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Comment by __derek__ | Hacker News Reader

Walmart.com has much higher sales than Jet. It already is huge online, even if it's not Amazon huge. If anything, this is about pruning competition and buying potentially useful IP.

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>even if it's not Amazon huge

are your serious?

Walmart's revenue was $482.1[0] billion in 2015 and amazon's was $107b[1]

[0] - https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...

[1] - https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...

edit - sorry, i missed the .com part

Parent referred to walmart.COM. Walmart online sales only $13B/yr, per http://fortune.com/2016/05/20/the-silver-lining-in-walmarts-...

Even though I meant Wal-Mart e-commerce, this is a good reminder that the company remains huge despite concerns about its online sales.

Honest question: do any readers here really order from walmart.com ? I am surprised they sell much at all, based on how much I personally have ordered from them (never).

I do. I price compare on larger purchases and have found Walmart.com cheaper occasionally. I've even done stuff from Sears, which has a multi-vendor marketplace as well. Both tend to have an addition 5-10% with Discover Deals as well, which I can't normally get with Amazon.

I've ordered a few times in the last couple months. They were cheaper than anywhere else (by a few bucks) and I did the store pick-up option to avoid shipping costs. In my experience, it's pretty quick shipping and the products are good quality

Thanks for the response.

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