In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, and Scratch Event DJs, Chris and Anne discussed:
- Macy’s shuttering some of its small format stores (Source)
- Amazon’s $11 Billion AI investment in the great state of Georgia (Source)
- Best Buy launching a new marketplace with Mirakl (Source)
- Amazon allowing online retailers to use its advertising tools (Source)
- And closed with a look at the 1 + 1 = 3 partnership between eBay and Facebook’s marketplace (Source)
There’s all that, plus Tim Robinson of Blue Yonder also stopped by for Five Insightful Minutes on combatting returns and a NYC-style lightning round, replete with long cab ride discussions about horseshoes, bad mice, and Anne’s brief stint as a tiara model.
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Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
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