Walmart Wants Dinner, Target Tries Beauty Again & Checkout Is Dead

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by Michael Prendergast and Ken Davidson of the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, along with Ben Miller, host of GrocerTalk, to break down Walmart’s restaurant delivery ambitions, Target’s new Beauty Studio, Sur La Table’s resale marketplace, the potential death of the online checkout page, and Amazon’s push toward fully automated delivery stations.

The group debated whether Walmart could become a legitimate threat to DoorDash and Uber Eats, whether Target’s beauty strategy is a smart merchandising play or a risky replacement for Ulta, and if agentic AI could fundamentally reshape how consumers shop and how retailers approach promotions.

00:07:21 – Walmart Expands Restaurant Delivery Beyond Its Stores
00:17:59 – Target Launches Target Beauty Studio
00:28:31 – Sur La Table Launches “Second Servings” Resale Marketplace
00:33:53 – Five Insightful Minutes with Rocquan Lucas, Previewing Groceryshop
00:43:38 – Is the Traditional Online Checkout Page Dead?
00:50:56 – Amazon’s Project Tetromino and the Future of Automated Delivery
00:55:01 – Lightning Round: Super Bowl Picks, Favorite Pie, Days of Thunder and Relationship Tattoos

Plus, Rocquan Lucas joins the show for a bonus Five Insightful Minutes to preview what’s ahead at Groceryshop and the conversations shaping one of retail’s biggest upcoming events.

The episode isn’t all business, with Chris, Michael, Ken, and Ben also discussing Minnesota sports heartbreak, tiramisu in the pie realm, the return of Cole Trickle, and all things tattoos.

Be careful out there,

The OmniTalk team

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