In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, Chris and Anne discussed:
- The utter absurdity of Target’s Acceleration Office (Source)
- Sam’s Club’s new pizza delivery play (Source)
- Lowe’s third-party marketplace initiative with Mirakl (Source)
- Google’s advances in agentic AI checkout (Source)
- And closed with at look at why they both think Nike selling on Amazon again is a bad idea (Source)
There’s all that, plus A&M’s David Schneidman stops by for 5 Insightful Minutes on consumer sentiment, along with everything from personal pan pizzas and travel hacks to how close we are to living in the world of the Terminator.
You can give this week’s Fast Five retail news roundup a listen by clicking above or on the platform of your choice below:
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And, if you want to read the latest A&M survey report on consumer sentiment, you can do so by clicking here.
Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
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