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Amazon and Walmart have waged a decades-long battle for online retail dominance, as told in a new book by business journalist Jason Del Rey.

Cetera. china, by contrast, is deeply integrated into the world economy. it is now the world's leading trading nation in goods. according to the economists, they traded more with china. today, that has flipped. last year, china replaced the u.s. as the european union's largest trading partner in goods. china needs american consumers for its economic growth, but conversely, many of america's largest companies from general motors to apple to nike, need the chinese market. the walmart effect. the availability of low-priced goods to every kind of americans have been closely tied to sourcing from c...

Begin to squeeze down the costs a little bit, they make you trim what you're doing. before you know it, your business isn't your own anymore. you're being dictated to. so, i see the walmart effect happen quite a lot. >> i think it's important to set expectations and communicate so that if people know you're a smaller company and you get the story out about the business and that there is some scarcity, whether it's by choice or just by the level of your operations, people understand that will drive up the value of the product and, you know, you'll get a pass. i think where it becomes an issue l...

I think it is wonderful and refreshing to hear people say they have a choice. you can chose to have a great workplace or a great product rather than just trying to go for growth all the time. >> the scenario that suddenly oprah calls you up or someone big and you're not really set up for it but she suddenly is going to mention your gummy bear. do you turn it down? >> you don't necessarily need to connect the production and selling of the product with the publicity impact. for a lot of businesses, something much more mundane might be for a walmart to call you up. >> let's say walmart. >> you go...