Target's 'Un-Marketplace,' Netflix House & Whether The World Really Needs A Gen AI Alexa | Fast Five

Omni Talk Retail

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, A&M’s Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer joined Chris and Anne to discuss: - Whether Target is making a smart move in rolling out generative AI so quickly across its store base (Source: Target Press Release) - What Netflix has to get right for its “Netflix House” concept to work (Source: The Verve) - Unilever’s new partnership with Microsoft to expand its use of quantum computing (Consumer Goods Technology) - The long-term value and viability of a generative AI Amazon Alex (Source: Reuters) - And we closed with a discussion of whether we should buy or sell Target’s new partnership with Shopify (Source: CNBC) There’s all that, plus Ovative’s Chuck Anderson-Weir stops by to give us 5 Insightful Minutes on his company’s latest Enterprise Marketing Return Power Rankings, and a lighting round filled with questions about postage stamps, Tom Brady, and spicy romance novels. Link to power rankings: ovative.com/insights/2024-media-power-rankings/ Music by hooksounds.com