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Amazon vs Costco, Walmart 🛒

And, Dogecoin's mining support jump.

October 02, 2025

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Amazon vs Costco, Walmart 🛒

Amazon $AMZN ( â–² 0.48% ) ticked up 0.48% on Wednesday after introducing a private-label food brand, challenging both Costco $COST ( â–¼ 0.9% ) and Walmart $WMT ( â–¼ 1.07% ) in the process.

Details: Called Amazon Grocery, the new brand features over 1,000 high-quality food items. Most products are priced under $5 to provide value for customers.

Powering the Story: The launch of Amazon’s private-label food brand on Wednesday allows the technology giant to tap into the growing market of consumers looking for more affordable grocery options. It also means that Amazon Grocery is a direct competitor to Costco's Kirkland Signature and Walmart's Great Value.

Stock Price: Costco fell 0.90% on Wednesday. Walmart dropped 1.06%.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Amazon’s new private-label food brand is a major, direct challenge to both Costco and Walmart. Both competitors should be concerned about potential impacts, but the threat level differs for each.

  • Costco is more vulnerable in the near term due to overlap in value shoppers.

  • Walmart must adapt quickly to retain share against Amazon’s aggressive, convenient, value-oriented grocery presence.

  • Both Costco and Walmart also have advantages, including bulk savings and customer loyalty.

Final Thoughts: Walmart’s stock is up 13% this year. Costco is up less than 1% in 2025, and Amazon’s stock is flat.

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: AngioDynamics (Nasdaq: ANGO).

Notable IPOs Today: AA Mission Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: YSY), Starry Sea Acquisition Corp Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: SSEA), Highview Merger Corp. Class A Ordinary Share (Nasdaq: HVMC), Commercial Bancgroup, Inc. Common Stock (Nasdaq: CBK).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: N/A.

Notable Economic Events Today: Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Factory Orders (10:00 a.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

Dogecoin's Mining Support Jump

The price of Dogecoin $DOGE.X ( â–² 5.61% ) jumped about 6% on Wednesday after a digital asset accumulator announced a new loan to expand mining for the popular meme cryptocurrency.

Details: Thumzup Media Corporation $TZUP ( â–² 6.8% ) announced Tuesday that it will give DogeHash Technologies a $2.5 million loan to expand its mining capabilities.

Price: Dogecoin is up about 17% in the last 30 days, but the price is still down about 20% this year.

Final Thoughts: With Dogecoin’s status as a so-called meme coin, it might be tough for some investors to trust it.

Intel Talking to AMD

Intel $INTC ( â–² 7.12% ) jumped 7.12% on Wednesday after Semafor reported that it is in early talks to add AMD $AMD ( â–² 1.37% ) as a customer at its factories.

Final Thoughts: Intel, which has been gaining more industry support in recent weeks, is up about 48% in the last 30 days.

Good Question: How high can Bitcoin price go in October? (Cointelegraph)

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