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

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Post by BlackjackCF » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #16

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? G…

Seems like it. Because Target is an expensive and nonsensical acquisition for Amazon.

Also, even if it were a real possibility - I really hope not. We don't need more monopolies.

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

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Post by empath75 » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #13

empath75 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Other than the fact that every attempt apple has made at a cloud service has been terrible.

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

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Post by dragonwriter » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

empath75 wrote: post #6

Talyen42 wrote: post #2

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.

An Apple/Netflix merger makes little sense; Apple is pretty clearly not interested in online services not tied into it's hardware platforms, and it's already got a video service tied into it's ecosystem.

I suppose making Netflix's existing original content Apple-exclusive would have some value to Apple, but not enough to justify purchasing Netflix.

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

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Post by cracell » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:15 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #16

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? G…

"Amazon's goal is to kill off traditional retail"

What makes you think that's their goal?

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

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Post by debt » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:16 PM UTC

It makes sense in a way.

Retail is very similar to record companies or the movie industry. They've failed to innovate solely because they got lazy. They took for granted their position in the market.

A good position too. I mean, if you make believe the internet isn't a threat, which top business people most likely did, then I can easily see brick-and-mortar-rules-all mentality lulling top execs to sleep. Meanwhile, Amazon etc took over from a completely different angle, utilizing on-demand and internet tech.

An acquisition from traditional retailers may be appealing.

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Post by samfisher83 » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:17 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #16

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? G…

Everything is cyclical. You went from the Mainframes to PC era and not back to cloud computing (main frames). Amazon is kind of like sears.It started out as a catalog and then open retail store.

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Post by m3kw9 » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #16

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? G…

Amazon wouldn’t have brought Wholefoods if according to your logic. They can use Targets physical location to cover a lot of last mile delivery or more products to have those 2 hour deliveries.

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

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Post by rhombocombus » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

cracell wrote: post #24

mabbo wrote: post #16

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? G…

"Amazon's goal is to kill off traditional retail" What makes you think that's their goal?

I always thought their goal was to make piles of money, and that any collateral damage to traditional retail was incidental.

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Post by code_duck » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

el_benhameen wrote: post #15

athenot wrote: 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.

That seems to be standard with automated product recommendations. I recently purchased a coffee maker for my girlfriend. My Facebook account has become linked my credit card account, somehow, so Facebook has started showing me advertisements for the manufacturer of the coffee maker. There are at least a few faulty assumptions at work there.

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Post by dragonwriter » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

jbob2000 wrote: post #17

athenot wrote: 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.

How is that different from Whole Foods?