Dollar General's AI Leadership Move | Fast Five Shorts
Dollar General has appointed Travis Nixon as SVP of Artificial Intelligence, tasking him with using AI to optimize supply chain, store operations, and merchandising. But how long before every retailer...
17 Nov 20258min
Target's "10-4" Service Controversy | Fast Five Shorts
Target's new "10-4" policy requires employees to smile and wave at customers within 10 feet, and personally greet them within 4 feet. Is this explicit instruction necessary for today's workforce, or a...
17 Nov 20257min
Bath & Body Works Scents the Holidays | Fast Five Shorts
Bath & Body Works is bringing Fresh Balsam to Grand Central Terminal, movie theaters, and interactive mall kiosks in what beauty expert Kelly Carey calls "my favorite marketing campaign of the year." ...
17 Nov 20255min
Amazon vs. Perplexity Legal Showdown | Fast Five Shorts
Amazon is suing Perplexity AI over its Comet shopping agent, claiming it "covertly accesses Amazon customer accounts" and interferes with the curated shopping experience Amazon built over decades. But...
17 Nov 20259min
AI Shopping Hits Critical Mass | Fast Five Shorts
Adobe's October data reveals a game-changing milestone: generative AI traffic is now converting 16% BETTER than traditional sources—a complete 180 from three months ago when AI traffic converted 9% WO...
17 Nov 20257min
AI Commerce Surges, Amazon Sues Perplexity & We Are Over And Out On Target 10-4 | Fast Five
In this Retail Fast Five episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton are joined by the A&M Consumer and Retail G...
12 Nov 202555min
Lightning Round: Chat GPT Coaching, Sexiest Man Alive & Hand Massages | Fast Five Shorts
The Lightning Round gets wild this week! From a soccer coach using Chat GPT to devise winning defensive strategies, to Jonathan Bailey's Sexiest Man Alive title, to John Lewis offering hand massages f...
10 Nov 20253min
GrubHub Partners with Instacart | Fast Five Shorts
In a surprising move, GrubHub (owned by Mark Lore's Wonder super app) is partnering with Instacart to enable grocery delivery directly through the GrubHub platform. But this partnership raises major s...
10 Nov 20253min
