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I’m surprised Walmart kept the brand going in the first place, since the focus was clearly on Walmart properties (including the logistics tech stack, etc).
Story time! When Jet.com launched they had some promos going on so I wanted to check out what it was all about and ordered a bunch of stuff. I think at that point they had 2 day shipping over 25 without a membership. Their signature purple package arrives on time, in a larger than expected box. I open it, and there's a smaller Amazon box inside. I open THAT and it has all my items. I got two receipts, one from jet.co…
This reminds me of the Silicon Valley episode where the start up 'Sliceline' sells repackaged Domino's pizzas. Don't recall if they explicitly stated 'they'll make it up in volume.'
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262316/doordash-pizza-p...
Pretty sure Walmart has absorbed and replicated jet's backend throughout its (Walmart’s) entire backend. Interesting talk from Scott Havens here about why WalMart acquired them and what Walmart problems they were able to solve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FskIb9SariI There simply isn't a need for jet.com branding anymore.
Pretty sure Walmart has absorbed and replicated jet's backend throughout its (Walmart’s) entire backend. Interesting talk from Scott Havens here about why WalMart acquired them and what Walmart problems they were able to solve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FskIb9SariI There simply isn't a need for jet.com branding anymore.
it seem like a waste not to continue the jet.com. its a simple domain that is easy to remember.
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Acquisitions are bad, folks Only two YCombinator companies have ever gone public. The rest of the companies “exited” by either dying or being acquired. I doubt many of them are chugging along as profitable “lifestyle business” without having a goal of being acquired.
Curious, which two YC companies went public?
Story time! When Jet.com launched they had some promos going on so I wanted to check out what it was all about and ordered a bunch of stuff. I think at that point they had 2 day shipping over 25 without a membership. Their signature purple package arrives on time, in a larger than expected box. I open it, and there's a smaller Amazon box inside. I open THAT and it has all my items. I got two receipts, one from jet.co…
I recently had the reverse experience. I ordered something from Amazon and there was a Walmart box inside the Amazon box. I was not expecting that!
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Acquisitions are bad, folks Only two YCombinator companies have ever gone public. The rest of the companies “exited” by either dying or being acquired. I doubt many of them are chugging along as profitable “lifestyle business” without having a goal of being acquired.
Curious, which two YC companies went public?
I 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 a…
Different market and in the UK but there are no big supermarkets that currently deliver to non- vulnerable households. I ordered vegetables directly from the restaurant suppliers that had no more customers. In the Uk Amazon had this policy too but in reality most non essential/but useful items were sent to me in less than a week. Of course most of the very useful items were not in stock at all the first few weeks, an…