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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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55:38

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

Retail Fast Five ·

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...

Retail Fast Five ·

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 &...

Retail Fast Five ·

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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50:11

Aldi, GapVintage & Why The “Next Best Action” Is An...

Retail Fast Five ·

2025/02/12

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, and Scratch Event DJs, Chris and Anne discussed:The many angles to Aldi’s decision to sell back some of the stores it previously purchased from Southeastern Grocers (Source)How bullish they both are on Gap’s new vintage clothing play (Source)Why EG America’s new partnership with Quorso heralds a new age of store management technology (Source)If Save A Lot should

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52:38

Crypto BuyBuy Babies, More Walgreens Woes & Walmart...

Retail Fast Five ·

2025/02/05

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital, andScratch Event DJs, Shoptalk’s VP of Original Content & Strategy, Ben Miller, joined Chris and Anneto discuss:CVS Health’s new app rollout (Source)Beyond buying back BuyBuy Baby (Source)Walgreens’ plans to close down 47 of its in-store health clinics in Illinois (Source)IKEA’s decision to expand its secondhand furniture marketplace in Europe (Source)And closed

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49:28

Starbucks Ceramic Mugs & Drizzles, Walmart Pay...

Retail Fast Five ·

2025/01/29

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital, andScratch Event DJs, Chris and Annediscussed:The appointment of Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel to head up Amazon’s grocery strategy (Source)Whether CPGs will jump at the chance to pay Walmart to test products with Walmart’s actual customers (Source)If Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol could be getting ahead of himself with his plans for ceramic mugs (Source)The veracity of

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57:01

Walmart Opens A New HQ And Does Fendi, Chanel And...

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2025/01/22

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital, andScratch Event DJs, A&M’s Kelly Carey and John Clear joined Chris and Anneto discuss:Walmart’s new Symbotic relationship, aka its new robot deal (Source)The veracity of Target’s claims that it has cut its production lead times down from 7 months to 8 weeks (Source)Whether the American consumer really needs smaller Burlington stores (Source)Sephora’s plans to

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45:24

Amazon Ads, Best Buy’s Marketplace & Macy’s...

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2025/01/15

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital, andScratch Event DJs, Chris and Annediscussed:Macy’s shuttering some of its small format stores (Source)Amazon's $11 Billion AI investment in the great state of Georgia (Source)Best Buy launching a new marketplace with Mirakl (Source)Amazon allowing online retailers to use its advertising tools (Source)And closed with a look at the 1 + 1 = 3 partnership between eBay

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46:47

Walmart Expands ESLs To All Stores, DoorDash Teams...

Retail Fast Five ·

2025/01/08

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Simbe,Mirakl,Ocampo Capital, andScratch Event DJs, Chris and Annediscussed:Walmart accelerating its rollout of digital shelf labels to all stores (Source)Cantaloupe’s innovations in smart vending for grocery stores (Source)Simbe augmenting its Tally Robot with fixed-positioned sensors (Source)DoorDash and Ibotta teaming up to offer DoorDash users better pricing (Source)And closed by debating

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01:02:46

The 2024 Omni Talk Retail Awards Show

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/12/18

In this special year end edition of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by theA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo 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!Music by hooksounds.com

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51:09

Amazon Auto, Porch Pirate Insurance & Why There May...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/12/11

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo Capital, Chris and Annediscussed: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

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40:42

Walmart Streams Dolly Live, Cyber Week & The Rise Of...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/12/04

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo Capital, Chris and Annediscussed: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

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46:40

Kohl’s Has A New CEO, Perplexity Goes Shopping & The...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/11/27

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo Capital, Chris and Annediscussed: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

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41:31

Starbucks Teams Up With DoorDash, Wonder Buys Grubhub...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/11/20

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo Capital, Chris and Annediscussed: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

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43:39

Walmart’s New Mobile Locks, Instacart’s Big Week &...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/11/13

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo Capital, Chris and Annediscussed: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

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37:45

Walmart+ Is 50% Off, Starbucks Sketches Its...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/11/06

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo Capital, Chris and Annediscuss: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

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42:03

Amazon’s Temu Rivalry, 7-Eleven & Why Goldman Sachs...

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2024/10/30

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo Capital, Chris and Annediscuss:Amazonsetting 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’snew paid subscription loyalty program (Source)And closed with a

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57:35

Walmart Same-Day Rx Delivery, Bed Bath’s Return & WTF...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/10/23

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo 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

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42:48

Google Shopping, Grabango & Why Amazon May Have Just...

Retail Fast Five ·

2024/10/16

This week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored bytheA&M Consumer and Retail Group,Ownit AI,Avalara,Mirakl, andOcampo 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

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