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02-13-2017, 12:08 PM | #722 |
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Apparently way behind. According to this list, Wal-mart sales are $350 billion compared to $61 billion for Amazon. 2015 data https://nrf.com/resources/annual-ret...retailers-2016 |
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02-13-2017, 12:10 PM | #723 |
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02-13-2017, 12:12 PM | #724 | |
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While looking up the stat above, I learned somewhat to my surprise that Wal_mart is the second-biggest online retailer. Their $13 billion in sales is dwarfed by Amazon's, but they're still number two. |
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02-13-2017, 12:17 PM | #725 | |
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If I bought the LEAPS, I would have made a HUGE score. Sadly, this is my history |
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02-13-2017, 12:35 PM | #726 | |
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02-13-2017, 12:38 PM | #727 | |
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The thing that's somewhat ironic is that Sears and Wards were to some extent a primitive version of Amazon. They sent you a catalog, you called in your order, and then they had a warehouse-type place where you went to pick it up. That's pretty much exactly Amazon's model, but Amazon has the internet. One wonders why the classic catalog stores never got ahead of the curve. Last edited by Rain Man; 02-13-2017 at 12:59 PM.. |
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02-13-2017, 12:56 PM | #728 | |
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02-13-2017, 01:09 PM | #729 |
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02-13-2017, 01:10 PM | #730 | |
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Not surprised by that at all. I was working at McDonald's when they FIRST introduced salads across the chain. The United States went into an immediate lettuce shortage. I'm completely serious. |
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02-13-2017, 01:25 PM | #731 | |
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Then 2008 happened (kind of. It really started when gas prices spiked in 07 and they were sensitive to the effect of gas prices on their destination stores, but 2008 really wrecked shit) and suddenly these big expensive buildings were well, expensive. I would anticipate similar things happened in the mall scene. Get a big retailer to come in, give them some tax breaks (Cabela's was working the property tax angle pretty hard), and you can get your direct products in front of a lot more people for relatively cheap. I can see how a company can think that a cost of sale would be cheaper in retail when malls got absurd traffic than printing and postage. Then this damn internet makes it cheaper for the direct sales again. Now, Cabela's was asking their people to drive and their website drove a lot of traffic, so that added a different element to the fall of retail, but I can see it. Innovation is hard, man. |
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02-17-2017, 11:36 AM | #734 | |
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In a related story from 9-11, there was a SURGE is shorting and put buying shortly prior to the 9-11 tragedy, making many people to believe that at least one Middle East state or regime knew of the pending attack. |
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02-17-2017, 11:40 AM | #735 |
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I met with edward jones yesterday. I got jack shit for money and I just figure I will spend money to get my ass handed to me so I can figure out what doesn't work for me.
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