In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, and Scratch Event DJs, Chris and Anne discussed:

Macy’s shuttering some of its small format stores (Source)
Amazon's $11 Billion AI investment in the great state of Georgia (Source)
Best Buy launching a new marketplace with Mirakl (Source)
Amazon allowing online retailers to use its advertising tools (Source)
And closed with a look at the 1 + 1 = 3 partnership between eBay and Facebook’s marketplace (Source)

There’s all that, plus Tim Robinson of Blue Yonder also stopped by for Five Insightful Minutes on returns management, and we also had a NYC-style lightning round, replete with long cab ride discussions about horseshoes, bad mice, and Anne’s brief stint as a tiara model.

To read Blue Yonder's comprehensive report on returns, head here: https://chat.blueyonder.com/reimagine-returns?utm_medium=paid&utm_source=omnitalk&utm_campaign=jan25&utm_content=tim

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