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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