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Episode 25 - Retail Apocalypse, NY Store Visits, and Other News

NY Store Visits:

• Ralph Lauren - Magic Mirror (Oak Labs)
• Barney’s - Chelsea
• Macy’s One Below (and Etsy)
• Samsung 837 \
• LuluLemon Lab

Retail Apocalypse

• TSA filed bankruptcy and is liquidating
• Aeropostale filed for bankruptcy, closing 5 stores asap
• WSJ Article: Retail is overbuilt
• WSJ Article: Free shipping crowding out small businesses
• Mall traffic is down
• Promotions driving a race to the bottom

Misc News:

• eBay Enterprise rebrands as Radial
• Paypal onetouch working well
• Target inventory tracking robot, Tally
• Target and lancome first snapchat ecommerce ads
• Bonobos - guideshop is working! 
  
  

Upcoming events:

• We’ll be both be at shoptalk May 15-18 in Vegas

Episode 25 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, May 5th, 2016.

http://retailgeek.com/podcast

Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.