In this week’s Fast Five video, sponsored by Microsoft, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff, and Sezzle, A&M’s Chad Lusk and Hemant Kalbag joined Anne as they debated:
-An Earth Day Resale PR blitz from multiple retailers, including Target partnering up once again with ThredUp.
-Zara’s new knockout high-tech, half-warehouse flagship store in Madrid finally enabling mobile self-checkout for apparel.
– Meta giving creators the green light to sell virtual goods in the metaverse
– Santa Monica Place offering small businesses single day to 12 month leases leveraging Macerich’s QuikSpace platform
– And closed with a discussion about themes important uses for Wakefern’s Simbe Robotics Trial run
There’s all that, plus our favorite J-Lo songs, coffee-making robots, and the Etsy product most worth joining the seller strike for.
Watch this week’s episode now on YouTube
Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
Omni Talk is the retail blog for retailers, written by retailers. Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga founded Omni Talk in 2017 and have quickly turned it into one of the fastest growing blogs in retail. 