Kroger/Instacart AI Test | McMillon @ HBR | France Shein Threats

  Instacart Debuts White-Label AI Shopping Chatbot in Enterprise Push at Bloomberg. “The company said Tuesday that its AI shopping assistant will be offered as part of its white-label e-commerce service, which powers the online shopping sites for some grocery chains like Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. and Publix Super Markets Inc. The chatbot will be […]

Target +Alpine Villages | Old Navy +Beauty | Boot Barn 1200?

  Target: Early Black Friday & Alpine Villages “…each of Target’s…stores will transform into nostalgic Alpine Villages filled with festive décor…(and) will have weekend events in each store throughout the season…Target’s three-day Early Black Friday Sale is back Nov. 6-8.” Press release   Advance Auto Parts Q3 comp sales +3.0% Press release   How a […]

Amazon -14K | Wayfair +8.1% | Mag Mile Fight

  Amazon laying off about 14,000 corporate workers as it invests more in AI at CNBC. “This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing market segments and altogether new ones),” Beth Galetti, SVP of people experience […]

T.Supply +3.9% | Dick’s Kills Dick’s | UK Shoplift +13%

  Tractor Supply Q3 comp store sales +3.9%  “Net Sales Increased 7.2%…Comparable Average Transaction Growth of 2.7%…Gross profit increased 7.7%” Press release   As many retailers shrink their footprints, Dick’s Sporting Goods goes big at CNBC. “The retailer is building more sprawling “House of Sport” stores, which typically come in at 120,000 to 150,000 square […]

NY Times Hits Amazon | Bible Sales +36% | Trading Cards +103%

  Inside Amazon’s Plans to Replace Workers With Robots at NY Times. “…interviews and a cache of internal strategy documents viewed by The New York Times reveal that Amazon executives believe the company is on the cusp of its next big workplace shift: replacing more than half a million jobs with robots.” NY Times subs. […]

WM IoT Sensors | Furner @ CNBC | That Darn Costco Chicken

  Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner says American manufacturing comeback is real at CNBC. “Furner was uncertain about the future (of tariffs). “As policies change, they’ll change. Environments will change. That happens. Commodities change,” he said. “We’ve landed in a place where we have more rollbacks going into the fall than we had at the beginning […]