What surprises me is that in many European countries, you can now order ALL of your groceries delivered.
You place an order, and someone physically walks around a local supermarket, picks up stuff, they put on a van, and it is delivered to your home. It is actually very inexpensive (and free if you spend enough).
Yet nobody in the US does that (well nobody outside of big cities). Walmart right now today has a HUGE advantage, they can deliver products impossible to Amazon like fresh fruit and veg, meats, and all kinds of things.
But yet, do they? No. Walmart already has "warehouses" in every state, city, location. They're called stores. But instead of double dipping on that advantage, they keep using them as traditional retailers while Amazon rules the home delivery advantage.
Amazon are currently moving into an area Walmart already has an advantage in (being local) but because Walmart under utilises their advantage to such a large degree, Amazon is left alone to do so.
You place an order, and someone physically walks around a local supermarket, picks up stuff, they put on a van, and it is delivered to your home. It is actually very inexpensive (and free if you spend enough).
Yet nobody in the US does that (well nobody outside of big cities). Walmart right now today has a HUGE advantage, they can deliver products impossible to Amazon like fresh fruit and veg, meats, and all kinds of things.
But yet, do they? No. Walmart already has "warehouses" in every state, city, location. They're called stores. But instead of double dipping on that advantage, they keep using them as traditional retailers while Amazon rules the home delivery advantage.
Amazon are currently moving into an area Walmart already has an advantage in (being local) but because Walmart under utilises their advantage to such a large degree, Amazon is left alone to do so.