Retail Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  Mirakl , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: What Wayfair has to get right in the opening of its first large-format store (Source:  Chain Store Age ) TikTok lowering the thresholds for creators to earn seller commissions (Source:...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  Mirakl , and  Sezzle , A&M’s Truett Horne and Jeremy Levine joined Chris and Anne to discuss: The potential ramifications of Target’s decision to cut prices on roughly 5,000 items (Source:  Retail Dive ) Walmart’s two new (and mu...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Shoptalk’s Ben Miller stopped by to guest host with Chris and Anne as they discussed: Walmart’s reported job cuts and back-to-office push (Source:  WSJ ) The first-ever exchange zone in Atlanta from Harbor Lockers...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Target expanding its wholesale relationship with Hudson’s Bay (Source:  BNN Bloomberg ) Instacart and Uber Eats’ intriguing new partnership (Source:  Joint Instacart and Uber Eats Pr...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s out-of-nowhere decision to shut down all 51 of its health centers (Source:  Bloomberg ) Best Buy’s “groundbreaking” new partnership with CNET (Source:  Best Buy Press Relea...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s new BNPL offering (Source:  CNBC ) Grubhub’s Mercato partnership (Source:  Chain Store Age ) Amazon’s low cost subscription grocery delivery plan (Source:  Reuters ) I...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart Canada’s big store of the future reveal (Source:  Canadian Grocer ) Gopuff’s debut of “Powered by Gopuff” (Source:  Chain Store Age ) A NYC Chicken restaurant that has replac...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: The real reasons why Amazon would pull its Just Walk Out Technology out of its Fresh grocery stores and Whole Foods stores (Source:  Payments Dive ) Target installing cameras above its se...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Abhinav Chandra and Ben Lowden joined Chris and Anne to discuss: TikTok paying creators commissions based on how well their content shows up in search (Source:  The Verge ) The serendipitous position Walmart+ affords Walmart in regards to self...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, recorded live from Shoptalk in Las Vegas, and sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Macy's launching their "Bold New Chapter" strategy (Source: Retail Dive ) Target going wholesale with their Cat & Jack line at Hudson's Bay (S...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, recorded live from Lululemon at the Mall of America, and sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart expanding express delivery into the wee hours of the morning (Source:  Chain Store Age ) Aldi’s aggressive U.S. expansion...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Wendy’s about face on surge pricing (Source:  KTLA-5 ) Target’s new paid membership program, Circle 360 (Source:  CNBC ) The RealReal’s store expansion plans (Source:  WSJ ) Sam...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Macy’s bold decision to close 150 stores (Source:  CNBC ) Why Amazon’s move to offer scheduled grocery delivery could be one of the most important headlines of the year (Source:  Cha...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Why in the world Walmart would acquire Vizio (Source:  CNBC ) Whether Target’s new brand, “dealworthy,” is actually noteworthy (Sourc...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Avalara’s Kris Rabideau stopped by for  5 Insightful Minutes  on 2024 tax changes, and Chris and Anne discussed: The rumors that Target will roll out a paid membership program (Source:  Bloomberg ) If IK...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne were live from Manifest as they discussed: Amazon’s new AI-assistant Rufus Grabango’s large scale autonomous store installation with Aldi near Chicago Gap Inc.’s hiring of Zac Posen Lowe’s and J. Crew's...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Shoptalk VP of Original Content & Strategy Ben Miller joined Chris and Anne to discuss: The rash of recent layoffs across retail and what they mean for how the average retail executive is thinking about 2024 Walmart’s big announcement this week that its...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , A&M's Michael Prendergast and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to discuss: If Macy's made the right move rejecting its buyout offer this week Whether innovation labs, like Walmart's Store No. 8 , are ever a good...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s new Gen AI search announcement at CES Amazon implementing its Just Walk Out technology at hospitals Walmart’s Texas drone expansion plans CVS closing “dozens” of pharmacies inside Target stores...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Wiliot ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne: Discussed Instacart serving up advertisements on its smart carts Split on Peloton and TikTok’s new partnership Lauded Starbucks for allowing customers to bring their own cups Debated the merits of fit t...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s bold and beautiful move to put BNPL via Affirm at self-checkout Amazon’s confounding decision to test an additional $9.99 per month fee on top of Amazon Prime for grocery delivery Why Macy’s shareholders should take a ha...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Firework ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle ,, David Ritter and David Brown, from the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, stopped by to help Chris and Anne hand out this year’s retail awards. All told, they gave out awards across 10 categories and also made some predictions...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Discussed what really could be impacting shrink in light of NRF’s softening on its previously stated impact from Organized Retail Crime Disagreed about whether the world really needs Uber Store Pickup Lauded DoorDash for once again fortifyi...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Firework ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Discussed why Etisalat’s new telecom store with Trigo is such an important mark in the evolution of retail Got excited for the merger between Foxtrot and Dom’s Threw shade at&...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Anne and Chris: Got really geeked up about Amazon selling Hyundai online Pulled the caution flag out on all the Gap turnaround headlines Lauded Walgreens for its decision to close an e-commerce fulfillment center in favor of shipping more from its stores Feared we can already...