This week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, was recorded live in front of an audience at Groceryshop. This week Chris and Anne discussed:

• Sam’s Club’s bold new store concept (Source)
• Instacart adding gamification to its Caper smart cart (Source)
• An Amazon and Whole Foods executive reportedly calling Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology “cumbersome” (Source)
• Google adding new visual search shopping features in time for the holidays (Source)
• And closed with a look at the retail subscription landscape in light of Kroger’s new tie-up with Disney+ (Source)

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