Tech Infused Retail Monday Morning Reads #315 - Q3 Retail Sales, Jet Gives Up, Spotify Wants to Dominate

Featured Tweet or Podcast

  • The man behind Disney+. Link


Links

  • Q3 Retail Sales: Long Live Off-Price & Mass, Death to Department Stores (Link)

  • Uber loses London license. Link

  • Amazon Dash Shelf can automatically order new office supplies as they run out. Link

  • Amazon most valuable brand, passing Apple and Google. Link

  • Google Duplex can now book movie tickets in UK and US. Link

  • How our home delivery habit is reshaping the physical world. Link

  • Jet gives up on fresh grocery delivery (estimated loss of $20 on every order). Link

  • Walmart plans to release Advertising API to enable selling of Sponsored Products ads. Link

  • Inside Spotify’s plan to dominate audio by spending millions to court Jordan Peele, Mark Wahlberg and the Obamas. Link

  • Loblaws opens ecommerce marketplace. Link

  • Apple removes customer reviews from online store to hide the lemons (Homepod). Link

  • Target hasn’t seen much success with adding 3rd party sellers to their marketplace. Link

  • ByteDance (owner of TikTok) looking to launch music streaming service. Link

  • Wayfair gets serious about AR and 3D. Link

Off Topic

  • I found work on Amazon. I made 97 cents an hour. Link