Chris and Anne are wrapping up 2025 with a bang, diving deep into the week’s most transformative retail headlines! From AI-powered pricing controversies and record-breaking grocery sales to experimental store concepts and the future of agentic commerce, it’s a packed show full of sharp insights and bold predictions, brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso:
• 00:02:47 – Amazon plans Rush pickup service for one-hour collection
• 00:06:26 – Instacart’s AI pricing experiments spark controversy
• 00:13:30 – November online grocery sales hit record $12.3 billion
• 00:21:05 – Target debuts curated SoHo concept store
• 00:27:40 – AWS’s David Dorf predicts AI’s 2026 evolution
• 00:37:16 – Ashley Furniture embraces agentic commerce via Perplexity
• 00:44:11 – Lightning Round: Ryan Reynolds keynoting NRF, golden retriever gatherings & Calvin Klein flagships
Tap in for tech, trends, and thoughtful debate as we close out the year from retail’s frontlines.
Be careful out there,
– Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team
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