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Retail Fast Five

Omni Talk Retail

The Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast is your weekly dose of retail industry insights and trends in a quick and digestible format. Hosted by industry experts, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, this podcast delivers the top five news stories each week that are shaping the digital and physical retail landscape. Each episode breaks down the most important developments in retail, from the latest innovations in technology to consumer behavior shifts, emerging market trends, and beyond. Whether you"re a

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08:43

End of an Era: Amazon Officially Absorbs Whole Foods...

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2025/06/21

Amazon restructures grocery leadership under "One Grocery" strategy, merging Whole Foods employees into Amazon systems. Is this long-overdue efficiency or cultural destruction? Expert debate on what this means for grocery competition and Whole Foods' future. Sponsored by A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Infios Clear Demand, and Ocampo Capital.For the full episode, head here: https://youtu.be/vjOmUkH_Vhw?si=9f8KlsQw8yUdPqan#grocery #amazon #wholefoods

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07:55

BREAKING: Walmart's Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Just...

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2025/06/21

Walmart just revolutionized product launches forever! See how they delivered every Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order by 9 AM with FREE Coke and Pringles, leaving Target and Best Buy scrambling to catch up. Expert analysis on why this changes everything for electronics retail and gaming drops. Brought to you by A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Infios, Clear Demand, and Ocampo Capital.#walmart #switch2 #nintendoFor the full episode, head here:

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58:18

Walmart’s Bait & Switch 2, Costco Gas & More Grocery...

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2025/06/18

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand,A&M Brooks Levering and Bryson Waterman joined Chris and Anne to discuss:Walmart’s stroke of merchandising genius around the Nintendo Switch 2 launch (Source)Amazon restructuring around its “One Grocery” strategy (Source)H&M’s plans to reverse its market share declines through AI and store efficiency gains (Source)Albertsons’ decision to go all-in on

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32:06

Peloton Resale, Dollar General's Home Line & Who Knew...

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2025/06/11

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand,Chris and Anne discussed:Walmart’s new “Who knew?” advertising campaign (Source)Walmart’s gen AI assistant Sparky (Source)Dollar General’s home line with Kathy Ireland (Source)Amazon training humanoid robots to deliver packages (Source)And closed with a look at why they both think Peloton’s move into resale could be more difficult than Peloton thinks

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51:10

Walmart Presses Its ‘Advantage,’ ALDI Recruits Teens...

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2025/06/04

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand,Chris and Anne discussed:Walmart helping Medicare Advantage members identify items to buy with their OTC benefits (Source)E.l.f.’s acquisition of Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand for $1 Billion (Source)Victoria’s Secret’s website shutdown last week (Source)Aldi’s new digital work experience program for teens in the UK (Source)And closed with a debate over whether

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46:50

Target’s Woes, Lowe’s Marketplace & Why Sam’s Club...

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2025/05/30

In this week's episode, brought to you in partnership with the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, former Target executives Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga analyze this week's biggest retail stories, including Target's questionable "acceleration office" strategy amid declining sales, Sam's Club's game-changing $8.98 pizza delivery service, Lowe's strategic marketplace expansion with Mirakl, Google's AI-powered shopping checkout revolution, and

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46:50

Target’s Woes, Lowe’s Marketplace & Why Sam’s Club...

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2025/05/28

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, Chris and Anne discussed:The utter absurdity of Target’s Acceleration Office (Source)Sam’s Club’s new pizza delivery play (Source)Lowe’s third-party marketplace initiative with Mirakl (Source)Google’s advances in agentic AI checkout (Source)And closed with at look at why they both think Nike selling on Amazon again is a bad idea (Source)There’s

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01:10:26

Walmart Signals Price Increases, Dicks Buys Foot...

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2025/05/21

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, A&M’s Michael Prendergast and Christopher Disa join Chris and Anne to discuss:Walmart signaling that price hikes could begin later this month (Source)Target Circle 360 members receiving free same-day delivery from 100+ other retailers via Shipt (Source)Dick’s Sporting Goods acquiring Foot Locker (Source)The cybercrime wave that has hit

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42:52

Instacart’s CEO Bolts, Primark Teaches Sewing &...

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2025/05/14

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, Chris and Anne discussed:Instacart’s CEO resigning to take a job with OpenAI (Source)Amazon’s new warehouse robot, Vulcan (Source)Primark’s in-store repair classes (Source)ASOS offering next-day delivery through InPost Lockers (Source)And closed with a look at how LTK is bringingThe Bachelorto life on its social commerce shopping platform

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59:28

Walmart Stores Of The Future, Morrisons Robots & Why...

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2025/05/07

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, Shoptalk’s Ben Miller joined Chris and Anne to discuss:Saks Fifth Avenue’s new Amazon storefront (Source)Walmart’s new “Store of the Future” down in Texas (Source)Morrisons introducing Simbe’s Tally robots (Source)Pinterest becoming a visual search engine (Source)And closed with a look at Lowe’s new MyLow AI app for store associates

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01:01:06

Amazon’s D.C. Blowback, Caper Carts & Why A...

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2025/04/30

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, A&M’s Jeff Dwyer and Luis De Lencquesaing joined Chris and Anne to discuss:Amazon’s tariff pricing fracas with the White House (Source)Schnucks expanding its Caper Cart deployment (Source)ChatGPT potentially integrating with Shopify (Source)Pepsico accelerating its transition to natural ingredients (Source)And closed with a look at if local

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41:59

Walmart Gas, Circle K & Why Target’s Floral Brand May...

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2025/04/23

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, Chris and Anne discussed:Walmart’s gas station expansion strategy (Source)Quorso’s intelligent store management platform rollout with Circle K Europe (Source)Target’s new floral owned brand (Source)Trove’s acquisition of reverse.supply (Source)And closed with a look at why Walmart’s 40 store beauty bar test could herald even more sales growth in

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45:51

Walmart’s Trend-to-Product AI, Sam’s Club’s Expansion...

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2025/04/17

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, Chris and Anne discussed:Ulta Beauty’s decision to pause its Target shop-in-shop expansion (Source)Walmart’s new Trend-to-Product AI tool to speed up product development (Source)Sam’s Club’s expansion plans (Source)DoorDash’s AI enhancements to help its quick-service restaurant partners (Source)And closed with a look at what Hy-Vee’s decision to

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54:55

Old Navy Hits The Radar, San Diego Bans Digital-Only...

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2025/04/09

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital,Infios, andClearDemand, Chris and Anne discussed:Best Buy storefronts and where influencer commerce will go next (Source)Instacart’s introduction of “Will Call” Delivery (Source)Old Navy rolling out Radar’s RFID solution to 1,200 stores (Source)San Diego banning digital-only grocery store coupons (Source)And closed with a look at just how game-changing Amazon’s

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35:46

Amazon Haul, Best Buy Social+ & Edibles.com

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2025/03/26

🎧 Retail Fast Five | March 26, 2025 – Live from Shoptalk 2025This week, Chris and Anne are back together live at Shoptalk 2025, bringing you exclusive insight and on-the-ground energy. This week's episode, sponsored by theA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo CapitalandInfios, kicks off with a behind-the-scenes look at their interviews with CVS, Wayfair, and Purina (03:15), followed by their five big retail stories of the week:Best Buy Launches Social Plus – A new retail

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46:52

Kroger’s Sunk Cost Trap, Ulta’s Mirakl & Why Klarna’s...

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2025/03/19

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo CapitalandInfios, Chris and Anne discussed:Kroger’s surprising decision to create a standalone e-commerce unit (Source)Ulta’s launch of a digital marketplace with Mirakl (Source)Wayfair’s plans to open a second large format store in Atlanta (Source)Klarna becoming Walmart’s exclusive BNPL provider (Source)And closed with a look at Wonder’s acquisition spree and if its “super

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55:38

CVS “Mini-Stores,” Google Shopping & Loblaw’s Plan To...

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2025/03/12

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo CapitalandInfios, A&M’s David Schneidman and Chris Creyts joined Chris and Anne to discuss:CVS Health’s rollout of “mini-stores,” i.e. smaller stores with pharmacies but a limited retail selection (Source)Loblaw identifying U.S. made products at shelf with a new tariff symbol (Source)Google Shopping’s new AI search features (Source)Reckitt’s claims that it has reduced

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43:39

Alexa+, Publix & Why There’s More Than Meets The Eye...

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2025/03/05

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,andOcampo Capital, Chris and Anne discussed:All the wrinkles surrounding Target and Warby Parker’s new partnership (Source)The launch of Alexa+ (Source)The deceptive pricing lawsuit against Publix (Source)Furniture.com’s unique take on omnichannel commerce (Source)And closed with an examination of Walmart Unlimited, Walmart’s new video game shopping experience (Source)There’s all

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45:21

Good-Bye Joann, Hello Adidas Buy With Prime & Welcome...

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2025/02/26

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,andOcampo Capital, Anne remoted in from eTail West, Chris was back home in Minneapolis, and together they discussed:Adidas offering Amazon Buy with Prime via its website and app (Source)Joann no longer being in the fabric of our lives (Source)Sprouts launching its first-ever loyalty program (Source)Kroger and Schnucks enhancing their quick delivery offerings via Instacart (Source)And

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54:53

Amazon’s Italian Beauty Store, Wayfair’s Muse &...

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2025/02/19

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,andOcampo Capital, A&M’s David Brown and Lisa Collier joined Chris and Anne to discuss:Amazon’s new beauty store in Italy (Source)Scheels adding 460 and $11 million worth of digital screens into its stores (Source)Dick’s new varsity influencer program (Source)Wayfair’s new AI-powered shopping tool, Muse (Source)And closed with a look at why in the world Amazon would test letting

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