Fast Five | Walmart Forces Staff Back To The Office, UPS Expands RFID, & Wegmans Tries To Get Smart

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, A&M’s Chad Lusk and Joanna Rangarajan stopped by and joined Chris and Anne to discuss:

• The impact of Walmart shutting down three of its U.S. technology hubs and forcing its tech employees back into the office at least two times per week

• UPS investing almost $150 million in #rfid.

• Why in the world Lidl would want to sell less meat?

• FIT:Match’s new lidar-equipped fitting rooms.

• And whether Wegmans latest Shopic smart cart pilot will turn out any better than its failed scan-and-go implementation.

There’s all that, plus grocery store dates, how best to get from Point A to Point B, and sodas that “move” us.

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Be careful out there,

– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team

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