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Target Turns The Dial Back to 2005, E-Grocery Surges 28% & Bed Bath Wants Your Coupons | Fast Five Video

Leadership shakeups, surging e-grocery sales, digital profitability milestones, nostalgia-fueled marketing campaigns, and Target’s latest design play all took center stage this week. Chris Walton and Jenn Hahn unpack whether Ahold Delhaize made the right CEO hire, what a 28% jump in e-grocery sales says about today’s consumers, whether Kroger’s e-commerce profitability is cause for celebration, and if retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond and Target are looking backward when they should be looking forward.

Starbucks Goes Small, Target Goes Bravo & Walmart’s Marketplace Goes International | Fast Five Video

Smaller Starbucks stores, shoppable entertainment, international marketplace expansion, delivery subscriptions, and AI-powered shopping assistants all took center stage this week. Chris Walton and retail analyst Ben Miller unpack whether Starbucks’ growth strategy aligns with its brand promise, why Target is betting on the convergence of retail and entertainment, and how Walmart, Dollar General, and DoorDash are each trying to secure a bigger role in consumers’ everyday lives.

Footlongs, Fresh Produce & A Side Of Legislation | Fast Five Video

Retail’s next battleground is becoming clear: who can make shopping feel the easiest. This week, Chris Walton and Gartner analyst Chap Achen explored Walmart’s move into restaurant delivery, Amazon’s evolving visual search ambitions, the growing debate around surveillance pricing, and why retailers may need to stop waiting for perfect conditions before putting AI to work.

Google’s Universal Cart, Walmart’s Speed Machine & AWS Wants To Be Your AI Brain | Fast Five Video

AI-powered shopping, ultra-fast delivery, inventory robotics, and connected stores all took center stage this week. Chris Walton and former Serta Simmons CEO Shelley Huff unpack Google’s biggest commerce move in years, Walmart’s continued push for convenience leadership, and why the future of retail may belong to the companies that control customer discovery rather than the companies that fulfill the order.

Starbucks Has AI Egg On Its Face, Google Reinvents Search & Ross Stores Breaks Records | Fast Five Video

AI inventory failures, RFID breakthroughs, conversational commerce, and off-price retail dominance all collided in this week’s Fast Five with retail strategist Laura Kennedy. Chris and Laura unpack why some AI retail experiments are struggling while others are finally scaling, how Google and Klarna are racing to reshape shopping behavior, and why retailers may be entering a much bigger shift around trust, convenience, and AI-driven commerce.

Amazon Now Delivers In 30 Minutes, Walmart Strikes Back & Everlane Sells Out To Shein | Fast Five Video

Amazon is pushing conversational commerce further through Alexa, retailers are expanding connected media ecosystems, and AI shopping experiences are starting to feel increasingly real. This week’s Fast Five with A&M’s Kelly Carey and Chad Lusk dives into whether voice commerce may finally be reaching its moment and how AI could reshape the way consumers discover and buy products.

ChatGPT Wants Your Ad Dollars, DG Goes Full Funnel & Audible Opens A Bookless Bookstore | Fast Five Video

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, Chris Walton is joined by Kathryn Mazza, former Hy-Vee CMO and current Chief Growth Officer at Barrows Connected Store, to discuss OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT Ads Manager, Target’s new creator commerce programs, Dollar General’s connected retail media strategy, Audible’s experimental “bookless bookstore,” and Amazon Pharmacy’s expansion of same-day Ozempic pill delivery.

Target Says Move Or Go, Walmart Bets On Beauty & Claude Wants Your Cart | Fast Five Video

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, Chris Walton is joined by J Recruiting Services Founder and CEO Jenn Hahn to discuss Target’s return-to-office mandate, Estée Lauder’s workforce reductions, Walmart’s push into beauty services, Anthropic’s new conversational commerce integrations with Instacart and Uber Eats, and Walmart’s ambitious plan to train all 2.1 million employees on AI.

Amazon Wants To Be The Web’s Search Bar, Ulta’s Back & Vizio TVs Are Now Walmart Stores | Fast Five Video

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, Chris Walton, on-site at Shoptalk 2026, joins returning guest Carter Jensen to discuss Amazon’s expanding Shop Direct strategy, Ulta Beauty’s move into TikTok Shop, Walmart and Vizio’s growing retail media integration, Instacart’s AI-powered smart carts, and Amazon’s continued push into grocery delivery and faster fulfillment.

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