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.

1. CommerceLive – Jason September 15, Noon ET.       
   Panel: Retailer Search Strategies — What’s Working and What’s Worth It?
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
4. Channel Advisor Connect – Jason & Scot October 7th
5. Texas A&M Retail Summit Jason October 9th  9:50am CT
6. ShopTalk Meetup – Jason October 20-22
   Measuring Ecommerce Success Against Fast-Changing Benchmarks.     

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.

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

1. Walmart+ launch (and drone test)

1. 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.