Every year, the release of transparency report by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) always comes with pomp and color. However, this was not the case with this year’s release of the second-half report.  It was a quiet event as it detailed the latest figures for 2016.  The total number of 1,583 different requests for the last six months of last year was slightly low compared to the previous quarter. Apparently, the retailer received 58 requests from outside the US. However, they did not disclose the source country of the 58 requests.

Let’s analyze what exactly the retailer received

The published records revealed that Amazon had a total of 194 search warrants. The company fully complied with 42% of them and 38% of the 1261 subpoenas received. From the 70 court orders, the company fully complied with 51% of them.  There were no removal orders for the six months but the retailer declined to disclose whether or not it had received any national security letter. However, they did confirm having received between zero and 249 national security requests.

Amazon and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) race for the market

Online business is quickly catching up with the market. This is the simple reason why Wal-Mart will not just watch Amazon strategize to catch up with the market growth. The world’s largest retailer will be offering a two-day shipping on expenditures of more than $35.  The offer will apply to 2 million products, which account for the vast majority of what its customers are purchasing.

This being one of the major changes within Wal-mart Marc Lore who is now president and CEO of Walmart U.S. eCommerce says “There won’t be too many products that you’ll want that won’t be available [for] two-day shipping.

However, it is not known what impact the new unfolding will have on the company’s margins. Amidst the speculations, Lore says that their pricing will not affected and at the same time customers should look forward to more changes as Wal-Mart embraces digitalized strategies.

Meanwhile, Amazon’s stock was trading at $839.95 witnessing an increase of $7.60 0.91%.