{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F14e81f99-103a-4627-be7c-3fc1ecf09633","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Fast Five | Tesco Takes On Amazon Go While Instacart Jumps The Shark With Caper","description":"This week\u2019s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by\u00a0Takeoff, the\u00a0A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and\u00a0Attentive, was chock full of 10 out of 10 headlines.\n\nEvery story this week was big, some might even say, HUGE.\n\nWe have the first-ever retrofitted checkout-free store, a nonsensical +$300 million acquisition, a big scan-and-go test, an ultra fast move into NYC, and a subscription program that one major retailer continues to just piss down its leg.\n\nIn this week's Fast Five Podcast, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton:\n\n- Herald Tesco's new checkout-free store with Trigo in London as a landmark event in the history of in-store retailing.\n- Question Instacart's dumb smart cart acquisition of Caper (see what we did there?).\n- Fawn all over GoPuff and its move into New York City.\n- Shower love on Best Buy for its latest scan-and-go and 24/7 curbside pickup locker tests.\n- And end it all by giving Walmart a jolly good and right proper slagging for how it continues to make Walmart+ the most unimaginative subscription program in the history of retail.\n\nThere's all that, plus my favorite wine pairing with cheese made from goat's milk, Anne's aversion to Macy's Santa Clauses, and one big camelback.\n\nTo learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit:\u00a0https://alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/\n\nTo learn more about Takeoff, visit:\u00a0www.takeoff.com/\n\nTo learn more about Attentive, visit:\u00a0www.attentivemobile.com/omnitalk\n\nTo register for the Manifest conference, visit: www.manife.st\n\nPlus, check out our ranking in Feedspot\u2019s 45 Top Retail Podcasts:\u00a0blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/\n\nMusic by HookSounds.com","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/75e9e6cf-2a82-4a4e-a568-e70420f12ba7/artworks-mfq8dpdyppvsrrzm-qbcmha-t3000x3000.jpg"}