In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso and Veloq, Chris and guest host Jenna DeFranco of J Recruiting Services discussed:
- Target boosting its employee discount and rolling out a new dress code for store workers (Source)
- Aldi launching a fully redesigned nationwide digital experience powered by Instacart (Source)
- REI’s union voting to authorize a boycott of the co-op’s biggest sales event of the year (Source)
- DoorDash adding four apparel retailers — Urban Outfitters, Steve Madden, Dolce Vita, and Rally House — to its on-demand delivery platform (Source)
- Walmart debuting an in-store app experience inside ChatGPT, backed by its Sparky commerce agent (Source)
There’s all that, plus Jenna also helped us hand out this month’s OmniStar Award to Kristie Maurer, owner of Maurer’s Urban Market. And Adam Plom, VP and Head of Content for Shoptalk Europe, joined us for 5 Insightful Minutes to give a preview of what to expect in Barcelona this June.
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Be careful out there,
– Chris, Jenna, and the Omni Talk team
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