In this week’s Fast Five video, sponsored by Microsoft, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discuss:

- Using BNPL at the gas station
- Instacart’s downright laughable new strategic positioning
- Red Wing Shoes smartly getting ahead of the fit tech curve
- Adidas giving Nike a lesson in long-tail marketplace influencer commerce
- And close with a “good on ya” to Kath McLay at Sam’s Club for suing BJ’s and protecting the hell out of her scan-and-go turf

There’s all that, plus pre-pubescent childhood video game memories, P-Funks, and the vagaries of feed bagging Skittles.

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To learn more about Sezzle, visit: www.sezzle.com/

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