Cookies, Amazombies & The Target Chatbot Store Associates Reportedly Hate

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed:

• If Target’s new in-store chatbot is really the “sh*tbot” Forbes makes it out to be (Source: Forbes)
• Best Buy’s push into video (Source: Chain Store Age)
• Simbe Robotics’ new remote planogram monitoring solution (Source: Grocery Dive)
• Google’s big Chrome cookie pivot (Source: WSJ)
• And closed with a look at whether any retailers should let Amazombies, aka Amazon package returners, into their stores (Source: Yahoo News)

There’s all that, plus A&M’s John Clear stopped by to give us 5 Insightful Minutes on what retailers can do to combat shrinkage, along with teenage dirtbags, french fries, and how much Anne and Chris both despise putting fitted sheets on their beds.

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