In this special year end edition of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, A&M’s Chad Lusk and David Ritter join Chris and Anne to look back on 2024 and to salute everything that stood out in retail this past year.

Who will win retailer of the year? CEO of the year? And which retail headline would you most want turned into a feature film?

You will just have to tune into find out!

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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:

• Amazon’s momentous launch of Amazon Auto (Source)
• Why Tractor Supply Company may be the retailer to watch over the next decade (Source)
• PorchPals new insurance offering for victims of package theft (Source)
• Whether Dollar General’s slowdown of its fresh expansion signals underlying issues with its grocery strategy (Source)
• And closed by dissecting the value of E.l.f. Beauty’s new 3D Virtual Luxe Lounge (Source)

There’s all that, plus Brooke Chambers, Kroger’s Director of Digital Marketplaces, stops by for 5 Insightful Minutes, Shaboozy songs, Brain Rot, and Chris’s man crush on the Gambler.

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And, if you are interested in reading Chris’s latest article on marketplaces, you can also find that here: https://omnitalk.blog/2024/12/09/dont-leave-money-on-the-table-how-to-rethink-your-marketplace-strategy/

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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:

• The implications of this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Week data (Source)
• Walmart’s aggressive push into livestreaming, culminating with Dolly Parton live on Cyber Monday (Source)
• OpenAI’s evaluation of chatbot advertising (Source)
• Digimarc partnering with Picadeli to reduce price look up fraud at the salad bar (Source)
• And closed with a discussion on how the retail industry should view overseas marketplaces, aka “Digital Dollar Stores,” getting into the toys business (Source)

There’s all that, plus something called “Shrimp Jesus” and how often Anne gets a craving for Kraft Mac & Cheese.

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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:

• Whom to blame for the WSJ calling Target “dull” (Source)
• Kohl’s recent disappointing quarter and its new CEO hire (Source)
• Qurate’s rebranding and strategic push into livestreaming and social media (Source)
• TikTok quietly testing product links in posts (Source)
• And closed with a look at how significant Perplexity introducing a new shopping feature for its paid Pro users is to the future of retail (Source)

There’s all that, plus Dr. Seuss, the Original Recipe or Extra Crispy debate, and why Chris has had it with these motherf**cking Shake Shacks on this plane!

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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:

• 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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