Shelly Banjo & Shira Ovide, Columnists

Jet Won't Save Walmart's Web Business

The startup is long hype, short on business plans.
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Walmart is an e-commerce also-ran. Buying tiny, struggling startups won't help the retailing giant get any better.

The world's largest retailer is in talks to snap up online retail startup Jet.com, according to a Wednesday report in The Wall Street Journal. It should tread lightly.