Book price wars escalate

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As Walmart and Amazon vie for the lowest online prices – Walmart.com have lowered their price on a handful of top selling hardcovers to $8.99, while Amazon remain at $9.00 Walmat CEO Raul Vazquez told the The Wall Street Journal last week that they “will go as low as we need to” in order to become a low-price leader. (Walmart and Amazon are buying at traditional discounts and selling at

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