The Ledger
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Sinofsky: Removing SAP would cause auto manufacturers and Walmart to evaporate
“If you take SAP out of a large automobile manufacturer, there's no automobile manufacturer left. Or Walmart. Like the company just evaporates. Because the company is defined, not just by purchasing the software, not even by just using it, but by how they codif…”
Cal Turner Jr.: Dollar General stores located near Walmart performed better
“No, no, we're in the same markets. In fact, our stores close to Walmart, it seemed to Do better than our stores that weren't close to a Walmart.”
Riccitiello: Gaming industry is near the total end of physical media
“In the game industry we're not quite at the point where we've left behind all physical media, but we're close. And I can't talk about, you know, hardware launches that are coming next year that we are preparing in engineering and coming the year after that, bu…”
Yoo: Entrants like Walmart force traditional health systems to adapt
“Are feeling the pressure to really compete for our business, and it's not only that their reimbursements are shrinking and that the dynamics on the reimbursement side are very uncertain, but also that there's new entrants in the market, whether it be, you know…”
Valdez-Olmos: Honor partnered with Walmart for eldercare education centers
“Like we started a partnership with Walmart where we opened up care education centers inside of specific Walmart stores in Texas.”
Non-transparent consumer debt options restrict retail sales for stores like Walmart
“Walmart wants to sell more stuff. They would sell more stuff. They can't sell more stuff because people are hesitant to buy it because they don't know what going into debt for this particular item has or what that means for them.”
Johnson: Amazon operates primarily as the Walmart of the internet
“Now, you know, people like Amazon are actually the Walmart of the internet. I think we all know that, and they're helping people buy things at low price online.”
Rampell: First-gen financial managers lack level three transaction data
“The reason why you can't answer that query today using existing PFMs is PFMs do not get level three transaction data. They don't know what you bought at Starbucks. They don't know what you bought at Walmart. They just know that you spent 19 dollars at Starbuck…”
Justin Mares: Costco and Walmart are top US organic food sellers
“Things like Costco and Walmart are the two largest sellers of organic products in the country.”
Chan: BuzzFeed's Tasty partners with Walmart to sell physical kitchen products
“Tasty is partnering with Walmart to sell actual physical kitchen goods.”
Chan: Walmart uses WeChat mini programs in China for retargeting and self-checkout
“When you're shopping in the supermarket, you use WeChat, a mini program, and you check out as you go. Now it's great. Consumers get this frictionless checkout experience. You don't have to wait in line. That's fantastic. But the real winner is actually Walmart…”