Walmart is going after Amazon in a new way — and borrowing a strategy from Target

• Walmart is leaning more into its 4,700 US stores to fulfill orders for its growing e-commerce business.
• It's a strategy that rival Target has been laser-focused on for a decade, with notable success.
• Borrowing from Target's playbook could give Walmart a needed edge in its competition with Amazon.

Some rivalries are about more than winning against one opponent.

A good competition also teaches each player lessons that can be used in other matchups.