Amazon's Master Plan, Starbucks Bets On The Couch & Dollar General Pumps Up The Volume | Fast Five

In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso and Veloq, Chris and special guests Jennifer Meyers and John Benson of the A&M Consumer and Retail Group discussed:

• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's sweeping 2026 annual letter to shareholders, covering robotics, drone delivery, satellite broadband, and AI as infrastructure (Source)
• Starbucks unveiling new "uplifted" store designs in Chicago while rolling out barista bonuses, expanded tipping, and weekly pay (Source)
• Burger King launching a nationwide hiring push for 60,000 new team members on the back of its Reclaim the Flame turnaround (Source)
• Dollar General partnering with QSIC to roll out AI-powered in-store audio to 6,000 stores across 48 states (Source)
• Old Navy reportedly developing a new freestanding athleisure format called Old Navy Sport (Source)

There's all that, plus Jack in the Box tacos, the most dramatic DoorDash order in the history of dating, and the question that divided the entire show: Are you Team Alex with an E or with an I?

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