Wal-Mart Vs. Amazon (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Quick, who’s bigger? Amazon or Wa-Mart? Well, it depends how you measure. Sheer stuff sold? Wal-Mart. Value of the company? Amazon. Worth billions more now. Stuff sold on line? Amazon, by a long shot. And there’s the battle. Wal-Mart conquered the retail world in the ’80s and ’90s, with its wave of superstores that put mom and pop out of business. Now, Amazon is the tsunami of online shopping. Everything’s flooding online. Wal-Mart is racing to get in, get on, catch up. Just as Amazon opens its first brick and mortar store. What? This hour On Point, battle of the retail titans. Amazon versus Wal-Mart. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/11/04/amazon-walmart-e-commerce-economy