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          Fast Five | Paying for Gas with Your Voice at 7-Eleven & Off-Price Goes Digital

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          This week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, is ready for your listening pleasure.

          We taped this week’s episode late Thursday night, and boy can you tell — we talk my wife’s plans for a new dog, as well as who knew the sun sets so quickly in Michigan?

          Check out Emma the Intern in our video — it’s like watching Marty McFly evaporate on a photograph.

          In retail news, we also talk:

          • How much we all want to pay for gas with our voice at 7-Eleven
          • How excited we are that Tanger’s factory outlet malls are going digital
          • Instagram’s latest play to attract small, Etsy-like businesses
          • Snapchat (which is so 2017, right?) getting into shoppable video
          • And, TJX confoundingly still doubling down on stores and shunning digital innovation

          You can watch the video of this week’s episode above or you can listen to the podcast on the platform of your choice below:

          iTunes | Spotify | Google | SoundCloud

          Be careful out there,

          Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team

          Chris Walton

          Chris Walton is an accomplished Senior Executive with nearly 20 years of success within the retail and retail technology industries. He is well-versed in merchandising, store operations, inventory management, product design, forecasting, e-commerce, pricing and promotions, and tech product development.

          Chris was most recently a Vice President with Target, where he led the retailer’s Store of the Future project and also ran the Target’s home furnishing division for e-commerce. He previously worked for GAP, Inc., as a Distribution Analyst and Manager.

          Chris holds a BA in Economics and History from Stanford University, and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

          He likes to dress as Darth Vader for Halloween, and his wife also frequently asks him to ask Alexa, "to turn off the music."

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