Chris and Anne are back home from their travels and diving deep into the week’s most impactful retail headlines! From dark store innovations and smart cart pilots to factory direct shipping models and hiring transformations, it’s a packed show full of smart takes and sharp insights, brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand:
- 00:08:23 – Walmart tests dark stores for faster online fulfillment
- 00:12:56 – Wegmans pilots Instacart’s AI-powered smart carts
- 00:18:22 – Target explores factory direct shipping model like Temu & Shein
- 00:27:15 – gStore by GreyOrange’s Troy Siwek on smart store technology trends
- 00:32:14 – Hibbett debuts standalone kids app and e-commerce site
- 00:36:55 – Starbucks rettools barista hiring with district manager involvement
- 00:44:30 – Lightning Round: Dead mall spaces, Google AI mode & celebrity weddings
Tap in for tech, trends, and a few laughs from retail’s frontlines.
Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
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