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Walmart Overtakes Apple to Become Third Largest Online Retailer in U.S.
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Amazon has become so ubiquitous for me I tend to think that if it’s not on Amazon, that it doesn’t exist. Which is bad. But it’s just become the main place to get things. Everything else is plan B.
Also, I’m so glad Apple is officially selling on Amazon because I’ve had way better shopping experiences on Amazon than Apple.
God forbid I have to go to their retail stores. Anyone been to the Victoria Gardens store in California? That place is bonkers. Like chaos. That’s my nearest Apple Store and dread going there. Again so glad I will be able to buy official Apple products on Amazon starting next year.
Also, I’m so glad Apple is officially selling on Amazon because I’ve had way better shopping experiences on Amazon than Apple.
God forbid I have to go to their retail stores. Anyone been to the Victoria Gardens store in California? That place is bonkers. Like chaos. That’s my nearest Apple Store and dread going there. Again so glad I will be able to buy official Apple products on Amazon starting next year.
I’m confused. What about buying Apple products on amazon.com is better than buying on apple.com? I don’t really see how Apple products on Amazon would be a better experience with such a small product line and easy configurations. If anything Amazon would be a pain as every config would be a different SKU to hunt for.
Technically that’s the past. The US supermarkets are YEARS behind the times. Grocery delivery / online ordering / click and collect have been in the UK and many parts of Europe for around 15 years now.
It’s a bit like when Apple Pay came out. For America it was amazing and all new. For the rest of the developed world it was nothing as we’d had contactless for years.
The real win here is that the US is finally getting with the times and will hopefully start contributing to the technological side of things and improve these types of services for everyone, like Apple Pay did.
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Prime. And Amazons generally very good customer service in terms of replacements and returns.
If I order at 6pm tonight on Amazon I know the product will be here tomorrow. If I do that on Apple.com it’ll probably not arrive until Wednesday.
John Sculley did exactly the same as Tim Cook is doing.
MAXIMIZING profits, HUGE stock gains, but completely ignoring any innovation and running Apple without any vision at all, especially in terms of software. Sorry but that is the truth.
Let's take a look at how SCULLEY did when Jobs left Apple in the 80s
He speaks the truth. Trust him.
Wow, never realized how hard Amazon is dominating until I saw this. They're finding ways to lock people into Prime so it becomes the only reasonable choice. But for the time being, it's benefitting us.
Wow. Amazon is just so dominant, and shows no sign of slowing down. The entire future of eRetail really belongs to them, and as the internet penetrates into the corners of the world, local shops will be in trouble.
Thank goodness poor Amazon is getting billions of dollars in helpful subsidies.
Thank goodness poor Amazon is getting billions of dollars in helpful subsidies.
Tim Cook is a lot closer to a John Sculley than a Steve Jobs.
Scott Forstall is a modern day Steve Jobs. The main reason they fired him was because he was Jobs protege and they feared him. He has a lot of the same visionary skills that Jobs possessed. Tim Cook is a just a bean counter with no vision. He has to be one of the most unconvincing salespersons I've ever heard speak.
This is an apples to oranges comparison because Walmart sells everything including groceries.
Tim may be heavily focused on profit margins, but you can't say Apple is not innovating. The problem is that the gap between Apple and competitors has closed dramatically, with other companies able to church out hardware and software to a similar level of attention to detail. Apple showed the industry why a clean, simple design is important to consumers and the industry has woken up.
Apple's mobile hardware, particularly the A-series chip, is blowing the competition out of the water. And iOS 12 is a solid beast with exceptional gesture-based interactions that just feels so natural to use. There's nothing comparable to this on the Android side of the fence.
People need to remember that Apple's focus is on the entire widget, the entire experience, not just a matter of feature count. It doesn't matter that Android did something first or has Feature X,Y and Z. The user experience is noticeable poorer compared to iOS.
And we already see signs that the Mac is getting the same love as the iPhone did for years, and future Macs are going to blow PCs out of the water. Apple is just continuing their steady evolution, as they have for many years. They are not in a race to the finish line. They are pushing the finish line forward every year.
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Exactly. I'm surprised that Apple was that high up on the list! That's some serious kudos given the equal success of their brick-and-mortar stores.
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Amazon was smart. They needed to build software, so they created software that they could monetize by reselling it. They needed data centres, so they monetized that, too. Say hello to Amazon Web Services. They truly have mastered the art from development through to consumption.
Comparatively, Apple is very closed in this regard. They don't sell their platforms to other companies like Amazon does.
No need to distinguish kitchen sink, both Amazon and Walmart literally sell them too.
Amazon Kitchen Sinks
Walmart Kitchen Sinks (some with rollback pricing)
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Based on recent quarterly reports, it looks like Walmart is giving Amazon a lot more competition than this report indicates.
I’ve dropped Amazon prime and shop at Walmart.com now for my everyday items and probably save a minimum of $700 a year... $72 on Starbucks coffee alone! That’s almost like getting a free iPad Pro or iPhone every year.
During a period of being unable to drive my car, I used both Walmart and Amazon for delivery of staple groceries, to cut down to just perishables the items I had to get someone local to shop out for me.
At first I was impressed with both, but eventually became disenchanted with Amazon due to their making distinctions that more serve their logistics than the customer, namely the Prime Pantry vs Prime tags... and the fact they only have one shopping cart plus a "save for later" collector. I understand their isolating pantry box items, but the back end for the consumer is annoying. You must split your shopping list in two pieces ahead of time or move bits from the list into a new list as you encounter "oh that's only sold in the Pantry." They're probably hip to the complaints since they've reduced their minimum order pricing. It's a sop, but it's not a cure. Walmart is still my preference when I just want to get an order assembled and have like ten minutes to get it done.
So the only thing that has kept me from cancelling Prime Pantry membership at this point, after I regained ability to drive myself around, is the arrival of winter. Amazon's on a bit of a short leash with me at this point: good until the snow melts in 2019.
Walmart on the other hand has made me realize with gratitude that I don't have to endure as much bother any more over my periodic restocking of a pantry. Click and pay and unpack the box when it arrives. I also prefer Walmart's careful wrapping of cans to avoid denting. YMMV on that however... once a shipment came from a farther away hub and the packing was not done as nicely. Walmart has nice filters on the deliverability of items; they do reduce frustrations I encounter at Amazon when grocery shopping.
In good weather you can have both those behemoths and I'm off to market myself... but all year round I'm still a big fan of Apple. And with Apple, for me, it's not just the hardware. It's the customer service I've experienced over the past 35 years, the intro of Apple Pay, and their growing ecosystem of books, music, video with what I regard as ever improving attention to rough edges. I'm one of those who likes Apple's walled garden. I feel like the gardeners are really invested in the place. It matters.
So, to me it's not startling that Apple has ever ranked up there with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. It doesn't "just happen"... and their high levels of investment in R&D -- including understanding and improving human interface with their gear and software-- has more than paid off over the years, in between all our sporadic events of grumbling every year that we didn't get this or that upgrade or that whatever just rolled out costs too much.
Hah. Half the stuff we can get from them we never imagined a) would even exist or b) we'd realize we need or c) we've arrived at just wanting it and have become willing to shell out for it after all. Add in the convenience of being able to rely on fast repair turnaround service for those of us in the boondocks: that they can FedEx me an empty box and three days later a repaired device is back in hand after a trip to Texas or Tennessee still strikes me as a miracle of modern logistics. Shall I complain about the price of AppleCare+ tacked onto the gear I buy from them? No way...
At first I was impressed with both, but eventually became disenchanted with Amazon due to their making distinctions that more serve their logistics than the customer, namely the Prime Pantry vs Prime tags... and the fact they only have one shopping cart plus a "save for later" collector. I understand their isolating pantry box items, but the back end for the consumer is annoying. You must split your shopping list in two pieces ahead of time or move bits from the list into a new list as you encounter "oh that's only sold in the Pantry." They're probably hip to the complaints since they've reduced their minimum order pricing. It's a sop, but it's not a cure. Walmart is still my preference when I just want to get an order assembled and have like ten minutes to get it done.
So the only thing that has kept me from cancelling Prime Pantry membership at this point, after I regained ability to drive myself around, is the arrival of winter. Amazon's on a bit of a short leash with me at this point: good until the snow melts in 2019.
Walmart on the other hand has made me realize with gratitude that I don't have to endure as much bother any more over my periodic restocking of a pantry. Click and pay and unpack the box when it arrives. I also prefer Walmart's careful wrapping of cans to avoid denting. YMMV on that however... once a shipment came from a farther away hub and the packing was not done as nicely. Walmart has nice filters on the deliverability of items; they do reduce frustrations I encounter at Amazon when grocery shopping.
In good weather you can have both those behemoths and I'm off to market myself... but all year round I'm still a big fan of Apple. And with Apple, for me, it's not just the hardware. It's the customer service I've experienced over the past 35 years, the intro of Apple Pay, and their growing ecosystem of books, music, video with what I regard as ever improving attention to rough edges. I'm one of those who likes Apple's walled garden. I feel like the gardeners are really invested in the place. It matters.
So, to me it's not startling that Apple has ever ranked up there with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. It doesn't "just happen"... and their high levels of investment in R&D -- including understanding and improving human interface with their gear and software-- has more than paid off over the years, in between all our sporadic events of grumbling every year that we didn't get this or that upgrade or that whatever just rolled out costs too much.
Hah. Half the stuff we can get from them we never imagined a) would even exist or b) we'd realize we need or c) we've arrived at just wanting it and have become willing to shell out for it after all. Add in the convenience of being able to rely on fast repair turnaround service for those of us in the boondocks: that they can FedEx me an empty box and three days later a repaired device is back in hand after a trip to Texas or Tennessee still strikes me as a miracle of modern logistics. Shall I complain about the price of AppleCare+ tacked onto the gear I buy from them? No way...
It's surprising to me that Amazon is so much bigger than Ebay. I've made most of my international purchases through Ebay and AliExpress and national ones through MercadoLivre. I think Amazon is not so big from an international point of view.
Or maybe Walmart’s recent MASSIVE push into the online market including adding free 2 day shipping with no memberships has actually paid off for them (which quarterly reports showing yes, yes it has).
Already Started years ago here.
I actually hope this will stall, there will be few to no bricks and mortar stores if it doesn't stop.
I "hate" this giants.
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Tax breaks and USPS doing their shipping at a loss. I would be fine with Amazon if they had the same rules as everyone else, but apparently the government is going to help them win too.
