People Now Spend More at Amazon Than at Walmart

Why won't they? The other day I needed a set of air hose tools and looked it up at Amazon, saw it for $19. Went to my local store auto parts store because I wanted to support my local business and they have a fraction of the Amazon set for $42. I ordered it from Amazon and had it in 12 hours. Needed lawn mower filters, at home depot, it was $10.99 for 1 filter. For the 2 types I wanted, got them for $8.99 for 4 and 5 pieces. Using amazon is not even fair. I won't buy food, expensive electronics, or really bulky items from them, but for most things they are seriously crushing the competitors.

The article doesn&#x27;t mention Walmart&#x27;s website, which has become very good and widely used, especially as a more trustworthy source for real products than Amazon.com.<p>Also the article is worded as if Walmart is in decline- the future is bright for both of these companies, not that anyone is concerned.

Is there a better way than google shopping to find deals across sites for products?<p>I try to avoid using Amazon out of practical (e.g. products often being cheaper elsewhere, often have less worry about getting some SKU-identical knockoff that amazon absorbed from some FBA hack) and sometimes ideological (a CEO who rides a particularly phallic rocket into space and then gloats about it while his employees are treated like subhuman machines is an infuriating character to say the least).<p>However, I&#x27;m not sure if there is a reliable non-Google way to search a wide variety of other shopping sites without getting hits for bad aliexpress or ebay auctions for clearly stolen &#x2F; counterfeit items. I already own a pair of Abibas and that is more than enough :&#x2F;

Walmart has a grocery service at multiple locations where I live without excessive costs for pantry items. Amazon cant compete there.

I use both sites for shopping. Walmart has free (roughly) two day shipping if you spend $35+. For bulkier items and (frequently IME) better prices, I prefer Walmart to Amazon Prime.<p>I have major concerns over fraudulent or quid pro quo reviews on Amazon, and the prices generally aren&#x27;t the best around. Free (or rather included) next day shipping is great though.

Everything is nibbling away at Walmart. The big one that I don&#x27;t think people are paying attention to anymore is Dollar General. Dollar General has cut out at least half of trips to Walmart just by virtue of convenience according to the people I hang out with.

Long way to go on revenues - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_largest_companies_in_the_United_States_by_revenue" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_largest_companies_in...</a>

Ethically they&#x27;re the same and I boycott both and encourage everyone else to do the same. Vote with your money for how you want the world to work.

&gt; Propelled in part by surging demand during the pandemic, people spent more than $610 billion on Amazon over the 12 months ending in June, according to Wall Street estimates compiled by the financial research firm FactSet. Walmart on Tuesday posted sales of $566 billion for the 12 months ending in July.<p>$610 billion is starting to resemble the tax revenue of some nation states.

When a shopper enters a Walmart they have a fixed amount of money in their pocket and generally a good idea of what they want. You might get them to grab a candy bar, or buy the next grade up of tires, but it is effectively shifting dollars that would have been spent there already. Revenue growth is all about adding more essential items to the store and eliminating trips to other retailers.<p>Amazon has much more discretionary budget to try and extract from their customers, so time on site is absolutely critical.<p>I&#x27;d say the two aren&#x27;t even competitive at this point. Amazon will need many years to build out a robust vertically integrated grocery logistics network that reaches Walmart customers. A few Whole Foods in rich neighborhoods isn&#x27;t going to cut it. On the other hand, Walmart will never figure out how to sell stuff online without losing money, and will probably kill itself trying to chase Amazon for some unknown reason.