EP116 - Industry News, Geek Week   SuperBowl News Ad Coverage Amazon won the Superbowl Nike Launched a new sneaker direct to consumer.  Nike’s SNKRS site for new releases (who’s name I couldn’t remember during the recording, sorry Kevin). Amazon News SpaceX successfully launched it’s first Falcon heavy rocket, and recovered two of the boosters.  The photos and video of the Tesla in space were amazing.  And there appears to be a thawing of relations between Jeff Bezos and Elan Musk. Prime Now delivery from Whole Foods stores Expansion of FBA On-Site Amazon expands it’s airport plans from 900 acres, to 1100 acres The Spheres launched at HQ1 Private label continues to get traction especially premium denim “Hale and Denim Crush” Amazon Go store opened to the public Amazon is the largest spender on R&D, much larger than any other retailer Walmart News Walmart acquired Spatialand out of Store 8 for VR Capability JD.com Coming to US Walmart – Rakuten partnership ads digital books to Walmart.com Drug News Helena Foulkes becomes new CEO of HBC (from CVS) replacing Jerry Storch Deliv launched DelivRX home delivery pharmacy service Upcoming Events Etail west 2/26 – 3/1 Palm Desert Path to Purchase Summit – March 12-14 – Chicago IBM Think 3/19-22 Las Vegas ShopTalk 3/18-21 Las Vegas Adobe 3/25-3/29 Las Vegas NPD Idea 5/15-17 Austin SAP Sapphire June 5-7, Orlando Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 116 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, February 8th 2018. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.