ChatGPT virtual try on is live, and NRF SVP Content Jill Dvorak explains what it means for retailers. Plus Kroger's 3,000 job cuts, Tractor Supply, Ross and Prime Day pulling Halloween forward.
Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, and Jill Dvorak, SVP Content at NRF, on the five US retail stories that matter this week: what virtual try-on inside ChatGPT means for who owns the customer, Kroger's corporate restructuring (about 3,000 corporate roles), Tractor Supply's $15.5bn year, Ross opening 51 stores in September and October, and October Amazon Prime Day pulling Halloween spending forward.
00:00 Cold open
00:21 Five Things Friday, US edition
00:58 Prime Day pulls Halloween spending forward
03:15 Tractor Supply grows where rivals are thin
06:25 Kroger to cut 3,000 jobs over three years
08:29 Ross opens 50 stores and targets close to 3,000
12:33 ChatGPT virtual try-on goes live for shoppers
15:33 Wrap
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