Ulta's Flock Surveillance Backlash, Costco Next's Silent Shutdown & Amazon's Agentic Alexa Push

Podcast: Retail Daily Minute · Omni Talk Retail

Opublikowano: 2026-09-08

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...