Fast Five | Amazon’s Just Walk Out Noise, Target’s Self-Checkout Cameras & Why Kroger Spoke Too Soon

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed:

• The real reasons why Amazon would pull its Just Walk Out Technology out of its Fresh grocery stores and Whole Foods stores (Source: Payments Dive)
• Target installing cameras above its self-checkout machines (Source: Bloomberg)
• Kroger closing its three e-commerce facilities (Source: Grocery Dive)
• Costco offering Ozempic to some of its members (Source: CNN)
• And closed with a look at Home Depot’s recent acquisition of SRS (Source: Reuters)

There’s all that, plus this month’s OmniStar, gig driver nightmares, and all the new ways to screw up a burrito.

P.S. We are also gearing up for CommerceNext out in NYC in June. Scaled retailers and brands can register for FREE with code “FASTFIVE” in the referral field. Secure your spot now — head to commercenext.com/conference/ and don’t forget to use “FASTFIVE”

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