Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Who’s Winning: Walmart or Amazon?

If one online retailer could ever challenge big-box retailer Walmart, it would be Amazon.com.
Amazon already surpasses Walmart in areas such as customer service ranking, acquisitions, online presence and — believe it or not — prices.
The biggest area where Walmart is still ahead by leaps and bounds is overall revenue. The retail giant bags more than $408 billion annually, while Amazon takes $34 billion. But Amazon is projected to close that gap by 2024, which is still admittedly a long way off.
And Walmart is still much bigger than Amazon in terms of sheer size and reach. With more than 2 million employees and a customer base of 200 million people each week — that’s one out of ever seven consumers in the market — Walmart is by far the heavyweight in this match-up.
Here’s an infographic from OnlineMBA.com showing the competitors head-to-head.
Where would you rather do your shopping? Do you prefer one outlet over the other, or do you shop at both depending on your needs and circumstances?
 

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