EP235 - Amazon Grocery, Walmart+, Holiday Preview

EP235 - Amazon Grocery, Walmart+, Holiday Preview

This episode covers the latest Amazon Grocery news, the launch of Walmart+, and our first look at holiday 2020.

Upcoming Events

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2. Publicis Livestream – Jason & Scot – Thursday, September 17 11:00AM ET Covid, Holiday 2020, and 2021
3. Digital Day North America Jason & Scot Keynote September 23 8:40-9:25am CT
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6. ShopTalk Meetup – Jason October 20-22 Measuring Ecommerce Success Against Fast-Changing Benchmarks.

Topics

1. Amazon Grocery

• Amazon Fresh – 40K "Non-Whole Foods" grocery concept. Dash Carts (Scan & Go). Microfullfilment? Woodland Hills open, two more free-standing coming to LA, one freestanding coming to Chicago, and a shop in shop with Kohls in LA.
• Amazon Go Grocery – 10K store with just-walk-out technology. A second location opens in Redmond. One coming to Washington DC.
• Wholefoods Digital Only – Darkstore opens in Brooklyn.

2. JCP acquired from bankruptcy by Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) and Brookfield Property Partners.

3. Walmart+ launch (and drone test)

4. Holiday Preview

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Episode 235 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday, September 10th, 2020.

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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.