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Ulta's Flock Surveillance Backlash, Costco Next's Silent Shutdown & Amazon's Agentic Alexa Push
Season 2
Episode 337
Published 1 month ago
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Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, Duvo and Mirakl.
In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:
- Ulta Beauty faces a social media backlash over its use of Flock's license plate reader technology, with the retailer and vendor both staying quiet even as Flock's own chatbot confirms the partnership.
- Costco quietly shuts down its Costco Next marketplace without any public announcement, leaving members to piece it together on Reddit.
- Amazon rolls out a wave of new Alexa for Shopping features, pushing its AI assistant further into autonomous browsing, comparing, and buying.
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