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• (Guest Post) How Amazon Moments Changes the Game for Loyalty Programs | Antavo (2/27/2019)
• (Guest Post) Importance of Redefining Your Customer Journey Through Omnichannel Retail | Lucep (4/3/2018)
• (Guest Post) Wayfair’s brick and mortar experiment is flawed, but there is hope! | Robert Kagan (1/3/2019)
• (New) Introducing Omni Talk’s Weekly Podcasts — open to listen and subscribe (3/4/2018)
• (Video) Amazon Go expands and Chicago shouts “Da Bezos” (5/18/2018)
• (Video) Amazon Go Spotlight (5/11/2018)
• (Video) Buy or sell Best Buy’s new branding? (5/11/2018)
• (Video) Did the Supreme Court just help Amazon in the long-run? (6/22/2018)
• (Video) Don’t bet the cart on Flipkart (5/11/2018)
• (Video) Google wants to be a retailer when it grows up (6/22/2018)
• (Video) How Millennial are You — Spotify, Apple Music, or cassette tapes? (5/11/2018)
• (Video) How Millennial are You? — Home screen apps (5/18/2018)
• (Video) Watch Out Amazon — There’s a New Flywheel in Town! (9/25/2017)
• 10 Candid Retail Predictions For 2019 | Forbes (12/6/2018)
• 10 Signs from an Earnings Call that a Retailer is in Trouble (7/10/2017)
• 10 surprising retail predictions for 2018 | Retail Dive (12/6/2017)
• 10 Things I Love and Don’t Love about Walmart (12/6/2017)
• 10 Things I Think I Think I Love and Don’t Love about Walmart Right Now (Part 1 of 2) (11/14/2017)
• 10 Things I Think I Think I Love and Don’t Love about Walmart Right Now (Part 2 of 2) (11/28/2017)
• 10 tips for getting the most out of NRF’s Big Show | Retail Dive (1/10/2018)
• 10 tips to get the most out of Shoptalk 2018 | Retail Dive (3/15/2018)
• 1st-Ever Omni Bag Answers — What Does “Store of the Future” Mean? (9/1/2017)
• 2017 Omni Talk Superlative Awards (12/18/2017)
• 3 Reasons Why Coworking Is All Hype When It Comes To Saving Retail | Forbes.com (7/17/2018)
• 3 Suggestions to Make Retail Trade Shows Even More Katy Perry Sharktastic (10/12/2017)
• 5 Holiday Wishes for Every Retailer This Black Friday | Uberall (11/13/2018)
• 5 Myths About Checkout-Free Retail That Really Need Busting | Grabango with Chris Walton (9/12/2019)
• 5 Questions with a Retail Expert: Chris Walton from Omni Talk | Yantriks (5/21/2019)
• 5 Resume Checks to Ensure You Don’t Hire Hank Azaria for Your R&D Effort (8/7/2017)
• 5 surprising takeaways from Home Delivery World 2018 | Retail Dive (4/26/2018)
• A Call to Action for All Retailers: A Fireside Chat with Chris Walton & Mariya Zorotovich at Microsoft (5/23/2018)
• A Demo of Amazon’s Package X-Ray Technology (1-Minute Video Post) (8/16/2017)
• A Happy September Thank You Note (9/18/2017)
• A Quick 2-Minute Primer on Why Amazon May Be Unstoppable. (6/29/2017)
• A Secret Shop of STORY at Macy’s Reveals Some Ugly Truths – The Robin Report (7/17/2019)
• After the Five Video — Walmart just set retail back 50 years (5/18/2018)
• After the Five Video: Amazon, the drug we can’t quit (5/4/2018)
• After the Five Video: Walmart, shouldn’t the curtain match the drapes? (4/23/2018)
• Alibaba’s New Retail Could Be What Makes American Retail Great Again | Forbes (8/13/2018)
• Amazon adds features to allow teens to shop from parents’ account (10/12/2017)
• Amazon and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (6/20/2017)
• Amazon and Walmart Ain’t Got Nothing on Us — Retail’s New Flywheel Revealed (9/25/2017)
• Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021 | TechCrunch (6/20/2019)
• Amazon Go Has Been Flawed From The Get-Go | Forbes.com (8/6/2018)
• Amazon Go is more like Amazon ‘Uh oh’ | Retail Dive (2/6/2018)
• Amazon Go Means Goodbye Status Quo | Forbes.com (7/9/2018)
• Amazon Prime Pantry? Not in My Drawers! (Video Post) (9/5/2017)
• Amazon Prime Pivoting From Packages to Publicity (8/6/2019)
• Amazon Set To Become The Favorite Drug Dealer Of Mom-And-Pops Everywhere | Forbes (9/20/2018)
• Amazon Spark, the retailer’s two-year-old Instagram competitor, has shut down | TechCrunch (6/19/2019)
• Amazon to add new Whole Foods stores, expanding reach of Prime Now delivery, report says | GeekWire (1/1/2019)
• Amazon’s Echo Look is just what Alicia Silverstone ordered (6/9/2018)
• Amazon’s Echo Look may be the coolest thing I have ever seen (Fast Five) (6/8/2018)
• Amazon, Alibaba And Nike All Point To The Next Innovation In Retail: Personalized Physical Spaces | Forbes.com (7/17/2018)
• Amazon’s cashierless Go stores could be a $4 billion business by 2021, new research suggests | Recode (1/8/2019)
• Amid CEO Departure, The Secret To Save Victoria’s Secret Is Revealed | Forbes (11/19/2018)
• An 8 Step Pregnancy Test to Indicate if a Retailer’s R&D is Really R&D (7/24/2017)
• An Introduction To Online Payment Options For Ecommerce | Guest Contribution (Datadial) (7/18/2019)
• Apple partners with Best Buy for expanded repair service | Apple (6/19/2019)
• Brandless – A Fad Like Shake Weight® or the Next Big Thing? – The Robin Report (9/10/2018)
• Breaking News — Amazon Announces 11/22 Prime Day (10/24/2017)
• Channel Mastery Podcast | Retail as Media with Anne Mezzenga of Omni Talk (12/20/2018)
• Channel Mastery: 16: Chris Walton: The Future of Omnichannel Retail (10/18/2017)
• Commerce at Coachella — Amazon’s purposeful promotion of last-mile dominance. (3/7/2019)
• Considering A Flagship Store On Tmall? What Retail Execs Need To Know | Retail Executive (3/12/2018)
• Counter Neuroplasticity with These Retail Strategies – Retail Decoded (12/17/2018)
• Dan Phan: The Art & Science of Business Modernization (11/22/2017)
• Data In Omni-Channel Retailing Is About Art, Not Science | Retail Executive (1/5/2018)
• Did You Know Lionel Richie is a Retail Nostradamus? (7/14/2017)
• Does Moore’s Law Apply to Retail? (7/7/2017)
• Dollar General is rolling out FedEx drop-off and collection services at thousands of its stores to help it take on Walmart | Business Insider (6/20/2019)
• European-based apparel retailer, Primark, bets on the “treasure hunt” instead of e-commerce (3/28/2019)
• Ever Hear the One about the Quick Brown Fox that Jumped Over the Lazy Retailer? (8/1/2017)
• Exclusive Chris Walton Q&A: 4 Technologies That Target Retail Pain Points | Retail TouchPoints (5/29/2019)
• Facebook Is Amazon’s Greatest Weakness | Forbes (11/20/2018)
• Fast Five Podcast – Live from WeWork, It’s #3000isReal! (10/12/2018)
• Fast Five Podcast — Ikea, Resto, Lulu and, of course, a Walmart Diatribe (3/30/2018)
• Fast Five Podcast: Chris v. Anne Top 5 Battle Royale (11/10/2018)
• Fast Five Podcasts: Walmart done good (finally), plus Amazon Spark and More (4/6/2018)
• Fast Five Podcast| Black Friday Edition — Live Coverage from the Mall of America (11/27/2018)
• Fast Five Video and Podcast: Amazon’s New Store Concepts with Guest Host Dan Phan (10/9/2018)
• Fast Five Video: Is Brandless just an infomercial? (4/20/2018)
• Fast Five Video: Macy’s has a new Story to tell and . . . Lionel Richie (5/4/2018)
• Fast Five | Amazon Goes to the Airport, Facebook Live Shopping, and More! (12/15/2018)
• Fast Five | The Secret that Could Save Victoria’s Secret (11/16/2018)
• Fast Five: Amazon – Be Afraid, Very Afraid (9/23/2018)
• Fast Five: Amazon is disrupting retail faster than we expected (2/23/2018)
• Fast Five: Amazon to bring Yuppie Nirvana to Chicago and San Francisco (5/17/2018)
• Fast Five: Doug and Marc go to the Taj Majal (5/10/2018)
• Fast Five: If Macy’s falls in the woods, does it make a noise? (3/2/2018)
• Fast Five: Join the movement #FemaleFounders (5/31/2018)
• Fast Five: Kohl’s and Aldi go together like doilies and crockery (3/9/2018)
• Fast Five: Live from Shop.org with Healy Cypher, CEO of ZIVELO (9/14/2018)
• Fast Five: Macy’s pens the next chapter in its Story (5/3/2018)
• Fast Five: The race is on to one-up Amazon Go! (6/15/2018)
• Fast Five: The truth hurts Bed Bath and Beyond (4/12/2018)
• Fast Five: This week’s headlines were quite taxing (6/22/2018)
• Fast Five: Walmart done . . . good . . . finally! (4/5/2018)
• Fast Five: Walmart Toy Lab Deserves A Close Look (11/30/2018)
• Fast Five: Walmart’s Black Diamond (9/2/2018)
• Fast Five: We Debate the 2018 Retail Dive Awards (12/9/2018)
• FastFive – Live from Cue4 [un]Conference + listener questions! (10/26/2018)
• Five Tools to Survive the Retail Apocalypse | The Robin Report (8/1/2018)
• Forbes + Podcast | Meet BarkPark, The New Starbucks For Dogs With Enormous Potential (10/31/2018)
• Forget Comp Store Sales; This Is The Most Important Statistic In Retail | Forbes (9/10/2018)
• Former Snapchat exec launches an Amazon for luxury goods | Axios (6/18/2019)
• Four Gender-Parity Wishes for the 2019 Trade Show Circuit | The Robin Report (11/14/2018)
• Four Troubling Concerns About Walmart’s New JetBlack Service | Forbes.com (6/27/2018)
• Glossier To Open New Flagship Store In New York This Week | Forbes (11/5/2018)
• Good Retail Should Feel Like Vacation Sex|Forbes.com (6/25/2018)
• Google Could Become A Bigger And Better Retailer Than Amazon | Forbes (8/20/2018)
• How Incoming Store Technology Will Change Retail Forever | RetailSpaces (7/24/2018)
• How Millennial are You — Experiences or Things? (6/15/2018)
• How Millennial are you — Uber pricing? (6/8/2018)
• How millennial are you — Venmo? (5/4/2018)
• Immersed Digital Environments Are An Important Part Of The Omnichannel Discussion | Guest Contributor Matt Bowen (9/10/2019)
• In a WiFi-Enabled World, Shopping & Buying Are Two Different Things | SocialSign.in (2/14/2019)
• Inspiration from Disaster — Flight 255 and Its Lasting Impact (8/14/2017)
• Is Brandless a modern day reimagination of an infomercial? (4/19/2018)
• Is Walmart Losing Touch with America? – The Robin Report (1/15/2019)
• Kohl’s & Macy’s: Two Retailers Headed In Opposite Directions? | Forbes (9/10/2018)
• Kroger Pilots 30-Minute Grocery Delivery | Progressive Grocer (6/19/2019)
• Kroger Pilots Two ‘Connected’ Stores With Microsoft Partnership – Retail TouchPoints (1/8/2019)
• Kroger’s Decision To Launch Brands With Alibaba Is Pure Genius | Forbes (9/10/2018)
• Let’s Get Real About Retail: A Conversation With Chris Walton | StyleSage (4/4/2018)
• Leveraging Packaging As Part Of The E-Commerce Experience | Dieline (4/25/2018)
• Leveraging Voice Technology For Marketing | Blue Label Labs (Guest Contribution) (11/21/2018)
• Location Marketing is the Flux Capacitor of Mobile Retailing | uberall (8/6/2018)
• Look Mom – I just Shipt my pants in an Instacart (2/2/2018)
• Macy’s Los Angeles Plans Remind Us That Not All Pop-Up Retail Is Created Equal | Forbes (9/10/2018)
• Marketing That Really Hits Home | PebblePost (Guest Contribution) (4/30/2019)
• Matthew Shay, President and CEO of NRF, Needs a Wake-Up Call – The Robin Report (5/10/2018)
• Meal-Kit Solutions Lack One Key Ingredient: Human-Centered Design | Forbes.com (7/24/2018)
• Mixed Reality Is The Exciting New Reality At The Mall Of America (12/14/2018)
• My Dad, an original gangster of entrepreneurship (12/4/2017)
• My favorite retail tech startup of 2018 is woman-led, and that part is important (5/24/2018)
• My first time. . . at a boutique hotel. . . and what it means to retail. (11/9/2017)
• Needing To Touch And Feel Groceries Is Like Believing The Earth Is Flat | Forbes (11/19/2018)
• New Amazon Go Store Shrinks In Size, A Sign Of Hope For Competitors | Forbes (9/10/2018)
• New co-working space in Minneapolis’ Linden Hills neighborhood focuses on retail innovation | Minneapolis Star Tribune (8/22/2019)
• New White Paper: In New Retail, Speed and Convenience of Delivery are The Next Pillars of Differentiation | Yantriks (3/28/2019)
• November Omni Bag — Is Kohl’s between a rock and a demographic hard place? (11/6/2017)
• Now 11 Signs that a Retailer is in Trouble (7/12/2017)
• Ocado: Tom Hanks or C. Thomas Howell? | The Robin Report (5/6/2019)
• Omni Talk Fast Five Now on Video! (4/16/2018)
• Omni Talk Podcasts: Amazon says, “No, I am your father.” (4/14/2018)
• Omni Talk Spotlight Series Podcast: Interview with flexReceipts CEO Tomas Diaz (9/13/2018)
• Omni Talk Spotlight Series Podcast: Interview with Perch CEO Trevor Sumner (9/13/2018)
• Omni Talk Spotlight Series: One Door Merchandising Cloud (5/30/2018)
• Omni Talk Spotlight Series: Today’s Guest Ted Mann, CEO of Slyce (4/10/2018)
• Omni Talk’s 2017 Best (as voted on by you) (12/22/2017)
• Omni Talk’s New Feature – How millennial are you? (4/23/2018)
• Omnichannel’s Death…Not So Fast! – The Robin Report (12/12/2017)
• Our faith in Macy’s may be restored (After the Five Video) (6/15/2018)
• Part II: How Retailers Are Feeding Consumers’ Demand for Deals | Guest Contribution (3/12/2019)
• Part III: How Subscription Services and Social Will Impact Retail in 2019 | RetailMeNot Guest Contribution (3/26/2019)
• Peter, Paul, and Mary ask: “Where have all the Santas gone?” (11/21/2017)
• Product Management, Not Product – Robin Report (1/18/2018)
• Resurrecting the Physical Store Through Harmonized Retail | Infosys (7/1/2019)
• Retail Boards and Analysts — Consider Yourselves on Blast (9/12/2017)
• Retail Redeveloped Podcast: Omni-Channel Retail Expert, Chris Walton (3/11/2019)
• Retail Technology Trends – WCLO Radio Interview [Audio] (7/16/2019)
• Retail’s Q4 Sales Results – The Robin Report (2/8/2018)
• Retail’s Mid-Year Physical Exam – The Robin Report (6/20/2018)
• Protected: Retailers Anonymous — a 12-Step Recovery Program (must subscribe to get code) (1/10/2018)
• Retailers are FREAKING OUT Over New Eagle Eye Cherry Cover (7/27/2017)
• Retailers Need to Stop Thinking with Their Small P’s (7/5/2017)
• Sam’s Club associates in need of info can go ‘Ask Sam’ | Chain Store Age (6/20/2019)
• Sam’s Club Files Patent for Next-Level Scan & Go Test | Sam’s Club Corporate (3/8/2019)
• Shark City CEO Pay and Decision-Making Biases (6/30/2017)
• Shop.org 2017 Observations Part II — Why I Get All Ben Stiller Over Location Technology (10/5/2017)
• Shop.org Observations Part I — More Scan-and-Go Horizons (10/3/2017)
• Shop.org Observations Part III — Tech that Speaks to Me Like Jennifer Love Hewitt (10/9/2017)
• Shopify launches network of warehouses and shipping in U.S. to handle orders for independent merchants | The Journal Pioneer (6/20/2019)
• Shoppers Try on Sneakers via AR with New ‘Wanna Kicks’ App (3/14/2019)
• Shopping app Wish is huge, cheap, and very, very weird | Vox (6/18/2019)
• Shoptalk Day 1 — Podcast Recap (3/21/2018)
• Shoptalk Day 2 — Podcast Recap (3/21/2018)
• Shoptalk Day 3 — Podcast Recap (3/21/2018)
• Shoptalk Day 4 Podcast — Recap and Concluding Thoughts (3/22/2018)
• Shoptalk Reveals 75 Ways Retail Will Change in the Next Decade – The Robin Report (2/20/2019)
• Special Event: Amazon Prime Day Live Stream [Video] (7/16/2019)
• Spotlight Podcast from GroceryShop: Delivery Solutions Founders Arshaad Mirza and Manil Uppal (11/1/2018)
• Spotlight Podcast | Engagement Agents President Sean Snyder (11/14/2018)
• Spotlight Podcast: Carl Boutet Retail Strategist, CloudRaker (11/1/2018)
• Spotlight Podcast: Interview with AVA retail.ai CEO Atul Hirpara (10/30/2018)
• Spotlight Podcast: Myxx Founders Monica Wood and Dede Houston (10/31/2018)
• Spotlight Podcast: Takeoff Founders Max Pedro and Jose Aguerrevere (10/29/2018)
• Spotlight Podcast: Thrive Market CEO Nick Green (10/31/2018)
• Spotlight Series Podcast | Navigating Location-Based Search for Local Retailers with Moz CEO Sarah Bird (7/9/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Eversight Co-Founder, David Moran Live From Groceryshop | Podcast (9/18/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Interview with Jenzy Co-Founders Carolyn Horner and Eve Ackerley (11/20/2018)
• Spotlight Series: Interview with Moltin CEO, Jamus Driscoll (9/22/2018)
• Spotlight Series: Interview with Pointy CEO and Co-Founder, Mark Cummins (10/9/2018)
• Spotlight Series: Interview with The Storefront CEO, Mohamed Haouache (10/2/2018)
• Spotlight Series: LISNR CEO, Rodney Williams, Live from Groceryshop | Podcast (9/17/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Podcast Interview With uberall Co-Founder, Josha Benner (8/29/2018)
• Spotlight Series: Rakuten Ready CEO, Jaron Waldman live from Groceryshop | Podcast (9/18/2019)
• Spurred by Amazon, Supermarkets Try Swapping Cashiers for Cameras | WSJ (7/10/2019)
• Starbucks is Amazon’s Store of the Future (1-Minute Video Post) (8/10/2017)
• Starbucks Order-Pick Up is the Future (Video Post) (8/24/2017)
• Sur La Table CEO jumps to J.Crew | Chain Store Age (6/19/2019)
• The Airlines Can And Should Beat Amazon Go To The Punch At Airports | Forbes (12/17/2018)
• The Clear Winners And Losers Of Black Friday 2018 | Forbes (11/27/2018)
• The Curious Case of Location Marketing in a Mobile World | uberall (6/8/2018)
• The eGrocery Revolution: Examining the Economic And Psychological Implications of Hyperlocal Microfulfillment | Takeoff Technologies (6/10/2019)
• The GDPR Is Just the Latest Example of Europe’s Caution on Privacy Rights. That Outlook Has a Disturbing History | Time (6/19/2019)
• The good, the bad and the ugly from IRCE 2018 | Retail Dive (6/12/2018)
• The good, the bad and the ugly of NRF’s Big Show 2018 | Retail Dive (1/18/2018)
• The good, the bad and the ugly of Shoptalk 2018 | Retail Dive (3/29/2018)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Revealed at Groceryshop 2019 | The Robin Report (9/24/2019)
• The Guide To Earnings Statements That Retailers Don’t Want You To Read | Forbes (9/10/2018)
• The Kindle Chronicles: Retail Savant Chris Walton (12/31/2018)
• The New Mental Gymnastics of Mobile Retailing | uberall (6/14/2018)
• The New Titans Of Retail: Emily Weiss And Katrina Lake | Forbes.com (7/6/2018)
• The Pet Economy Kicks Into Overdrive| U.S. Chamber of Commerce (7/11/2019)
• The Power of First-Party Data – Unleashing ROI | SocialSign.in (3/14/2019)
• The rise of vitamin, supplement, and wellness brands is a lesson on how creating communities and flashy packaging may outweigh science | Dan Phan (5/1/2019)
• The Store of The Future Is Like Pornography. You’ll Know It When You See It. | The Robin Report (3/19/2019)
• The store of the future won’t be Amazon (11/30/2017)
• The Surprisingly Simple Economics Of eGroceries & Hyperlocal Microfullfilment (9/11/2019)
• The World is Our Storefront | uberall (7/18/2018)
• Today’s Top Retail News (6/25/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News (7/8/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (6/27/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (6/28/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (7/1/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (7/2/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail Stories (6/25/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/3/2019)
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• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (6/26/2019)
• Top Talk (7/15/2019)
• Top Trends That Will Shape Retail in 2019 | Channel Mastery (10/15/2018)
• Walmart and Affirm: A match Amazon will find hard to beat | Retail Dive (9/7/2017)
• Walmart hits an e-commerce road bump. What’s next? | Retail Dive (2/26/2018)
• Walmart jumps ahead of Amazon with Scan & Go | Retail Dive (8/11/2017)
• Walmart kickstarting a $1T driverless delivery market | Detroit News (6/20/2019)
• Walmart Made An Incredibly Sharp Move This Month Hiring Valerie Casey | Forbes.com (7/6/2018)
• Walmart Shows Robots Are As Easy As 123 | Forbes (10/23/2018)
• Walmart Toy Lab Is The Best Thing Walmart Has Done All Year | Forbes (12/3/2018)
• Walmart’s Alphabot Robot Is The Beautiful First Letter Of A New Retail Language | Forbes (8/13/2018)
• Walmart’s Jetblack is the new red (6/11/2018)
• Walmart’s Latest Initiative To Fend Off Amazon Is A Total Gas | Forbes.com (7/17/2018)
• Walmart’s New Microsoft Deal, Not Amazon Prime Day, Was The Most Important Event In Retail Last Week | Forbes.com (7/24/2018)
• Was Terry J. Lundgren the Mayor of Shark City? (6/27/2017)
• WiFi Strategy Is Fundamental To Omnichannel Retail | Guest Post for SocialSign.in (12/19/2018)
• World Business Report – US-China Trade Talks Resume – BBC Sounds (Podcast) (1/31/2019)
• Year-End Review: Amazon Is The Undisputed 2018 Retailer Of The Year | Forbes (12/10/2018)
• Zola plots NYC pop-up for engagement season | Retail Dive (1/8/2019)

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• Fast Five: Amazon Starts Shipping the Cheap Stuff Next Day | Podcast (10/18/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/17/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Managing the Changing Retail Workforce with Shyft CEO, Brett Patrontasch | Podcast (10/17/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/16/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/15/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/14/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/11/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/10/2019)
• Fast Five: Enough is Enough With Marc Lore at Walmart | Podcast (10/10/2019)
• Report Of Amazon Go Coming To Airports Is A Sign Of Far Greater Change To Come | Forbes (10/10/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/10/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/8/2019)
• WSJ Report On Jetblack Is Further Proof Of The Gross Ineffectiveness Of Marc Lore’s Innovation Record At Walmart | Forbes (10/8/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/8/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/4/2019)
• Fast Five: There’s Just No Keeping Up with those Kardashians | Podcast (10/4/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/3/2019)
• New Video — “Fast Five: There’s Just No Keeping Up with those Kardashdians” (10/3/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/2/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Amazon for CMO’s with Kiri Masters | Podcast (10/2/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (10/1/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/30/2019)
• New Video — “Fast Five: McKinsey is now a Retailer?” (9/30/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/29/2019)
• Fast Five: McKinsey is now a Retailer? | Podcast (9/27/2019)
• Malls Are Dying, But There’s A 3-Step Plan That Can Save Them | Forbes (9/27/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/26/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/25/2019)
• 5 Important Lessons Deduced From Sam’s Club CEO John Furner At Groceryshop 2019 | Forbes (9/25/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/25/2019)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Revealed at Groceryshop 2019 | The Robin Report (9/24/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/20/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/19/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Eversight Co-Founder, David Moran Live From Groceryshop | Podcast (9/18/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Rakuten Ready CEO, Jaron Waldman live from Groceryshop | Podcast (9/18/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/17/2019)
• Spotlight Series: LISNR CEO, Rodney Williams, Live from Groceryshop | Podcast (9/17/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/17/2019)
• GrocerKey CEO, Jeremy Neren – Delivering Groceries since 2006 | Groceryshop Podcast (9/16/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/13/2019)
• Upcoming Groceryshop Conference Could Be The Tipping Point That Makes 2020 The Most Important Year In Grocery Retail History | Forbes (9/13/2019)
• Fast Five: Nordstom And Walmart Turn Up the Heat On Returns & Grocery Delivery | Podcast (9/13/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/13/2019)
• 5 Myths About Checkout-Free Retail That Really Need Busting | Grabango with Chris Walton (9/12/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/12/2019)
• Ex-Domino’s Pizza CEO Could Be On The Verge Of Revolutionizing Retail In 30 Minutes Or Less | Forbes (9/11/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/11/2019)
• The Surprisingly Simple Economics Of eGroceries & Hyperlocal Microfullfilment (9/11/2019)
• Immersed Digital Environments Are An Important Part Of The Omnichannel Discussion | Guest Contributor Matt Bowen (9/10/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/10/2019)
• Grocery Stores Of The Future Will Likely Share These 3 Important Characteristics | Forbes (9/9/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/6/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/5/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/5/2019)
• Multi-Touch Attribution with Amy Fitzgerald, VP Media Attribution & Measurement, Catalina | Spotlight Series Podcast (9/4/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (9/3/2019)
• Fast Five: The Magical World of Disney + Target and the Mystery of Le Tote Buying Lord & Taylor | Podcast (8/30/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/29/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/28/2019)
• Amazon Move To Open A Seattle 4-Star Store Is A 5-Star Decision | Forbes (8/28/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/27/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/27/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/23/2019)
• Fast Five: Did Walgreens Checkmate CVS or Play Right Into Amazon’s Hands? | Podcast (8/23/2019)
• What’s Wrong At Macy’s? Look To Story For A Clue | Forbes (8/22/2019)
• New co-working space in Minneapolis’ Linden Hills neighborhood focuses on retail innovation | Minneapolis Star Tribune (8/22/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/21/2019)
• Kroger, Walgreens Pilot Expansion Is An Important Leading Indicator Of The Future | Forbes (8/21/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/20/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/19/2019)
• Why The Death Of The Amazon Dash Button Is Good News For Amazon And Bad News For Everyone Else | Forbes (8/17/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/16/2019)
• Nike’s New Subscription Service Takes Flight | Fast Five Podcast (8/16/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/15/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/14/2019)
• Spotlight Series: The Store as a Media Channel with Michael Pollack of News America Marketing | Podcast (8/14/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/13/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/12/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/10/2019)
• Must Love Dogs…and Apple’s New Credit Card | Fast Five Podcast (8/9/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/8/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/7/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/6/2019)
• Amazon Prime Pivoting From Packages to Publicity (8/6/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (8/6/2019)
• Amazon Has Us in Stitches | Fast Five Podcast (8/2/2019)
• Why Lululemon’s New In-Store Restaurant Will Succeed, While Others Will Fail | Forbes (8/1/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/31/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/30/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/29/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/25/2019)
• Amazon’s New Partnership With Realogy Is A Prudent Act Of Desperation | Forbes (7/25/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/24/2019)
• Ready for Voice Search? A Spotlight Interview w/ Uberall SVP Marketing & Communications, Norman Rohr | Podcast (7/24/2019)
• Latest Amazon Go Store Just Did Starbucks Better Than Starbucks | Forbes (7/23/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/23/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/22/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/19/2019)
• Are Restaurants in Stores a Hail Mary? | Fast Five Podcast (7/19/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/18/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/18/2019)
• An Introduction To Online Payment Options For Ecommerce | Guest Contribution (Datadial) (7/18/2019)
• A Secret Shop of STORY at Macy’s Reveals Some Ugly Truths – The Robin Report (7/17/2019)
• Bringing Checkout-Free Tech to the Masses with Grabango CEO, Will Glaser | Spotlight Series Podcast (7/17/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/16/2019)
• Retail Technology Trends – WCLO Radio Interview [Audio] (7/16/2019)
• Special Event: Amazon Prime Day Live Stream [Video] (7/16/2019)
• Special Event: Amazon Prime Day Live [Podcast] (7/16/2019)
• 3 Reasons Why Prime Day Every Month Would Checkmate The Retail Industry for The Next Century | Forbes (7/16/2019)
• Top Talk (7/15/2019)
• Brits Be Checkout-Freeing | Fast Five Podcast (7/12/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/11/2019)
• The Pet Economy Kicks Into Overdrive| U.S. Chamber of Commerce (7/11/2019)
• Today’s Top Talk (7/10/2019)
• Don’t Be Surprised If Amazon Prime Day Starts To Happen Every Month | Forbes (7/10/2019)
• Spurred by Amazon, Supermarkets Try Swapping Cashiers for Cameras | WSJ (7/10/2019)
• Spotlight Series Podcast | Navigating Location-Based Search for Local Retailers with Moz CEO Sarah Bird (7/9/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News (7/8/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (7/2/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (7/1/2019)
• Resurrecting the Physical Store Through Harmonized Retail | Infosys (7/1/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (6/28/2019)
• Fast Five Special Feature: Live from Hudson Yards New York [Podcast] (6/28/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (6/27/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News Stories (6/26/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail Stories (6/25/2019)
• Today’s Top Retail News (6/25/2019)
• Sam’s Club associates in need of info can go ‘Ask Sam’ | Chain Store Age (6/20/2019)
• Dollar General is rolling out FedEx drop-off and collection services at thousands of its stores to help it take on Walmart | Business Insider (6/20/2019)
• Shopify launches network of warehouses and shipping in U.S. to handle orders for independent merchants | The Journal Pioneer (6/20/2019)
• Walmart kickstarting a $1T driverless delivery market | Detroit News (6/20/2019)
• Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021 | TechCrunch (6/20/2019)
• Kroger Pilots 30-Minute Grocery Delivery | Progressive Grocer (6/19/2019)
• Apple partners with Best Buy for expanded repair service | Apple (6/19/2019)
• Jetblack’s Latest Statistics Are Practically Meaningless | Forbes (6/19/2019)
• The GDPR Is Just the Latest Example of Europe’s Caution on Privacy Rights. That Outlook Has a Disturbing History | Time (6/19/2019)
• Amazon Spark, the retailer’s two-year-old Instagram competitor, has shut down | TechCrunch (6/19/2019)
• Sur La Table CEO jumps to J.Crew | Chain Store Age (6/19/2019)
• Shopping app Wish is huge, cheap, and very, very weird | Vox (6/18/2019)
• Former Snapchat exec launches an Amazon for luxury goods | Axios (6/18/2019)
• Fast Five Podcast | The Marc Lore Gong Show Continues (6/14/2019)
• Marc Lore’s Latest Grocery Delivery PR Stunt Arrives As An Edsel Disguised As Sam Walton’s 1979 Pickup Truck | Forbes (6/13/2019)
• Walmart’s McMillon Should Be The Early Favorite For 2019 Retail CEO Of The Year | Forbes (6/11/2019)
• The eGrocery Revolution: Examining the Economic And Psychological Implications of Hyperlocal Microfulfillment | Takeoff Technologies (6/10/2019)
• Fast Five Podcast | High Fives for Walmart in . . . Canada (6/7/2019)
• Planet 13 Is The Next Unicorn Retailer Everyone Should Be Talking About | Forbes (6/7/2019)
• Sam’s Club May Be The Most Innovative Retailer In America Not Named Amazon | Forbes (6/3/2019)
• Fast Five Podcast | Amazon Turns The Creep Up (5/31/2019)
• Exclusive Chris Walton Q&A: 4 Technologies That Target Retail Pain Points | Retail TouchPoints (5/29/2019)
• FastFive: Should Nordstrom Bet On Local? [Podcast] (5/24/2019)
• Kohl’s Disappointing Earnings Are Just The First Step Along A Road To Nowhere | Forbes (5/22/2019)
• 5 Questions with a Retail Expert: Chris Walton from Omni Talk | Yantriks (5/21/2019)
• Rihanna, Kylie, & Others Set To Become The New Merchant Princesses Of 21st Century Retail | Forbes (5/20/2019)
• 100th Podcast Episode: Has Amazon dropped the hammer with a possible Whole Foods/Go Integration? (5/17/2019)
• Struggles At Lord & Taylor Highlight Walmart’s Confusing Digital Strategy | Forbes (5/17/2019)
• Cash-Accepting Amazon Go Store Shows Amazon Is Smarter Than The Government And Its Competition | Forbes (5/13/2019)
• Fast Five Podcast: Valtrex, Communal Living, QR Codes on TV, and of course the latest Amazon and Walmart News (5/10/2019)
• Walmart’s New IRL Lab Store Is The Al Capone’s Vault Of Retail Innovation | Forbes (5/9/2019)
• Spotlight Series: The Untapped Gold Mine of Product Reviews with Hearful CEO, Lisa Kobylarz [Podcast] (5/7/2019)
• Ocado: Tom Hanks or C. Thomas Howell? | The Robin Report (5/6/2019)
• The rise of vitamin, supplement, and wellness brands is a lesson on how creating communities and flashy packaging may outweigh science | Dan Phan (5/1/2019)
• Marketing That Really Hits Home | PebblePost (Guest Contribution) (4/30/2019)
• Retail Executives Should Follow Walmart CEO Doug McMillon’s Lead And Visit Israel | Forbes (4/29/2019)
• Laws To Ban Amazon Go Cashless Stores Are Futile & Miss The Real Issue | Forbes (4/23/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Future of Product Search for Online Retailers with Narrativ CEO, Shirley Chen [Podcast] (4/16/2019)
• Don’t Think For A Minute That Way Day Is Just Another Made Up Holiday Like Prime Day | Forbes (4/11/2019)
• Katie Finnegan’s Resignation Raises Important Questions About Walmart’s Innovation Program | Forbes (4/4/2019)
• New White Paper: In New Retail, Speed and Convenience of Delivery are The Next Pillars of Differentiation | Yantriks (3/28/2019)
• European-based apparel retailer, Primark, bets on the “treasure hunt” instead of e-commerce (3/28/2019)
• Part III: How Subscription Services and Social Will Impact Retail in 2019 | RetailMeNot Guest Contribution (3/26/2019)
• Planet 13, The World’s Largest Cannabis Entertainment Concept, Is High-Speed Innovation At Its Best | Forbes (3/22/2019)
• Spotlight Podcast: Cannabis Curious? Experiential Retail with Planet 13’s Co-CEO Bob Groesbeck (3/22/2019)
• Fast Five Podcast: Did Instagram Just Win 2019 Retailer of the Year? (3/22/2019)
• Thanks to Tech, DTC Brands Make Smooth Transition into Physical Experiences (3/21/2019)
• A New Mathematical Equation For Value May Predict A Not So Glowing Future For Walmart | Forbes (3/20/2019)
• The Store of The Future Is Like Pornography. You’ll Know It When You See It. | The Robin Report (3/19/2019)
• Fast Five: Sour Grapes About Walmart’s New Returns Process [Podcast] (3/15/2019)
• Shoppers Try on Sneakers via AR with New ‘Wanna Kicks’ App (3/14/2019)
• The Power of First-Party Data – Unleashing ROI | SocialSign.in (3/14/2019)
• Walmart Is Smart To Let Sam’s Club Follow Its Own Innovation Path | Forbes (3/12/2019)
• Part II: How Retailers Are Feeding Consumers’ Demand for Deals | Guest Contribution (3/12/2019)
• Retail Redeveloped Podcast: Omni-Channel Retail Expert, Chris Walton (3/11/2019)
• Sam’s Club Files Patent for Next-Level Scan & Go Test | Sam’s Club Corporate (3/8/2019)
• The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Shoptalk 2019 | Forbes (3/8/2019)
• Commerce at Coachella — Amazon’s purposeful promotion of last-mile dominance. (3/7/2019)
• Shoptalk Spotlight: Self-driving stores with Robomart Founder & CEO Ali Ahmed [Podcast] (3/6/2019)
• Shoptalk Spotlight: TrueFit Co-Founder, Romney Evans [Podcast] (3/6/2019)
• Shoptalk Spotlight: Talking AI w/ Justine Santa Cruz, Satisfi Labs SVP Enterprise and Retail [Podcast] (3/5/2019)
• Shoptalk Spotlight: The Radical World of Re-commerce with Optoro SVP of e-commerce, Larisa Summers [Podcast] (3/5/2019)
• Shoptalk Podcast Spotlight: Behind the Scenes with Shoptalk’s Chief Global Content Officer, Zia Daniell Wigder (3/5/2019)
• The Innovation That Could Disrupt TJX’s 23-Year Winning Streak | Forbes (3/4/2019)
• Spotlight Podcast: Going Deep into the Funnel with Market Beyond CEO, Yuval Yifrach [Podcast] (2/28/2019)
• The 10 Must-Do Activities At The Best Trade Show In Retail – Shoptalk 2019 | Forbes (2/27/2019)
• Spotlight Series: News America Marketing And The Journey to Decode The Path to Purchase [Podcast] (2/27/2019)
• (Guest Post) How Amazon Moments Changes the Game for Loyalty Programs | Antavo (2/27/2019)
• Spotlight Series: Interview with Datasembly CEO and Co-Founder, Ben Reich [Podcast] (2/26/2019)
• Fast Five: WTF is Verishop? [Podcast] (2/23/2019)
• Shoptalk Reveals 75 Ways Retail Will Change in the Next Decade – The Robin Report (2/20/2019)
• Amazon Go and Scan-&-Go Detractors Need To Stop Burying Their Heads In The Sand Like Ostriches | Forbes (2/18/2019)
• Fisher-Price’s Relaunch Of Rescue Heroes Is A Great Example Of The Right Way To Launch A Brand | Forbes (2/18/2019)