EP210 - Amazon Grocery and News Episode 210 is a recap of the weeks news, including eTailWest recap, Amazon Go Grocery,  Walmart new programs, impact of Coronavirus, and retailer earnings reports. eTail West recap Amazon Amazon Go Grocery Amazon Grocery Micro Fulfillment Amazon Basics Bedding Pop-Up Jason's Forbes article on digital grocery: The Race To Reinvent Grocery: How Amazon, Walmart And More Are Trying To Conquer The Space Coronavirus  US malls ‘will be hit hard’ if coronavirus worsens, study finds Walmart Walmart+ Walmart Fulfillment Service (WFS) Merchandising Reorg Other Saks - CEO Helena Foulkes to step down  Nordstrom - Erik Nordstrom named sole CEO L Brands - Sells Victoria Secret, Les Wexler steps down Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 210 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Google Automated Transcription of the show Transcript Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this episode being recorded on Wednesday March 4th 2020 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:37] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners there has been a ton going on in the world of retail. Amazon and e-commerce so tonight we are going to focus on the news for we do that Jason you before coronavirus hit you had done a little bit of traveling and now I think your wings are probably clipped a little bit. But you were a Tito West. Jason: [1:01] I was it was a tough duty to go to Palm Desert in the middle of a Chicago Street snow storm. Scot: [1:08] Toughen did you bring the family or you left them back there to deal with that while you were your sunbathing. Jason: [1:15] I did the the family did stay at home they they were certainly welcome to attend but I think they chose are my four and a half year old certainly did not choose to stay home but my wife chose to stay in Chicago, for her work in life apparently are kind of a big deal. Scot: [1:38] Yeah cool how is this. Jason: [1:38] I have some big news for you with my son those God I'm kind of depressed. I feel like my son my four and a half year old son is turning to the dark side of the force. Scot: [1:51] Everyone goes through a face there's a the the dark side is there's a big draw there. Jason: [1:59] That yeah I he's begging for like Darth Vader and kylo ren action figures and I drove him to school this morning and we had to sing Imperial March theme song over and over again. Scot: [2:13] Nice that's some quality parenting. Jason: [2:15] Yeah he totally has it down. Scot: [2:17] As long as he's in the universe and not you're not talking All-Star Trekkie then he can be on the dark side. Jason: [2:22] To my knowledge he does not know that Star Trek exist yet. Scot: [2:26] Good good. Jason: [2:27] But so yeah so that aside I did get to go to e-tail West last week which was a pleasure listeners may already know that because we already published one of the shows from e-tail I got to do an interview with Owen Comerford who's the CEO of Moose Jaw. Smooth jazz a great outdoor apparel retailer that was oddly purchased by Walmart a couple years ago. Scot: [2:56] Cool and he's stayed on to run de. Jason: [2:58] Yeah it's Moosa is famous for their clever and quirky marketing and oh and is actually the, the owner of that marketing so for a long time Owen was the CMO and was responsible for a lot of the campaign's that made him famous and then Owens boss the the CEO of left to go. Run Blue Nile and Owen was promoted to CEO so. Doing a good job there a Moose Jaw and then he has a side hustle Walmart also made h