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RockRaven

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1. The same reason Amazon expands into.... well, everything.

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Original post)

Sat Sep 28, 2019, 12:16 AM

Sep 2019

Once you absolutely monopolize the sale of X to community A, you need to either find a different community (i.e., B) to sell X, OR you need to sell something else (i.e., Y) to community A, if you want to maintain revenue growth -- which is apparently the insatiable appetite which drives them.

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Walmart is going to [View all] I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 OP

The same reason Amazon expands into.... well, everything. RockRaven Sep 2019 #1

I've joked about it on DU before. hunter Sep 2019 #2

The Walmart doc.. appalachiablue Sep 2019 #3

To make money. And I'm sure they will. :/ NCLefty Sep 2019 #4