Fast Five Video | Walmart’s Back-to-School Flex, Google Shopping’s Demise & The Prime Day Yawn

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

• Tipped their caps to Walmart for marketing its Back-to-School pricing as the same as last year
• Discussed whether Google made the right decision in killing its online shopping marketplace
• Lauded YouTube (aka Google) for placing more of an emphasis on video commerce
• Argued over whether Ashley using experiential marketing events to rebrand itself is the best place for Ashley to spend its money
• And closed with high praise for Dollar General’s early desire to pilot and to understand just WTF the value of Just Walk Out-like tech might be in its stores

There’s all that, plus a sweet vs. savory debate, “snackstituting” and making guacamole with robots.

Watch this week’s episode now on YouTube

Be careful out there,

– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team

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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