Fast Five Video | Ulta Puts Fragrances Behind Bars While Cooler Screens Prevail At Kroger

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne:

• Kicked the tires on Kroger’s 500 store Cooler Screens rollout
• Got jazzed up about Instagram’s new search marketing API
• Hoped like hell that Ulta’s decision to place product behind locked doors ends up heralding a new wave of retail innovation
• Wholeheartedly endorsed the summer as the “Summer of DashPass”
• And quizzically examined what would motivate a Stanford grad to, one, reimagine the pawn shop and, two, to name his startup, “Pesto.”

There’s all that, plus Sloane Peterson’s white leather jacket, dudes named “Lucien,” and the Judy Garland heist of the century.

Watch this week’s episode now on YouTube

Be careful out there,

– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team

P.S. Plus, check out our Top 10 ranking in Feedspot’s 60 Top Retail Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/

P.P.S. And be sure to check out all our other podcasts from the past week here, too: https://omnitalk.blog/category/podcast/

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