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dwighttk on Dec 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Target to Buy Shipt for $550M

How in the world can they make money on $99/yr?

kennethologist on Dec 13, 2017 [–]

The markup on the grocery items they "sell" via their service.

dwighttk on Dec 14, 2017 | [–]

The reason I've been seeing people subscribe and save on Amazon was heavily predicated on the "save" portion and only slightly on the "don't have to go to the store" portion. But maybe my sample isn't representative.

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