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Marc Lore of Walmart at Recode. Link
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Square Cash app will allow free stock trades ala Robinhood. Link
Pepsi loyalty program to place rewards in your Venmo account. Link
Alexa now open for crowdsourcing. Link
Ford is giving up on subscription service. Link
Iger quits Apple’s board. Maybe because of the aggressive $4.99 pricing? Or was always bound to happen as Disney and Apple become closer rivals? Link
Moviepass is officially done. Link
And the truth as to why FedEx ditched Amazon comes out. UPS and FedEx have selected their horse in the ecommerce race. UPS chose Amazon (courier service and returns to stores) and FedEx chose Walmart. Link
Walmart formally launches their $98 subscription plan for shipping and will be in 50% of markets by year end. Link
Largest Direct to Consumer (D2C) advertisers (see image below). I would assume you see Wayfair remain #1 and Jet drop out of the top 10 in 2019.
Camera sales continue to fall off a cliff. Link
Off Topic
The Grandmaster Diet. Link