Kroger Buys Giant Eagle, Lowe's Extends The Aisle & NJ Passes A Wacky Grocery Bill | Fast Five
In this week's OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by recurring Fast Five favorite Ben Miller, independent retail analyst and former VP of Content at Shoptalk, to discuss:
• Kroger's $1.65 billion acquisition of Giant Eagle, and whether the deal says more about Kroger's growth strategy or the mounting pressures facing the grocery industry (Source)
• Amazon Web Services investing $1 billion to embed AI engineers directly inside customer organizations, and why the AI race is shifting from…
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