Amazon Fights The FTC, Nike Does Resale & Best Buy Drops It Like It’s Hot For Christmas

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M’s John Clear and Kelly Carey made their maiden podcast voyage with Chris and Anne as they debated:Whether the FTC has a legitimate case against AmazonHow scared Walmart and Target should be of Kroger’s new Marketplace store conceptThe value of Nike getting into resale with the launch of refurbished.nike.comIf Best Buy Drops is merchandising genius or just a copycat gimmickAnd closed with a look at whether Albertsons new Flash delivery program heralds a new era in retailing in which consumers will be asked to pay for the value added services they craveThere’s all that, plus Irish college courses on influencing, Tom Cruise in Far And Away, and the one sitcom location we most wish was turned into a tourist location.To register for Manifest, head here: www.manifestvegas.com/omnitalkMusic by hooksounds.com