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 ,  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...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Chris Creyts and Cassie Ryding stopped by to discuss: What to make of this week’s earning reports The new Amazon and Meta partnership Amazon Buy with Prime Assist Poshmark’s livestream Secondhand Sunday plans And the Founder of Chipotle’s new restaurant concept that...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Firework ,  Avalara ,  TGW , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon calling it quits on its Amazon Style fashion store concept Google’s launch of discount search Shein’s $90 billion IPO valuation IKEA pulling back its 5% loyalty discount And DoorDash piloting a new warni...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: The recent pharmacy walkouts at CVS and Walgreens H&M enabling customers to design their own clothes with AI Schnucks taking local produce mobile merchandising to an unparalleled level The implications of Instagram and Facebook offering ad-free s...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s David Schneidman and Truett Horne joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Walmart’s new corporate AI guidelines Amazon’s new AI for product imagery HomeGoods calling it quits on e-commerce Kroger’s sustainable media push And the rebirth of BuyBuy Baby There’s all that, pl...