In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed:
- Amazon adding Grubhub food delivery for free to Amazon Prime (Source: Verge)
- Abercrombie & Fitch’s first billion dollar Q1 (Source: Retail Dive)
- Takeoff Technologies filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Source: Grocery Dive)
- Walmart’s “trippy” new online storefront, Walmart Realm (Source: Fast Company)
- And closed with a look at Kohl’s disastrous earnings report (Source: Reuters)
There’s all that, plus this month’s OmniStar (congrats Burlington’s Connie Droge), how to best take care of bald scalps, Prince, and whether an AI digital twin of Chris would actually enhance Anne’s work life.
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Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
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