Amazon Ads, Best Buy’s Marketplace & Macy’s Ever-Changing Strategic Narrative | Fast Five
Podcast:Omni Talk Retail Published On: Tue Jan 14 2025 Description: 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 $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 eBaby 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 at a tiara model. Music by hooksounds.com