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    Walmart's Dot-Com Division Plays Catch-Up with Amazon

    America's biggest retailer is going online , while the country's leader in e-commerce is constructing new buildings . Walmart, known for big box stores full of discounted everything, from tires to organic milk to tires, is increasing its presence on line. In Amazon it has finally found a competitor it's worried about.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    America's biggest retailer is going online, while the country's leader in e-commerce is constructing new buildings. Walmart, known for big box stores full of discounted everything, from tires to organic milk to tires, is increasing its presence on line. In Amazon it has finally found a competitor it's worried about. Claire Cain Miller, who covers technology from San Francisco for the New York Times, has more on the competition between Walmart and Amazon to sell you just about everything.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      John Sepulvado

      KQED's 'The California Report'

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Claire Cain Miller

      New York Times

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