Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

In Sam Walton's autobiography, he mentions just that kind of store as the sort of place that can compete with Walmart:

* They can specialize more than Walmart can, and be real experts in what they are selling, which Walmart is never really going to do.

* They can focus on quality and not compete on price.

* They can get to know their customers and their town in a way that Walmart can't.

Amazon is pretty similar to Walmart from that point of view and the same approach would likely work.

Interesting book, BTW, I reviewed it here:

http://davids-book-reviews.blogspot.it/2013/07/sam-walton-ma...



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: