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Wal-Mart to Amazon: It's War!

By Austin Smith and Jeremy Phillips - Apr 21, 2013 at 10:00AM

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NYSE: WMT

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Market Cap

$328B

Today's Change

(0.11%) $0.13

Current Price

$119.20

Price as of May 20, 2022, 4:00 p.m. ET

Wal-Mart steals a page from Amazon's book. Will it work?

In this video, Austin Smith reviews the latest salvo between Amazon.com (AMZN 0.25%) and Wal-Mart (WMT 0.11%). Both companies now offer same-day delivery and pickup lockers. Will this give Wal-Mart a clear advantage? Probably not, Austin says, as customer demographics and buying habits are fairly different between the two companies and Wal-Mart continues to have the brick-and-mortar overhead that Amazon doesn't. While Wal-Mart has matched services Amazon offers, Wal-Mart hasn't scored a decisive victory.

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WMT

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$2,151.82 (0.25%) $5.44

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