{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fdbb3e765-753e-4b89-9318-4e720e8eff18","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Meta's Metaverse Moves, Zara's High-Tech Flagship, and Target's \"On-Again\" With thredUP","description":"In this week\u2019s Fast Five podcast, sponsored by\u00a0Microsoft, the\u00a0A&M Consumer and Retail Group,\u00a0Takeoff, and\u00a0Sezzle, A&M\u2019s Chad Lusk and Hemant Kalbag joined Anne as they debated:\n\n-An Earth Day Resale PR blitz from multiple retailers, including Target partnering up once again with ThredUP. \n-Zara\u2019s new knockout high-tech, half-warehouse flagship store in Madrid finally enabling mobile self-checkout for apparel.\n- Meta giving creators the green light to sell virtual goods in the metaverse\n- Santa Monica Place offering small businesses single day to 12 month leases leveraging Macerich\u2019s QuikSpace platform\n- And closed with a discussion about the most important uses for Wakefern\u2019s Simbe Robotics Trial run\nThere\u2019s all that, plus our favorite J-Lo songs, coffee-making robots, and the Etsy product most worth joining the seller strike for. \n\nTo learn more about Microsoft, visit:\u00a0www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/r\u2026cloud-for-retail\nTo learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit:\u00a0www.alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/\nTo learn more about Takeoff, visit:\u00a0www.takeoff.com/\nTo learn more about Sezzle, visit:\u00a0www.sezzle.com/\n\nPlus, check out our ranking in Feedspot\u2019s 45 Top Retail Podcasts:\u00a0blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/\nMusic by hooksounds.com","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/8a7383a7-0238-41df-900f-764d7a66adf5/artworks-unddlnmsbvinguxi-vuhknw-t3000x3000.jpg"}