EP235 - Amazon Grocery, Walmart+, Holiday Preview This episode covers the latest Amazon Grocery news, the launch of Walmart+, and our first look at holiday 2020. Upcoming Events CommerceLive – Jason September 15, Noon ET.        Panel: Retailer Search Strategies — What’s Working and What’s Worth It? Publicis Livestream – Jason & Scot –     Thursday, September 17 11:00AM ET Covid, Holiday 2020, and 2021 Digital Day North America Jason & Scot Keynote September 23 8:40-9:25am CT Channel Advisor Connect – Jason & Scot October 7th Texas A&M Retail Summit Jason October 9th  9:50am CT ShopTalk Meetup – Jason October 20-22 Measuring Ecommerce Success Against Fast-Changing Benchmarks.      Topics Amazon Grocery Amazon Fresh – 40K “Non-Whole Foods” grocery concept. Dash Carts (Scan & Go). Microfullfilment? Woodland Hills open, two more free-standing coming to LA, one freestanding coming to Chicago, and a shop in shop with Kohls in LA. Amazon Go Grocery – 10K store with just-walk-out technology. A second location opens in Redmond. One coming to Washington DC. Wholefoods Digital Only – Darkstore opens in Brooklyn. JCP acquired from bankruptcy by Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) and Brookfield Property Partners. Walmart+ launch (and drone test) Holiday Preview Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 235 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday, September 10th, 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. Transcript Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 235 being recorded on Thursday September 10th 2020 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:39] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott sure listeners Jason you and I have been at this retail thing long enough to know that once Labor Day it, it’s it means we focus all our attention and energy into holiday so because of that we have we’re going to talk about that a little bit on this show but we also have a bunch of news to cover but before we dig into that let’s talk about some events we have coming up. Jason: [1:05] Yeah Scott I feel like you and I are wildly Overexposed over the next two months. Scot: [1:10] Well the Kardashians show was canceled so I think this is our opportunity to really push and fill that slot. Jason: [1:16] Yeah if you like there’s a dearth of content out there and you and I are rising to the occasion. Scot: [1:22] Absolutely we’re here for you America. Jason: [1:24] So with that in mind I am doing six public events in the next two months so the first one is coming up next week is on Tuesday September 15th. It’s Commerce alive which is a virtual conference that profiteering launched right after we all started getting. Locked in for covid so this is the third installment and they’ve been super popular so I’m looking forward to. To doing this one next week I’ll be moderating a panel on retail our search strategies and we’ll be talking about like what what things have worked and what things have changed as a result of the pandemic so that should be interesting and that’s free too, anyone that wants to attend I’ll put a link in the show notes but then Thursday of next week September 17. You and I are doing a show together that’s going to be a free LiveStream on LinkedIn that’s hosted by my employer publicist. Scot: [2:22] Yeah do I have to know French for this one. Jason: [2:24] You do not have to know French but you do have to know that you’ll likely have the potential to get me fired. Scot: [2:30] Who. Jason: [2:31] Yeah I don’t know if that’s a plus or a minus for you but you know if you haven’t thought it through I’m probably living with you if