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

November 19, 2018 daniel 0 Comments $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 0 Comments 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

Grocery Wars

Walmart approaches $500 Billion in Revenue

September 11, 2018 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon will not approach Walmart’s revenues soon, Has Walmart Lost its Historic Edge?, Is Walmart Amazon Proof?, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart approaches $500 Billion in Revenue, Walmart Dividend, Walmart is making a lot of Money, Walmart is the World’s Largest and Richest Retailer, Walmart Revenue, Walmart Stock, Walmart’s Revenues

Obviously, Walmart and not Amazon is the world’s largest and richest retailer. More importantly, Amazon will not approach Walmart’s revenues soon.

Therefore, Walmart can sink money into its online operations; automated stores, and new technology. As a result Walmart will probably be able to keep up with Amazon; and possibly block its entry into some markets.

The moral of the store is do not count Walmart out. The world’s largest retailer has the resources to maintain its dominance for decades to come despite Amazon’s explosive growth.

Grocery Wars

PayPal use growing faster than Apple and Google Pay, Microsoft Plans Automated Store

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Apple Pay, cashier-less retail stores, Google Pay, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Microsoft Plans Automated Store, Microsoft to Develop Automated Store, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), PayPal use growing, PayPal use growing faster than Apple and Google Pay, Walmart (NYSE: WMT)

Mobile payment apps are still a tough sell to America’s consumers and merchants, Kount’s data indicates. The company that can change that paradigm will make a fortune.

That means more two thirds of American retailers or 71% still refuse to accept mobile wallets. Once again it sounds as if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is losing the payment wars, and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) is not doing very well.

Grocery Wars

Is Ocado the Future of Groceries and does it Make Money?

June 1, 2018 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Is Ocado a Value Investment?, Is the Ocado Group Making Money?, Ocado, Ocado Group PLC (LON: OCDO), Ocado is a Future Value Investment in Groceries, Ocado operated Kroger warehouses, Ocado Smart Platform, The Ocado Group, The World’s Most Advanced Fulfillment Centers, Walmart (NYSE: WMT)

Ocado claims to process 260,000 orders a week with an order accuracy rate of 99% and an on-time delivery rate of 95%. The company claims to reduce costs with a 0.7% rate of product waste, which sounds hard to believe.

What’s truly interesting is that Ocado might be ahead of Amazon in its use of robots to move groceries. Ocado claims to have 1,100 robots at work in its newest Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC3) in Andover, Hampshire. Pictures online show Ocado robots working in refrigerated warehouses and giant freezers.
Those robots can supposedly pick and pack an order of 50 items in just five minutes. That is amazing because the CFC3 is stocked with 50,000 items, and the center itself is the size of three football fields.

Grocery Wars

Is Target Really Profiting from Digital

May 31, 2018 daniel Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) vast inventory, anti-Amazon, convenient one-click shopping, How Target/Shipt can become the anti-Amazon, Is Target Making Money?, Kroger (NYSE: KR)/Instacart, Lidl USA, Shipt, Target (NYSE: TGT), Target/Shipt, the Grocery Delivery Wars, the Shipt ecosystem, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Who Loses from the Grocery Delivery Wars, Why is Target doing so well?

Teaming up with high-end grocers like Lidl and Trader Joe’s for Shipt delivery is a smart move for Target. Other logical moves will to add brands like CVS, Walgreens, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Rite Aid, Albertsons, Nordstrom, Aldi, Trader Joes, Safeway, Publix, and Best Buy to the Shipt ecosystem.

More importantly, Target is well positioned to cash in on today’s retail environment and the transition from brick and mortar to delivery. If you want to profit from the growth of grocery delivery, Target is one of your best bets.

Grocery Wars

Walmart to End Uber and Lyft Delivery, Uber Rush Shutting Down

May 10, 2018 daniel Instacart, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Lyft and Uber, Prime Now grocery delivery f, Shipt, Uber Kroger Delivery Ends too, Uber Rush Shutting Down, Uber Rush to Shut Down, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart to End Uber and Lyft Delivery

The future of delivery will be specialist delivery firms such as Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) and Instacart that concentrate on one kind of order such as groceries or hot meals. One-size fits all delivery such as that promoted by Uber Rush appears to be a flop.

Other delivery services will take the place of Uber and Lyft, and customer service should not be affected, Blakeman said. Walmart owns the same-day delivery service Parcel and is working with some other delivery services including Deliv and Google Express. Walmart is also working with Postmates and DoorDash, Reuters reported.

Grocery Wars

Whole Foods and Walmart Expand Online Grocery Delivery

April 11, 2018 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Bodon Curry Annunziato et al. v. Domino's Pizza, Domino’s (NYSE: DPZ), free Whole Foods delivery, FRESHCAR, grocery delivery wars, Is Fast Grocery Delivery Viable, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Postmates, Prime Now, Prime Now app, Prime Now Delivery, Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP, This Lawsuit Might Doom Same-Day Grocery Delivery, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart Grocery App, Weinhaus & Potashnick, Whole Foods and Walmart Expand Online Grocery Delivery, Whole Foods Delivery, Whole Foods Offers Grocery Delivery in Southern California

The grocery delivery wars are heating up fast. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have expanded their same-day efforts

Grocery Wars

Walmart to Use Tencent Holdings’ WeChat Pay

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 daniel Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), Alipay, Chase Pay, for Ant Financial, Tencent Holdings (HKG: 0700), Walmart, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart Pay, Walmart to Use Tencent Holdings’ WeChat Pay, Walmart WeChat Pay, WeChat Launches SMS shopping Platform, WeChat Pay, WeShop, Will WeChat Pay Join Walmart Pay?

News stories did not say whether WeChat Pay will be integrated with Walmart’s QR-code based payment app Walmart Pay. Walmart Pay is one of the fastest growing payment solutions in the United States.

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