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Coronavirus could Boost Online Retail and Mobile Pay

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon Go, Coronavirus, Coronavirus could Boost Online Retail and Mobile Pay, COVID-19, How Coronavirus could Boost Apple Pay and Google Pay and Amazon Go, Just Walk Out Technology, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), What Companies could benefit from the Coronavirus?, Will Coronavirus Fears Boost Online Retail?

Consequently, mobile payment apps such as Google Pay and Apple Pay could help you avoid Coronavirus.

Grocery Wars

Will Walmart beat Amazon at E-Commerce?

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 daniel and Gross Profit are falling, Can Walmart Compete with Amazon?, How Much Cash does Walmart Have?, Huge Cyberweek 2019, Income, Is Walmart a Retail Tech Value Investment?, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart beats Amazon in Shopping Apps, Walmart deploys Robot Army to Cut Expenses, Walmart’s Revenue, Will Walmart beat Amazon at E-Commerce?

Americans downloaded Walmart’s App 113,000 times during the 2019 Black Friday shopping frenzy, Sensor Tower reports. That was a 23% increase over 2018.

Cryptocurrency

What Value Could a Walmart Cryptocurrency Have?

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 daniel Could Walmart Issue a Stablecoin?, How Walmart can expand its Financial Services with Digital Robots, Is Walmart a Good Investment for Financial Technology?, Is Walmart Investigating Stablecoins for Money Handling?, U.S. Patent Application 20190236564, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart is a Good Growth and Dividend Stock, Walmart Pay, Walmart stablecoin, What Value Could a Walmart Cryptocurrency Have?, Why is Walmart researching a Stablecoin?, Will Walmart Accept Stablecoins?, Will Walmart add Blockchain to Walmart Pay?

I think stablecoins are a more advanced payment mechanism rather than a true cryptocurrency. Therefore, I think Walmart is trying to develop a better payment application for fiat currency rather than an altcoin.

Grocery Wars

Will Artificial Intelligence and Robots Pay Off for Walmart?

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 daniel Can Walmart Remain Competitive?, FAST Unloader, How Much Cash does Walmart Have?, Intelligent Retail Lab (IRL), Is Walmart Making Money?, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart deploys Robot Army, Walmart’s Cash Flow is Declining, Walmart’s Radical Retail Experiment, Will AI Management Help Walmart Make More Money?, Will AI Replace Human Retailer Managers?, Will Artificial Intelligence and Robots Pay Off for Walmart?', Will Automated Stocking Add Value to Walmart?

“The focus will be on learning from the technology and not implementing changes to operations in haste,” Walmart writes of the IRL. Thus, Walmart is committing to AI for the long-haul.

Grocery Wars

Walmart Lives but is it Making Money?

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 daniel Can Walmart Compete with Amazon?, Can Walmart Keep up with Amazon?, Is Walmart a Good Dividend Stock?, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart can compete and thrive in the age of Amazon., Walmart Lives, Walmart lives and is making more money than Amazon. Therefore, Walmart Lives but is it Making Money?

Walmart lives is the message the latest financial numbers scream at us. For instance, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) reports a gross

The Death Spiral

Will Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Die this Holiday Season?

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 daniel Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie and Amazon, Fitch Abercrombie, Walmart (NYSE: WMT)

The situation is not that bleak for Abercrombie & Fitch because of the clothing market’s decentralized nature. To clarify, there is more than enough market share for Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) to survive.

Notably, Amazon Prime had 95 million subscribers in June 2018 up from 85 million in June 2017, Statista calculates. Thus, Amazon Prime is the fastest growing and most important retail outlet in America.

Grocery Wars

Is Amazon Pay coming to Brick and Mortar Stores?

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 daniel Amazon Pay, Is Amazon Pay coming to Brick and Mortar Stores?, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), What Retail Stores is Amazon Pay Coming To?, Will Amazon Pay be QR Code or NFC?

QR code has other advantages including the ability to work with almost any phone with a camera. Moreover, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) accepts QR code apps but not NFC. Hence, Walmart could accept Amazon Pay but not Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Additionally, Walmart offers its own QR code wallet called Walmart Pay. Markedly The Journal did not say if they will integrate Walmart Pay with Amazon Pay.

Market Insanity

Bernie Sanders wants a $15-an Hour Wage at Walmart

November 19, 2018 daniel $15 an hour minimum wage, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders has a good point about Walmart, Bernie Sanders Shareholders Friend, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Why Stock Buy Backs are Bad for Walmart, Will Bernie Sanders kill jobs at Walmart?, Will Sanders Hurt Walmart Employees

The $15 an hour minimum wage could have killed 20,000 temporary jobs at Amazon.

To clarify, Quartz estimates Amazon will hire 100,000 temps for holiday season 2018. In contrast Amazon hired 120,000 temporary workers for holiday seasons in 2016 and 2018.

Amazon no longer needs the 20,000 temps because of its deployment of Kiva robots in fulfillment centers, Citi analyst Mark May theorizes. In particular, Kiva robots eliminate workers who pull merchandise from the shelves.

Instead, the robots literally bring the shelves to the workers who pull and pack and the goods for shipment. Quartz claims, Amazon cut the time needed to pull and pack an order from an hour to 15 minutes with robots.

To be fair to Bernie, Amazon would have deployed the robots with or without the $15 wage. In fact, the robots could have made the $15 wage possible by reducing the size of the labor force. Amazon is paying workers more because it has fewer of them thanks to robots.

Grocery Wars

Amazon (AMZN) owns Retail, can Anybody Compete?

November 15, 2018 daniel Amazon (AMZN), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon Go, How Retailers can compete with Amazon Go, Only Walmart can compete with Amazon (AMZN), Other retailers are already Imitating Amazon Go?, The Danger to Retailers from Amazon Go, Walmart (NYSE: WMT)

It should scare brick and mortar retailers because Amazon Go could generate profits similar to Amazon itself.

For instance, Amazon Go could generate up $2,700 a square foot in annual sales per square foot, Brick meets Click, claims. In contrast, Costar estimated Walmart’s annual sales-per-square foot was $325 in 2018.

Thus Amazon Go’s sales per square foot could be seven times those of Walmart’s. However, the Apple Store’s sales per square foot were nearly twice Amazon Go’s at $5,546 in 2017.

Long Ideas

Will Microsoft (MSFT) Make Money from GitHub?

November 6, 2018 daniel 4.co, GitHub, GitHub brings a Lot of Value to Microsoft (MSFT), How GitHub will help Microsoft (MSFT) battle Amazon Web Services, How Microsoft (MSFT) could Leverage GitHub to make more Money, How Much Money is Microsoft (MSFT) Making?, How the GitHub Acquisition could threaten Microsoft (MSFT), memached servers, Microsoft (MSFT), Microsoft (MSFT) is a Great Dividend Stock, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Will China’s War on GitHub Hurt Microsoft (MSFT), Will Microsoft (MSFT) Destroy GitHub?, Will Microsoft (MSFT) Make Money from GitHub?

In addition, Microsoft can offer next generation solutions such as Linux, the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, the internet of things (IoT), sidechains, and memached servers through GitHub. Another lucrative use of GitHub is joint ventures.

For example, Microsoft and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are entering into a five-year strategic cloud partnership called 4.co. In 4.co engineers from both companies will develop internal apps utilizing Microsoft Azure and migrate Walmart operations the cloud, VentureBeat reports.

The 4.co team can leverage GitHub by using it to hire developers and make money by selling apps through GitHub. Moreover, the 4.co could greatly increase its brainpower and expertise with GitHub developers.

Planned 4.co projects that could leverage GitHub include internal chatbots, food-spoilage tracking, sensors, and improvements to Microsoft’s register-less ordering. The 4.co team will operate out of an office in Austin, Texas.

Thus GitHub is worth the risks for Microsoft. In particular, GitHub greatly increases Microsoft’s R&D capabilities without massive investments in new facilities or people

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