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How are Brick and Mortars Holding Up in the Face of Amazon and Walmart’s Digital War?

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Amazon , once holding a monopoly over the online marketplace, is now slowly losing business in 2017 to a large gamut of companies following in their footsteps.  These companies now offer most of their products online, as well as in stores, for people to have more options.  What’s more is that brick and mortar stores can, at times, run out of products shoppers wish to obtain. One such company that is particularly making a name for itself is Walmart .  Business Insider noted that Walmart now seems to be Amazon’s number one competitor.  In the battle for stealing business from Amazon, Google and Walmart have partnered up . Walmart has a patent in for a floating distribution center . And, online buyers are taking notice, helping Walmart to be neck-in-neck with Amazon in the stock market . To take it to the next level, Walmart acquired Jet.com , exploding their reach and revenue. This massive move has helped Walmart increase the number of products shipped by 6...