Watch the videos at: How Wal-Mart is moving the needle on e-commerce. (1/10/2014). Fortune Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLGt_GPyPFU; L=18:59 Wal-Mart To Acquire Jet.com For $3.3B. (8/8/2016). TechBet. CNBC. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxQXvmnfCaw ; L=2:58 McLean, M. (11/26/2014). Insights on Amazon's Dynamic Pricing. L2inc. Retrieved by https://youtu.be/0a3eBQB1uUA; L=2:06 Amazon Supply Chain Optimization Technologies. (5/22/2015). Inside Amazon Videos. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ncwsr1Of6Cw; L= 1:33 Amazon's Retail Revolution Business Boomers BBC Full documentary 2014. (4/22/2014). BBCdocumentaries2014. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/6UhrIEUjtwI; L= 59:21 Overview: In this case study, you will be analyzing and comparing and contrasting the e-commerce strategies of two retail Giants: Walmart and Amazon.
Ensure that your paper addresses the following questions:
What are the three key assets that Walmart can leverage (build on) to compete with Amazon and other online retailers?
What assets does Amazon have that it can leverage that Walmart may not have or to compete head-on with Walmart?
What is Walmart's e-commerce strategy?
What is Amazon's e-commerce strategy?
Address the revenue models of each company.
Why isn't Walmart worried about the channel conflict between its online sales and its store sales?
Why is Walmart in-sourcing the development of its online operation, in part by acquiring technology companies rather than outsourcing development to low-cost countries and other domestic firms?
Why did Walmart acquire Jet.com? What strategic acquisitions has Amazon made?
How does Walmart's fulfillment operation differ from Amazon's?
Summarize your findings and make recommendations.