Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
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Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
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Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
#2I remember when Jet launched, it had a somewhat mysterious marketing campaign and a referral system that made it seem like it was going to be life changing. Once I got access I never ended up actually ordering anything.
Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
#3Here's another article if you don't want to visit Techcrunch because of its redirection to advertising.com: https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/walmart-shuts-down-jet-4-y...
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#4FWIW, one could argue that Walmart didn’t pay $3B for Jet; they paid $3B for Marc Lore, which might still prove to have been a decent buy.
Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
#5Here's another article if you don't want to visit Techcrunch because of its redirection to advertising.com: https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/walmart-shuts-down-jet-4-y...
Thank you, between pihole, ublock and Nextdns, I'm now unable to access techcrunch due to the forced redirect, so I've just dropped it altogether.
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#6Web Bubble 3.0
Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
#7It was an acquihire more than anything. Marc Lore built up the beginnings of a successful e-commerce logistical chain, and Walmart got that momentum and expertise.
Shuttering the Jet.com branding makes sense now that Walmarts ecommerce play has gained momentum, as their branding has way more mindshare.
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#8I know it is a simple way to look at it, but Walmart on whole has been a game changer when it came to handling the lockdown. Where Amazon was taking weeks to get "non-critical" items shipped, Walmart had on average a 3 day wait for drive up pick up.
They've introduced a yearly fee for delivery and we signed up. It's been top notch. In my area, they outsource the delivery to doordash. Order, pick a time for delivery and it is delivered. Works well.
Back to the simple ... maybe they have found a way to compete where amazon cannot?
Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
#9It was an acquihire more than anything. Marc Lore built up the beginnings of a successful e-commerce logistical chain, and Walmart got that momentum and expertise. Shuttering the Jet.com branding makes sense now that Walmarts ecommerce play has gained momentum, as their branding has way more mindshare.
I read part of it was that Walmart was unable to open stores within x distance of Manhattan and that Jet branding had penetrated manhatttan based customers whereas Walmart has had very little success.
Re: Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
#10It was an acquihire more than anything. Marc Lore built up the beginnings of a successful e-commerce logistical chain, and Walmart got that momentum and expertise. Shuttering the Jet.com branding makes sense now that Walmarts ecommerce play has gained momentum, as their branding has way more mindshare.
I was going to say the same thing. I would bet that there is a lot of jet.com tech and expertise now in Walmart.com.