Bloomberg:
Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same as in 2021, ahead of the holidays; Walmart plans to hire 40,000, down from 150,000 in 2021 — Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.
Melissa Repko / CNBC:
Walmart debuts metaverse experiences Walmart Land and Walmart’s Universe of Play in Roblox, which it calls a testing ground, to try to reach younger shoppers — – Walmart is entering the metaverse with two experiences, Walmart Land and Walmart’s Universe of Play, in gaming platform Roblox.
Bloomberg:
Amazon is discontinuing Glow, its video calling device aimed at kids, amid lackluster sales and a shift in consumer behavior, after debuting it last year — Amazon.com Inc. is discontinuing its pandemic-era kids’ video calling device amid lackluster sales and a shift in consumer behavior.
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Insider Intelligence projects US online sales to rise just 9.4% to $1T in 2022, the first single-digit YoY growth, including slower Amazon sales, up 9% to $400B — Amazon.com Inc. sellers are bracing for a bleak holiday shopping season as inflation-bitten consumers curb their spending.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google announces updates for Search to help users find dishes near them; Maps, including expanding Live View; and Shopping, adding AR tools for makeup shopping — Google announced today that it’s introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Shopping features.
Meridith Levinson / Cybersecurity Software:
Survey of 1,203 cybersecurity professionals: 33%+ said their organization lost more money from holiday or weekend ransomware attacks, up from 13% in 2021 — As the holidays approach, security leaders wanting to give their teams some much deserved extra time off may get caught in a bind.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snap partners with Amazon to let users try on eyewear in AR through dozens of new Shopping Lenses — Snap has landed a notable new partner for its augmented reality-powered Virtual Try-On shopping experience with today’s news that Amazon will now offer Snapchat users the ability to digitally try …
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