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She's gonna be joining us this show.

Also, Instagrand, we've got that for you if you'd like to play JonesyandAmanda.com.au. And I say we can't do anything until we do the Fast Five.

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Which station? How fast can this thing go? Faster than the speed of light.

Jonesy and Amanda.

Fast Five.

Five questions.

we'll get back onto.

We can't do anything until we do the Fast Five.

Would you like to play? Of course you would.

13, 55, 22, why don't you give us a call? While Jonesy can still sit comfortably.

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Looking forward to catching up with Gab.

Also, Instagram makes us return the Fast Five and all the other fruits of the Jonesy and Amanda pie.

If you'd like to hear anything else, please head to jonesyandamanda.com.au. Good day to you.

Hello, I am Chris Watlington.

Welcome to this week's OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, brought to you exclusively by the OmniTalk Retail Podcast Network.

This week, I was joined by our resident talent expert, Jen Haan of J Recruiting Services, because boy oh boy, did we have a lot of personnel related topics to cover on this week's show.

So Ella, let's get right to it and let's cue the tape.

I wanna thank you for being this month's Omnistar.

All right.

Let's get to this week's Fast Five, Jen, which is of course brought to you with the help and support of the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Miracle, Corso, Ocampo Capital, The Lock, and SmartScout.

In this week's Fast Five, we've got news on Amazon cutting jobs within its retail division, TikTok adding an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout, Tractor Supply opening its first automated distribution center complete with, yes, a dedicated AI team, and Walmart launching one-hour express pickup for the holidays.

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Right.

Quick couple quick bits before we dive into my fast five.

So confidence.

Confidence.

Love it.

Right.

I'm going to move on to our fast five.

Are you ready for my fast five? Ready.

So true.

Well, Marlene, just being mindful of your time, we're gonna flip over to the fast five lightning round.

Um-

But maybe just before we get there, is there anything else you wanna share with the audience?

[laughs] Yeah, there you go.

Yeah.

So we'll, we'll flip over to the fast five, the rapid fire.

The first question we have is what is your favorite book or book you've gifted the most?