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In this week’s Fast Five, A&M’s John Clear and Kelly Carey join Chris and Anne to discuss Amazon’s FTC woes, Kroger’s Marketplace store, Nike’s launch of refurbished.nike.com, Best Buy Drops, and Albertsons’ new Flash 30 minute delivery and pickup program.
Chris and Anne discuss Walmart doing late-night and text delivery, Kroger’s sudden halt to automated microfulfillment expansion, IKEA’s revelation that its customers actually enjoy its maze-like store layout, Mashgin at Couche-Tard, and the launch of TikTok Shop.
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, Chris and Anne discuss the drastic steps Giant Food has taken to thwart theft, Amazon partnering with Shopify on Buy With Prime, Under Armour hiring John Varvatos, JCP’s $1 billion turnaround plan, and Ulta tripling its number of ship-from-store locations.
Chris and Anne discuss Starbucks going scanless at the drive-thru, Shein and Forever 21’s new partnership, Amazon taking its Just Walk Out technology to campus convenience stores with Grubhub, Gap’s collaboration with Macy’s, and Sephora piloting mobile employee checkout.
In this week’s episode of the Retail Fast Five, A&M’s Chad Lusk and Ben Lowden joined Chris and Anne to discuss Dick’s shrinkage problem, Aldi’s major store expansion plans, Etsy’s new baby registry, Trader Joe’s hubris surrounding self-checkout, and Amazon’s decision to lay waste to a large number of its private label brands.
A&M’s Chad Lusk stops by to give 5 Insightful Minutes on in-store grocery tech, while Chris and Anne also discuss Nike getting into the gym business, Wawa’s new shelfless store pilot in Philly, AR mirrors at JD Sports, Amazon Hub, and the huge news that Amazon has taken its Just Walk Out tech into apparel.
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, Chris and Anne discuss Overstock becoming Bed Bath & Beyond, Amazon’s “big” grocery news, Poshmark adding visual search, Clevon doing multi-parcel autonomous delivery in Texas, and Gap’s latest CEO hire.
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, A&M’s Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to discuss NRF’s Back-to-School predictions, Schnucks piloting smart carts with Instacart, H&M selling more third-party products, Signet Jewelers offering resale, and Target’s decision to allow its store employees to wear shorts.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Walmart’s aggressive Back-to-School pricing, Google calling it quits on its shopping marketplace, YouTube leaning into video shopping, Ashley attempting to rebrand itself with in-person marketing events, and Dollar General dipping its toes into Just Walk Out-like technology.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss the new INFORM legislation out of Washington, the Amazon and Ocado rumors, another Amazon Go store closure, DoorDash offering hourly pay to its drivers, and Dollar Tree’s decision to expand into higher price points.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, A&M’s Chad Lusk and David Schneidman join Chris and Anne to discuss Walmart’s partnership with NBCUniversal, Sweetgreen’s plans to deploy robots in EVERY store, REI opening another store devoted entirely to resale, Shein expanding its marketplace, and Mercedes Benz putting ChatGPT into 900,000 cars.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Nike broadening out its wholesale distribution, Stitch Fix’s new CEO, Walmart piloting AI with employees, Overstock’s bid for Bed Bath, and Uber car sharing.
Chris and Anne discuss the idea of free mobile phone service with Amazon Prime, Walmart radio ads in-store, Petco’s new flagship in NYC, Foxtrot’s biggest store yet, and Instacart using ChatGPT for search.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Kroger’s Cooler Screens rollout, Instagram search advertising, Ulta placing fragrances behind locked doors, the “Summer of DashPass,” and what would motivate a Stanford grad to reimagine the pawn shop.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Walmart’s new microfulfillment center in Arkansas, Wakefern’s Freeosk pilot, Uber debuting group buying for groceries, Walmart’s new partnership with Pawp, and Amazon adding ID verification to its Amazon One palm payment system.
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