[adventured]

Cost to become Wal-Mart: $62,655,000,000

Based on store counts times conservative numbers on the total cost of a new Wal-Mart. They might try building a bunch of small stores, but they're definitely not going to try to become Wal-Mart.

[jessaustin]

They want to skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it is. We can be certain that the Walmart of ten years from now will not be identical to the Walmart of today. Part of that difference will be Walmart's reactions to Amazon's own actions, but mostly it will be changed consumer expectations. Do you enjoy shopping for toiletries and similar consumables?