Retail Fast Five

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 G...

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 ChatG...

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...

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 (...

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 ) Amazo...

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 , was recorded live in front of an audience at Groceryshop. This week Chris and Anne discussed: Sam’s Club’s bold new store concept ( Source ) Instacart adding gamification to its Caper smart cart ( Source ) An...

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 , Shoptalk’s Joe Laszlo joined Chris and Anne to discuss: The high income demographic tailwind behind Walmart’s back ( Source ) If Costco and Sam’s Club are the shopping choice of a new generation ( Source )...

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 (...

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 , Chris and Anne discussed: How important ads within Amazon Rufus could be ( Source ) Costco testing mobile inventory search ( Source ) The Biden administration putting an end to the...

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 David Schneidman and Brooks Levering, joined Chris and Anne to discuss: If Target wasted its 2024 tech budget on its new CarPlay integration ( Source ) The likelihood that Dick’s Sporting Goods k...

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 , Shoptalk and Groceryshop VP of Original Content and Strategy, Ben Miller, stopped by to discuss with Chris and Anne: The four new Amazon Fresh store openings  and whether Amazon Fresh still is a...

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 opening up hosted U.S. fulfillment for Chinese goods ( Source ) Chick-fil-A opening a new “elevated” store with not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 drive thru lanes! ( Source...

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 Chad Lusk and Adam Thompson, joined Chris and Anne to discuss: The “tall” order that awaits Starbucks’ new CEO ( Source ) Victoria’s Secret’s new CEO Hillary Super and what her first-year priorit...

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  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: If Target’s new in-store chatbot is really the “sh*tbot” Forbes makes it out to be (Source:  Forbes ) Best Buy’s push into video (Source:  Chain Store Age ) Simbe Robotics’ new...

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  Sezzle , A&M’s Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa, joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Amazon rolling outs it generative AI assistant, “Rufus,” to all shoppers (Source:  Chain Store Age ) Walmart’s wide lead in retail media...

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  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: The Saks and Neiman Marcus merger and what to expect from Amazon’s involvement in it (Source:  NPR ) Co-op opting to use “Store Assist” from Walmart Commerce Technologies (Source:&nb...

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  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon’s plans to copycat Shein and Temu (Source:  CNBC ) Target lowering its in-store theft threshold from $100 to $50 (Source:  Bloomberg ) Tesco piloting on-pack, scannable Q...

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  Sezzle , A&M’s Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Whether Target is making a smart move in rolling out generative AI so quickly across its store base (Source:  Target Press Release ) What...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, recorded live from the lovely Marriott in Salt Lake City, and sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Ownit AI ,  Avalara ,  Mirakl , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Whether Kohl’s new return drop is a sign of an ongoing identity crisis within the retailer (Source:  Retail Dive ) TikTo...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, recorded live from CommerceNext 2024, and sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Ownit AI ,  Avalara ,  Mirakl , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart rolling out electronic shelf labels to nearly half its U.S. stores (Source:  Retail Dive ) TJX asking its sales associates to wear b...

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  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon adding Grubhub food delivery for free to Amazon Prime (Source:  Verge ) Abercrombie & Fitch’s first billion dollar Q1 (Source:  Retail Dive ) Takeoff Technologies fil...

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...