Just as Amazon Web Services is the profit center that powers much of Amazon’s other businesses, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon has been increasingly interested in expanding his company’s profit pools beyond its core retail business.
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Discussion Questions:
- What is e-commerce?
- What is a retailer?
- Why is e-commerce important to retailers?
- Based on information from this story, describe Walmart’s e-commerce technology.
- Why do you think Walmart is selling the tech to other retailers?
- How do you think the COVID-19 impacted retailers?
- How do you think the COVID-19 influenced consumer behavior when it comes to shopping habits?