In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed:
- The real reasons why Amazon would pull its Just Walk Out Technology out of its Fresh grocery stores and Whole Foods stores (Source: Payments Dive)
- Target installing cameras above its self-checkout machines (Source: Bloomberg)
- Kroger closing its three e-commerce facilities (Source: Grocery Dive)
- Costco offering Ozempic to some of its members (Source: CNN)
- And closed with a look at Home Depot’s recent acquisition of SRS (Source: Reuters)
There’s all that, plus this month’s OmniStar, gig driver nightmares, and all the new ways to screw up a burrito.
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube now
Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
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