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From Wondery, I'm Elaine Appleton-Granton for David Brown.

This is Business Wars Daily on Thursday, August 9th.

For a $500 billion company with Walmart's business savvy, one recent failed corporate experiment to compete with Amazon was more than a little surprising.

The pain in delivering to online customers is in the so-called last mile. That's the distance between the retailer and the customer's doorstep. It's often the most expensive part of the trip. Walmart, which has an $11 billion e-commerce business, offers some delivery and some in-store

pickup, and it's promising same-day grocery delivery by the end of the year in many markets.

The company wants to increase efficiency

while wringing costs out of last-mile delivery

and, you know, compete better with Amazon,

which recently reported quarterly profits of $2.5 billion.

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