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Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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I was in Whole Foods yesterday and was half-expecting to see USB cables for sale between the tomatoes and the oranges—the real-world version of Amazon's product recommendations... :)

But then that got me thinking that Whole Foods just might be their first foray into retail and I could see them making other retail acquisitions in various niches to eventually cover a wide spectrum of goods.

Target seems more questionable as this would duplicate the logistic systems they already have.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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what's with all these analysts predicting mega mergers today? > "Citi analysts see 40% chance Apple will buy Netflix" Yeah, right. It's baseless cable news headline-bait garbage.

1. Buy stock/derivatives in a large company that could plausibly purchase another large company. 2. Announce rumours of merger/acquisition. 3. Stock price rises, sell stock/derivatives at a profit.

Umm, isn't that highly illegal? If you make a good profit and it can be traced to your rumor, I don't think the SEC finds that very funny.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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what's with all these analysts predicting mega mergers today? > "Citi analysts see 40% chance Apple will buy Netflix" Yeah, right. It's baseless cable news headline-bait garbage.

I actually think an Apple/Netflix merger makes a lot of sense. Apple sucks at online services and netflix could use the deep pockets.

There's no reason that Apple couldn't build a Netflix competitor and then ban Netflix from its mobile device platforms.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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what's with all these analysts predicting mega mergers today? > "Citi analysts see 40% chance Apple will buy Netflix" Yeah, right. It's baseless cable news headline-bait garbage.

The tax law changes are going to liberate billions of dollars stuck overseas. They need to chase returns with that money.

We’re heading into a historic cycle of mergers.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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post #11

I was in Whole Foods yesterday and was half-expecting to see USB cables for sale between the tomatoes and the oranges—the real-world version of Amazon's product recommendations... :) But then that got me thinking that Whole Foods just might be their first foray into retail and I could see them making other retail acquisitions in various niches to eventually cover a wide spectrum of goods. Target seems more questionab…

I think the real-world version of Amazon’s product recommendations would be a man offering you 30 more varieties of apples after you put a Fuji in your basket.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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For what purpose? Amazon's goal is to kill off traditional retail, as far as I can tell. Big box stores like Target are failing because their business model can't compete.

Amazon already bought Whole Foods, which gives them a large enough physical presence to do whatever it is they're going to do with it. Integrating that business with the rest of Amazon will already take years- why complicate it further?

My guess? Gene Munster owns some stocks in Target and wants to offload them at a price slightly higher than what it's currently at.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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post #11

I was in Whole Foods yesterday and was half-expecting to see USB cables for sale between the tomatoes and the oranges—the real-world version of Amazon's product recommendations... :) But then that got me thinking that Whole Foods just might be their first foray into retail and I could see them making other retail acquisitions in various niches to eventually cover a wide spectrum of goods. Target seems more questionab…

Target has real-estate, they've done all the legwork to figure out where big stores like that need to be. Everything is already built, Amazon just needs to put their logo on it. Voila - digital empire turned physical overnight.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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Typical click-bait; An extremely bold prediction with an article that takes less than two minutes to read with a re-direct to another Bloomberg article about a less-sexy potential Amazon acquisition.

I don't know anything about retail but I'd have thought they were more likely to buy Kohls: Target seems pretty successful at what they do hence expensive, while Kohls seems sort of directionless but they have stores most places. They also have an arrangement already with Amazon for BnM returns.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Buy stock/derivatives in a large company that could plausibly purchase another large company. 2. Announce rumours of merger/acquisition. 3. Stock price rises, sell stock/derivatives at a profit.

Umm, isn't that highly illegal? If you make a good profit and it can be traced to your rumor, I don't think the SEC finds that very funny.

True, but as you can see from SEC's stance of pump and dump schemes on altcoins, there are ways of blurring the lines of legality.

Re: Amazon Will Buy Target This Year, Gene Munster Predicts

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post #11

I was in Whole Foods yesterday and was half-expecting to see USB cables for sale between the tomatoes and the oranges—the real-world version of Amazon's product recommendations... :) But then that got me thinking that Whole Foods just might be their first foray into retail and I could see them making other retail acquisitions in various niches to eventually cover a wide spectrum of goods. Target seems more questionab…

I think the real-world version of Amazon’s product recommendations would be a man offering you 30 more varieties of apples after you put a Fuji in your basket.

Here's what they currently do https://www.amazon.com/produce-aisle-Fuji-Apple-Large/dp/B00...
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