Retail Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Chris and Anne discussed:

• Starbucks offering delivery via DoorDash through the Starbucks app (Source)
• Amazon shutting down a secret fertility tracking project (Source)
• REI’s latest attempts to thwart “serial returners” (Source)
• Retailers, like Zara, experimenting with radio emitting threads to combat theft (Source)
• And closed with a look at whether we should all by into Marc Lore’s “super app for mealtime” hype coming off Wonder’s acquisition of Grubhub (Source)

There’s all that, plus Pepsi’s “Undercover Cups” campaign, weirdly hot Santas, and home for the summer stories of when Chris last donned a pair of rollerblades.

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Chris and Anne discussed:

• Walmart testing a new technology in its stores that would let people open security locks for products with mobile devices (Source)
• The E.l.f. Beauty expansion into Dollar General (Source)
• The flurry of announcements from Instacart this past week on everything from Caper Carts to Carrot Tags (Source)
• Lowe’s debuting a new home platform for its loyalty members (Source)
• And closed with a look at the odd media sound bytes surrounding Amazon’s eight new Amazon Fresh store openings this week (Source)

There’s all that, plus the Vuori vs. Lululemon Battle Royale, falling raccoons, and what delicate aromas a sneaker sommelier would detect from Anne’s pre-owned Nikes.

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Chris and Anne discuss:

• Walmart discounting its Walmart+ membership by 50% for the holidays (Source)
• The jaw dropping value of DoorDash and Lyft’s new partnership (Source)
• OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT Search (Source)
• The Children’s Place’s decision to sell products via Shein (Source)
• And closed with an examination of Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s recently unveiled plans to turnaround Starbucks (Source)

There’s all that, plus Oregon Trail, Westminster Dog Show trading cards, and why Chris refuses to eat hot dogs ever again.

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Chris and Anne discuss:

• Amazon setting aggressive price targets for its rival online store to Temu and Shein (Source)
• 7-Eleven’s “New Standard” format which it plans open across 600 new stores (Source)
• Simbe’s $50 million Series C funding round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives (Source)
• Wayfair’s new paid subscription loyalty program (Source)
• And closed with a discussion inspired by Marks & Spencer around the now, next, and future of self-checkout within the fitting room (Source)

There’s all that, plus Doug Tiffan from AWS stops by for 5 Insightful Minutes about AI investments in the fashion & apparel space, along with pre-fab housing, waltzing, and basketball stories from when Chris was a strapping young lad.

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, A&M’s Lakshman Lakshmanan and Chris Creyts, joined Chris and Anne to discuss:

• The wide-ranging significance of Walmart offering same-day prescription delivery and making it free for Walmart+ members (Source)
• Amazon’s new “Amazon Grocery” store in Chicago and how it fits into Amazon’s growing ever more confusing grocery strategy (Source)
• If U.S. consumers really need a new, smaller incarnation of a Bed Bath & Beyond store (Source)
• BuyBuy Baby shuttering all its stores and whether going it alone via online is a good long-term solution (Source)
• And closed with an examination of why in the world Chick-fil-A would launch a new entertainment app (Source)

There’s all that, plus we rank Halloween candy, discuss which food we would most like to bring with us into space, and pay homage to the LinkedIn Lunatics subreddit!

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This week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Chris and Anne took to the Windy City to discuss:

• Grabango calling it quits and what it means for the future of Just Walk Out-like tech (Source)
• Exciting new AI updates from Google Shopping (Source)
• Amazon’s decision to unify its e-commerce efforts across Amazon.com, Amazon Fresh, and Whole Foods (Source)
• JD Sports new reJD resale effort (Source)
• And closed with a look at why Amazon adding a microwarehouse to a Whole Foods in Pennsylvania could be a horrible idea for Whole Foods shoppers in the long-run (Source)

There’s all that, plus childhood career dreams, a ranking of quick-serve fried chicken restaurants, and when was the last time Anne snapped into a Slim Jim.

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This week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, was recorded live in front of an audience at Groceryshop. This week Chris and Anne discussed:

• Sam’s Club’s bold new store concept (Source)
• Instacart adding gamification to its Caper smart cart (Source)
• An Amazon and Whole Foods executive reportedly calling Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology “cumbersome” (Source)
• Google adding new visual search shopping features in time for the holidays (Source)
• And closed with a look at the retail subscription landscape in light of Kroger’s new tie-up with Disney+ (Source)

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Shoptalk’s Joe Laszlo joined Chris and Anne to discuss:

• The high income demographic tailwind behind Walmart’s back (Source)
• If Costco and Sam’s Club are the shopping choice of a new generation (Source)
• DoorDash's suite of new business solutions (Source)
• Giant Eagle’s partnership with Flybuy to cut delivery driver wait times (Source)
• And closed with a debate about just how momentous Klarna bringing BNPL in-store could be (Source)

There’s all that, plus this month’s OmniStar (congrats Lauri Joffe of American Freight), Ray-Bans, clothes that grow with you, and A&M’s Marco Valentini stops by for 5 Insightful Minutes on private brands!

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five weekly retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Walmart and Amazon takeover the headlines in their ongoing innovation duel, as Chris and Anne discussed:

• Walmart starting its holiday promotions earlier than ever, with a digital twist (Source)
• Amazon’s new Shark Tank-style TV show, “Buy It Now” (Source)
• Walmart’s latest e-commerce innovation, aka “Shop with Friends” (Source)
• Amazon’s new AI image generator for sellers (Source)
• And closed with a look at the brilliance of merging Sam’s Club and Walmart’s supply chains (Source)

There’s all that, plus AWS’s Scott Langdoc joins us for 5 Insightful Minutes, the Schwan’s song, why Chris and Anne love the Minneapolis airport, and to whom Anne would send her resume attached to a Pizza Hut pizza box.

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five weekly retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, Chris and Anne discussed:

• How important ads within Amazon Rufus could be (Source)
• Costco testing mobile inventory search (Source)
• The Biden administration putting an end to the de minimis exception (Source)
• Zara’s plans to sell secondhand apparel in the U.S. (Source)
• And closed with a look at Amazon’s decision to bring its employees back into the office five days a week (Source)

There’s all that, plus Mirakl’s Alex Hase joins us for 5 Insightful Minutes on how retailers can leverage dropshipping and marketplaces at the same time, tips to improve Starbucks, croissant-shaped lamps, and the last time Anne wore leopard print.

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