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 Ocampo Capital, A&M’s David Schneidman and Brooks Levering, joined Chris and Anne to discuss:
- If Target wasted its 2024 tech budget on its new CarPlay integration (Source)
- The likelihood that Dick’s Sporting Goods keeps up its phenomenal Q2 sales growth (Source)
- Just how special Walmart’s new partnership with StockX is or is not (Source)
- Simon’s introduction of ShopSimon and whether it heralds a new way to shop your local mall (Source)
- And closed with a look at the many use cases of Walmart’s new invisible barcodes (Source)
There’s all that, plus this month’s OmniStar (congrats Michael Diedrich of Tractor Supply), the return of Barney the Dinosaur, and our votes for the best television episode of all-time!
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Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
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