Thursday, June 13, 2019

Jet.com falls by wayside as Walmart focuses on its website, online grocery | Reuters

For the inevitable "mission accomplished" version, see Update on Our U.S. eCommerce Strategy and the Role of Jet | Walmart
"Walmart Inc on Wednesday announced a sweeping overhaul at Jet.com, an online start-up it acquired in 2016 for $3.3 billion, after it failed to live up to the world’s largest retailer’s e-commerce ambitions.

Walmart said it will integrate Jet.com’s retail, technology, marketing, analytics and product teams with its own online business. The current president of Jet.com, Simon Belsham, will leave in early August.

Walmart’s move reduces the scope and importance of Jet.com in its overall U.S. e-commerce business, which competes with Amazon.com Inc, according to interviews with six vendors, two consultants and three Walmart employees."
Jet.com falls by wayside as Walmart focuses on its website, online grocery | Reuters

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