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War Has Surprising Benefits Among Amazon Competitors Walmart and Target

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Mark Melin
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There are points where a “war” can be good for business. The current “war” between Amazon, Walmart and Target, for instance, has created a new set of “digital weaponry,” as a battle for market share has begun like no other, this all ahead of the biggest  battle of the year. But the winner, at least initially, is the consumer, says a Cowen report.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.