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Amazon surpasses Walmart in U.S. revenue

BobPSU92

BobPSU92

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This is what we’re up against.

From Fortune, reported U.S. revenue for 2025:

Amazon: $716.9 B
Walmart: $713.2 B

This puts Amazon first on the next Fortune 500 ranking, to be released in June.

Walmart had been #1 for the past 13 years.

Fortune goes on to say that the two companies are similar today, focusing on e-commerce, automation, data, and advertising on the one hand and physical infrastructure and everyday essentials on the other.

Beasts.
 
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DaytonRickster said:
Not only your wife, SO MANY others. LOL
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The one that kills me is the over ordering for "trying it on" purposes. We buy 5 different sizes because "I'll just return the ones that don't fit." Meanwhile the credit card closes for the month and I get stuck with a $300 bill that won't get a return credit until the next billing cycle. And that credit will get off-set by more purchases on the next billing cycle, so those purchases are basically "free" in my wife's eyes. Freakin' a.

My second favorite is when we don't even remember what we ordered before we open the boxes.
 
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Do you think Bezos may want to throw an easy $100 million toward Penn State NIL? Basketball could really use it.
 
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PSUForever

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BiochemPSU said:
The one that kills me is the over ordering for "trying it on" purposes. We buy 5 different sizes because "I'll just return the ones that don't fit." Meanwhile the credit card closes for the month and I get stuck with a $300 bill that won't get a return credit until the next billing cycle. And that credit will get off-set by more purchases on the next billing cycle, so those purchases are basically "free" in my wife's eyes. Freakin' a.

My second favorite is when we don't even remember what we ordered before we open the boxes.
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Yep the fun task of reconciling your cc bill with all the Amazon purchases to make sure the charges are legit and not fraud. Did we charge $X on Amazon on January whatever? What was it? On and on....
 
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katatonic2

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Blair10 said:
Competition drives innovation, research, improved products and services, and often leads to lower consumer prices.

Capitalism is a beautiful thing.
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Except there is less and less competition as a few companies end up dominating their sectors, resulting in monopoly like practices.

Especially true as there is merger after merger after merger (or private equity snaps up companies only to run them into the ground by leveraging them to the hilt - Circuit City, The Sports Authority, Toys-r-Us, Bed Bath & Beyond, etc).
 
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BobPSU92

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katatonic2 said:
Except there is less and less competition as a few companies end up dominating their sectors, resulting in monopoly like practices.

Especially true as there is merger after merger after merger (or private equity snaps up companies only to run them into the ground by leveraging them to the hilt - Circuit City, The Sports Authority, Toys-r-Us, Bed Bath & Beyond, etc).
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Party City shut down in the past couple of years. Folks just go to Target, Walmart, or Amazon.
 
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BobPSU92 said:
This is what we’re up against.

From Fortune, reported U.S. revenue for 2025:

Amazon: $716.9 B
Walmart: $713.2 B

This puts Amazon first on the next Fortune 500 ranking, to be released in June.

Walmart had been #1 for the past 13 years.

Fortune goes on to say that the two companies are similar today, focusing on e-commerce, automation, data, and advertising on the one hand and physical infrastructure and everyday essentials on the other.

Beasts.
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Can we get them to donate to our NIL. Walmart Field at West Shore Stadium?
 
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