Instacart’s CEO Bolts, Primark Teaches Sewing & Amazon’s Newest Robot Dials Dork Up To 11

Broadcasting live from World Retail Congress 2025 in sunny London, this week’s Retail Fast Five, brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, is packed with news and insights. Chris and Anne break down the week’s top headlines:

🧠 0:00 – Intro from London + shoutouts to Fusion Group, Ben Miller, and pints of John Smith’s
🛒 6:30 – Instacart CEO Fdiji Simo exits for OpenAI — What does this mean for Instacart’s future?
🤖 10:55 – Amazon unveils Vulcan: A warehouse robot with a sense of touch and sci-fi flair
🧵 17:40 – Primark brings free clothing repair workshops to its first U.S. store
🚚 26:56 – ASOS rolls out next-day delivery to InPost lockers across Europe
❤️ 31:32 – LTK and The Bachelor: Social commerce meets reality TV
🧠 22:01 – AWS’s Justin Swagler talks “Agentic AI” and the future of connected retail stores
⚡️ 37:14 – Lightning Round: 100 Brits vs. 100 Americans, The Office reboot, Stranger Things finale & more

Tune in for your quick, funny, and insightful breakdown of the most important news shaping the retail world!

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