Fast Five Shorts | Amazon To Sell Ad Tec...

Chris Walton puts Jenn Hahn in the Fast Five lightning round, covering everything from Stella Lefty and back-to-school shopping to Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies, fantasy football picks, and plenty more retail-free fun.▶️ Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/VL3 ... Show More

TikTok Shop is reportedly testing a paid Shop Plus membership that could offer free shipping, discounts, and coupons as the platform looks to keep shoppers from leaving for Amazon.Chris Walton and Jenn Hahn discuss whether TikTok’s rapid growth and social-first shopping experienc ... Show More

Amazon says more than 350 million shoppers have used Alexa for shopping over the past year, with active users nearly doubling and customer interactions increasing fivefold.Chris Walton and Jenn Hahn discuss whether Amazon is best positioned to move AI shopping beyond discovery an ... Show More

Adobe wants to be a customer experience platform, and a discount retailer is upscaling.  (0:21) Deidre Woollard and Asit Sharma discuss:  - Adobe’s quarter, and issues acquiring Figma.  - Tech companies rushing to launch generative AI.  - Five Below converting stores to Five Be ... Show More

Walmart delivers big online sales. Target and Williams-Sonoma hit all-time highs. Home Depot and Lowe’s fall on earnings. Amazon gets into the pharmacy business. And Radio Shack returns! Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Jason Moser discuss those stories and weigh in on the lat ... Show More

As if everything weren’t already enough, Amazon now sells cars. (00:14) Asit Sharma and Mary Long discuss: - Disruptions to traditional car dealerships. - Amazon’s next potential venture. - The rise and fall of GM’s driverless ambitions. Then, (18:40) Jim Gillies and Ricky Mulvey ... Show More

Amazon rebuffs the Big Apple. Coke fizzles while Pepsi sparkles. And NVIDIA stops the bleeding. Analysts Andy Cross, Ron Gross, and Jason Moser discuss those stories and talk Activision Blizzard, Shopify, Restaurant Brands International, and UnderArmour. Plus, corporate governanc ... Show More

A discount retailer sheds some branches; a pet supply store picks up a few extra treats. (00:21) Tim Beyers and Mary Long discuss the difference in dollar stores and Chewy’s latest earnings. Then, (16:36), Tom Gardner and Andy Cross talk with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim for a cl ... Show More

Retail sales rebound in May. Walmart teams up with Shopify. Spotify teams up with DC Comics. Wirecard plummets on accounting concerns at the German payment firm. And Groupon investors react to quarterly results and a 1-for-20 reverse stock split. Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross a ... Show More

This week Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by the New York Times’ “On Tech” columnist Shira Ovide for an all-tech deep dive. Starting with the war in Ukraine, they explore the tech giants’ grappling with Russian restrictions, Amazon’s inflated image as the omnipotent retail ... Show More

Looking at the company and stock behind the summer shopping event. (00:21) Anand Chokkavelu, Jason Hall, and Matt Frankel discuss: - The Aug.1 tariffs - This year’s four-day Prime Day (and whether Amazon stock is a deal) - Elon Musk’s political party and Tesla - Bold predictions ... Show More

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:01) > In this episode of the McKinsey on Consumer and Retail podcast, three senior partners discuss the changes that will fuel the next generation of growth for consumer-packaged-goods companies.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy f ... Show More

Why do so many Amazon packages take a pitstop in the small town of Roundup, Montana? Find out in this episode of Reset, the new tech podcast from Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Jason Del Rey and Reset host Arielle Duhaime-Ross discuss how Amazon's Marketplace has creat ... Show More