Amazon Exits Fresh, E-Grocery Booms & eBay Bans AI Bots | Fast Five

In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, A&M's Ken Cochran and Jon Malankar joined Chris and Anne to discuss:

1. Amazon shutting down its Amazon One palm recognition payment system and closing all 72 Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores (Source)
2. Grocery E-commerce hitting a record 19% penetration in December 2025 (Source)
3. Walmart launching a cross-border shipping program called Walmart Exports (Source)
4. eBay banning AI shopping bots from its platform (Source)
5. BJ's Wholesale opening its second small format BJ's Market in Delray Beach, Florida (Source)

There's all that, plus Ralph Lauren Olympic uniforms, Cracker Barrel meal mandates, and whether Ken prefers Taco Bell or Ruth's Chris.

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