Tech Infused Retail Monday Morning Reads #344 - White Castle Robots, Restaurant Recovery Stalls, TikTok Copycat

Featured Tweet(s) or Podcast

Land of the Giants profile on Netflix (just as they miss earnings and growth expectations). Link

Links

  • Stores reborn as warehouses. Link

  • How Costco Convinces Brands to Cannibalize Themselves. Link

  • Brexit leads Amazon to separate UK fulfillment network from EU network. Link

  • Some believe TikTok may pose a threat to national security but blocking might be too drastic. Link

  • Nespresso as part of the coffee revolution with stores, recycling and George Clooney. Link

  • Hulu launching Ad Manager to go after the small time marketers Facebook covets. Link

  • Google introduces Shoploop, video based shopping. Link

  • Instagram rolls outs a redesigned shopping hub. Link

  • Facebook to launch Instagram Reels, their answer to TikTok. Link

  • White Castle seems to be the first major QSR to take robots seriously. Link

  • The Amazon smart shopping cart. Link

  • Consumer spend going to be helped a bit by historically low mortgage rates below 3%. Link

  • Diageo to launch Johnnie Walker in paper bottles in 2021. Link

  • Restaurant recovery stalls (Link):

Off Topic

  • The true story of the Prince of Qatar at USC. Link