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Amazon Shuts Down Amazon One Palm Pay, eBay Blocks AI Shopping Bots & BJ's Opens Second Small-Format Store

Amazon Shuts Down Amazon One Palm Pay, eBay Blocks AI Shopping Bots & BJ's Opens Second Small-Format Store

Update: 2026-01-29
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Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Grocery Dealz and Mirakl.

In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:

  1. Amazon discontinues its Amazon One palm recognition system.
  2. eBay bans unauthorized AI bots from making automated purchases on its platform.
  3. BJ's Wholesale Club opens its second small-format BJ's Market in Delray Beach, Florida.

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