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Walmart Sneaking Into Groupon Territory?

Caught this today on facebook, and attempting to break a weeks long post drought. Anyway, don’t recall hearing much about it but seems Walmart is quietly getting into the group buying game:

I guess if it were any other company I’d wonder why they didn’t go the route of partnering up with Groupon and leverage and existing loyal base of fans. But, given that it’s Walmart, and playing nice/cooperating isn’t exactly their thing, suppose it’s not too surprising. Plays right into their singular focus on prices. And I’m sure they’ll see some success through it. Though I have to wonder, is it yet another attempt to crush a startup/existing business through sheer size and scale? Seems so. And it’s the reason I’ll be sticking to Groupon, thank you very much.

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