty their bank accounts to swallow up physical, brick-and-mortar competitors or tech providers—they can literally just use their highly valued stock as cash.

Look at how Amazon operated for over a decade. Wall Street was so obsessed with their future growth that investors didn't care about immediate profits. That "paper valuation" gave them a shield to run at razor-thin margins and dump every penny back into the real world—buying planes, building a massive shipping fleet, and undercutting everyone else. If a traditional retailer tried running at a net loss like that to compete, their investors would panic, dump the stock, and ruin them.

This is exactly how amazon got their hands in many pies.

So yeah, while it starts out as abstract numbers on a screen, that valuation is the exact financial engine used to build physical monopolies in the real world.

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$2.99

they'll tie the product to a drone, flies to your house and drop it from the sky

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WMT earnings out today-completed one million drone delivery !

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Issuing more shares dilute earnings.
Owning too many physical assets could be a drag when economy slows,and we are seeing it now.
Private airports,fleets,planes,ware houses,distribution centers,robotics are all cash eating parasites when they are working below full capacity
BTW Bozos was on CNBC today.

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WMT

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Memorial day re-evaluation in effect.

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Equity financing vs debt financing-
when a company just start,it has little revenue,barely any or no profit and low
visibility,it would be hard to borrow money from banks,but venture capital firms will lend you the fund by taking equity .
Once you are established,firms are less willing to issue new shares-
first it dilutes your earnings per share
second all firms think their stock price does not reflect its full value
third you could end up with pesky shareholders,hoodlums who want to make waves,throw out management or takeover the company.
Debt financing is preferred,plus the interest expense is tax deductible.
Rarely do you see mature companies issue new shares eg Altria,Dow Chemical,
Du PONT,Exxon,Chevron.