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EP158 - NYC Holiday Store Visits 

We're in the peak of the holiday season, which means Jason is going to be visiting stores.  This year he went to NYC and visited 33 new or updated store concepts.  If you'd like to follow the tour yourself, here the Retailgeek NYC Retail Map.

Some favorites this year included:

1. Nike
2. Dyson
3. Allbirds
4. Amazon 4 Star
5. Casper
6. Covergirl
7. FAO Schwarz
8. Glossier
9. Google Hardware
10. Macy’s (especially the B8ta shop-in-shop)
11. Showfields

Some disappointments included:

1. Restoration Hardware
2. Saks
3. Apple
4. Away

Amazon News

• Bloomberg article had a great piece about the 1099 amazon delivery network
• Amazon extended delivery window
• Amazon new air hub in DFW
• WSJ article on CRAPfest
• Amazon Go in airports
• Small format Amazon Go
• Opening Amazon Go in UK

Other News

IBM sold its commerce platform (Websphere) to HCL

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Episode 158 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Monday, December 17th, 2018.

Happy holidays everyone... talk to you in 2019!