The Disruptive Trio of Amazon, TikTok and Temu Continue to Evolve

Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In this episode:

News You Can Use

• Amazon have upgraded their Just Walk Out technology with multi-modal technology.
• ThredUp announced a series of new AI-powered features to assist shoppers.
• TikTok and Temu have scaled massively recently, but they are now looking to adjust their fees and terms as they look to convert revenue growth into profitability growth.
• Holland and Barrett have invested in security and anti-theft monitoring technology and have shared data about the level of crimes observed.
• In the UK, retail stores and colleagues are facing disruption and a tsunami of criminal offences as riots and looting get out of control.
• B&Q is exploring quick commerce and is partnering with Deliveroo to launch rapid deliveries in London and is also working with DPD to offer robotic deliveries in Milton Keynes.
• John Lewis is looking to transform their customer experience when it comes to retail media.

The Shopping Trip

This week, two retailers go head-to-head with their recent livestream shopping events. eBay collaborated with Love Island to offer exclusive items from the TV show. Whilst Walmart and P&G worked together to set up an Olympic-themed livestream event.

Both were very different so we're looking at what worked and what didn't. And discover which event came out on top.

Watch the livestream replays:

eBay x Love Island and their preloved event

Walmart x P&G and their Olympic-themed event

And Finally

Walmart is using 'depackaging' technology to process waste packaged food in stores, creating a clean recyclable waste stream and unlocking a food stream too.

Listen to this episode of The Retail Show to stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. Enjoy listening.