Some of the headlines in today’s podcast:
- 84% of Amazon Prime Day customers shopped exclusively at
Amazon, with only 16% shopping at one other promotional event
- Costco's July net sales reached $19.26 billion, a 7.1% year-over-year increase
- Walmart captured 37% of the Q2 U.S. online grocery market, climbing 1.5% marking its highest share to date
- Uber’s Q2 revenues rose 8% in delivery
- DoorDash bolsters membership plan with Max
- Amazon enables direct sales via TikTok, Pinterest
- Sam’s Club brings retail media to Scan & Go tool
- Costco cracks down on card sharing
- Amazon has developed an advanced AI model for its Just Walk Out checkout technology
- Sainsbury’s speeds up in-store shopping with AI
- Albertsons adds delivery and pickup via Instacart
- Aldi adding Instacart’s omnichannel tech to US stores
- Amazon has increased its same- or nextday delivery rate by 30% year-over-year
- Amazon brings seven-hour Prime delivery to Canada
- Instacart partners with Ibotta to deliver digital coupons
- Gopuff takes RMN in-house
- eBay is investing in improving digital experiences for buyers and sellers alike through Gen AI-powered tools
- Pet supplement brand Pet Honesty launches at Target
