Interesting
Walmart Has Made A Genius Move To Beat Amazon
FTA:
It turns out Walmart is using its physical stores as warehouses for online sales. Since stores are already turning a profit from grocery sales, maintaining extra warehouse space adds little to costs.
That means Walmart will soon have the biggest and most effective “shipping network” in America. By the end of the year, Walmart plans to deliver stuff from 1,600 stores. For comparison, Amazon has only 110 warehouses across the US.
Most important, Walmart will pull this off at relatively little cost.
Nice thing about Walmart too—the free shipping level is pretty low and delivery is within 2 days.
If our local Walmart doesn’t have an item, I’ll get it on line. It’s kind of like an ongoing list. I just put the item in the cart, and when I have enough items for free shipping, I hit the order button.