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Can FedEx Survive without Amazon?

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 daniel 0 Comments Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon Air Network, Amazon is FedEx’s most Dangerous competitor, Can FedEx Survive without Amazon?, EMarketer’s data indicates Amazon is losing market share., FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Will FedEx Survive without Amazon?

In detail, Ratuken Intelligence estimates Amazon’s share of US ecommerce sales fell from 35.1% in 2017 to 33.7% in 2018. Additionally, Amazon’s share of the US ecommerce market was 28.9% in November 2018. On the other hand, Amazon’s share of America e-commerce rose to 39% during the December 2018 holiday buying frenzy.

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CVS Health is one of America’s biggest grocers

June 11, 2019June 12, 2019 daniel Can CVS Remain a Major Grocer?, CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS), CVS Health is one of America’s biggest grocers, Does CVS want out of the Grocery Business?, Is CVS Health Making Money?, Is CVS Leaving Groceries?, Why is CVS a Major Grocer?

However, CVS is still a minor player when you compare it to America’s largest “grocer” Walmart (NYSE: WMT), and largest standalone grocer Kroger (NYSE: KR). For the record, Kroger had 10.2% of the grocery market and Walmart 21.4%.

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Ford Tests Folding and Walking Delivery Robot

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 daniel Agility Robotics, Digit, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), Ford Tests Folding and Walking Delivery Robot, Ford Transit van, Ford’s Scary Walking Robot hits the Road, Walking Delivery Robot, Will Ford’s Robot Army terminate your Job?

The plan is for a self-driving Ford Transit van to haul Digit to your house. Next, the robot will carry the package to your doorstep. Theoretically, this process requires no humans. Although present-day vehicles will require a driver.

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Will Sprouts Survive?

May 23, 2019June 3, 2019 daniel Aldi, Is Sprouts Making Money?, Lidl, Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM), Trader Joe's, Will Amazon or Kroger Buy Sprouts?, Will Sprouts Survive?

I ask will Sprouts survive because the discount grocer is expanding aggressively in an increasingly competitive grocery market. For instance,

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Why Aldi is America’s most Disruptive Grocer

May 2, 2019June 3, 2019 daniel Albrecht Discount, Aldi, Aldi Finds, Aldi Nord, Aldi Sud, Aldi’s Bright Future, Aldi’s Strange History, America’s most Disruptive Grocer, Americans have Little Money, Can you Invest in Aldi?, extremely low prices, How Aldi Cashes in on Income Inequality and Wage Stagnation, Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS), Lidl, What is Aldi?, Why Aldi is America’s most Disruptive Grocer, Why Aldi is so disruptive, Why Aldi Succeeds in America

Aldi is positioning itself to cash in on America’s growing income inequality and increasing wage stagnation. Specifically, Aldi is the perfect shopping experience for an increasingly cash-strapped middle class. Indeed, Pew Research estimates middle-class Americans’ purchasing power in 2016 had not grown in over 40 years.

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Walmart’s AI Customer Surveillance raises Ethical Questions

April 26, 2019May 29, 2019 daniel and Harmony, Basic Attention Token (BAT), Brave, Intelligent Retail Lab, Store No 8, Walmart Gathers Customer Data, Walmart’s AI Customer Surveillance, Walmart’s AI Customer Surveillance raises Ethical Questions, Walmart’s AI data collection, Who Owns Your Data?, Will there be a market for consumer behavior data, Will Walmart Sell Customer Data?

Thus shoppers pay to participate in Walmart’s behavioral sciences experiment. TechCrunch claims Walmart’s AI is not recording what customers buy. However, the AI can discern many customer behaviors.

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Target Makes Money amidst the Retail Apocalypse

April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 daniel Amazon could spend Target out of Business, Instacart, Is Target a Value Investment?, Is Target Amazon-Proof?, Is Target Burning Cash to Finance Operations?, Ocado threat to Target, Target (NYSE: TGT), Target is a good stock but be ready to dump it fast, Target Makes Money, Target Makes Money amidst the Retail Apocalypse, Target Makes Money but it is just staying afloat, The Kroger

Target will have to up its delivery game dramatically just survive in that retail environment. Consequently, Target will need to spend a lot of money it lacks just to stay competitive.

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Costco Makes Money but is it Amazon Proof?

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 daniel Amazon Prime is the largest Club Store in America, Amazon Threatens Costco and Everybody Else, Costco Makes Money but is it Amazon Proof?, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), Is Costco Amazon Proof?

Surprisingly, Costco is one of our fastest growing retailers with a revenue growth rate of 9.73% for 2018. In addition, Costco had a 7.28% revenue growth rate in 1st Quarter 2019.