{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F9bed91ce-6446-4e9b-ad5d-ae8c568a481a","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Fast Five | Just Shippin\u2019 It With Sam\u2019s Club","description":"In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, and Takeoff Anne Mezzenga and guest host Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali discuss:\n\n-Instacart\u2019s powerhouse move, bringing over yet another Facebook Exec, Fidji Simo, to be the company\u2019s CEO and what this indicates for the direction company may be headed in.\n \n-Why Sam\u2019s Club adding Scan & Ship is so much more than a new app feature and may open them up to an entirely new consumer.\n\n-Apple\u2019s new Apple Pay Later platform unlocking interest-free installment payments for all Apple Pay users and how it could take BNPL mainstream.\n\n-7-Eleven\u2019s rollout of mobile checkout to 3,000 stores and Sucharita\u2019s suggestions for retailers when dealing with Big Tech in rolling out these initiatives.\n\n-Asos opening up Nordstrom to the international market with their new co-owned brands and future partnership.\n\nAnne and Sucharita also talk about everything else they\u2019d rather eat before trying Kraft Mac & Cheese Ice Cream, a Sucharita-inspired line of sneakers for Porsche, and what they\u2019d be wearing to an after-party at \u201cDisco Kroger\u201d had it not shut down this past week.\n\nTo learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit: www.alvarezandmarsal.com/industries/retail/retail\n\nTo learn more about Takeoff, visit: www.takeoff.com/\n\nYou can follow Sucharita Kodali here: https://twitter.com/smulpuru","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b8c3e5cb-5bb9-4c45-885e-8fbfac808cfa/artworks-i7htxvpboomzslg1-b9bo8w-t3000x3000.jpg"}