Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Kroger’s Cooler Screens rollout, Instagram search advertising, Ulta placing fragrances behind locked doors, the “Summer of DashPass,” and what would motivate a Stanford grad to reimagine the pawn shop.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Walmart’s new microfulfillment center in Arkansas, Wakefern’s Freeosk pilot, Uber debuting group buying for groceries, Walmart’s new partnership with Pawp, and Amazon adding ID verification to its Amazon One palm payment system.
The A&M Consumer and Retail Group’s David Ritter and David Brown joined Chris and Anne to debate this week’s rash of earnings reports, Amazon paying people to pick up their packages, Google using generative AI in search, Amazon’s latest innovation, Amazon Anywhere, that allows it to sell goods directly within video games, and a new startup called Telly that wants to give people free 55 inch TVs in exchange for always-on advertising.
Chris & Anne discuss Walmart’s major electronic shelf label rollout with SES-imagotag, Shopify’s layoffs, Firework’s new livestream AI capabilities, Lululemon’s attempt to combat dupes, and Sephora’s partnership with Lucky to help bring their CPG partners even closer to their end consumers.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss IKEA’s U.S. expansion plans, Enerbase rolling out Amazon One in its North Dakota convenience stores, brands reportedly pulling back on their ad spend with Pinterest, the big(ger) return of Amazon Pet Day, and New York City’s plans to build up to 20 delivery microhubs.
A&M’s Truett Horne and Jeff Dwyer join Chris and Anne to discuss Walmart selling off Bonobos at a steep discount, Lululemon reportedly looking to do the same with Mirror, looming troubles at the West Coast Ports, ShopRite upping its in-store retail media network game, and Petco rolling out a new recycling program.
In today’s Fast Five, Chris and Anne discuss Amazon’s new return fees, why Walmart would want to cut ties with Capital One, GNC’s new store model, American Eagle parting ways with Quiet Platform’s CEO, and IKEA’s new virtual design service.
In today’s Fast Five, Chris and Anne discuss Walmart’s new web design, American Eagle deploying a new inventory tracking system from Radar, IKEA launching its As-Is program that allows customers to shop for used items, Kohl’s new digital marketplace, and Walmart venturing into the world of pickleball.
A&M’s Billy Christensen and Lakshman Lakshmanan join Chris and Anne to discuss Panera rolling out Amazon One palm payments, Choice Market’s plans to scale its mini-stores, Gap calling it quits on its retail media network, an interesting new pricing strategy from Telfar, and why in the world Levi’s would want to use AI in place of human models.
In this week’ Fast Five, Anne and Chris discuss Roku and Best Buy, Rewe opening its biggest store yet with Trigo, H-E-B’s new partnership with Thumbtack, Meijer’s move to make Flashfood available to SNAP recipients, and Apple’s new video shopping service.
In this week’s Fast Five, Chris and Anne discuss Walmart’s healthcare expansion plans, Amazon Go’s store closures, Dollar Tree’s food push, Uber encroaching on Instacart, and Shef, the new marketplace for, you guessed it, chefs.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Target’s earnings, Kohl’s willingness to reevaluate its pricing strategy, Amazon’s same-day sites, Instacart’s “new” omnichannel solutions, and Men’s Warehouse getting its prom on.
In today’s Fast Five, Chris & Anne discuss the latest earnings reports from Walmart and Home Depot, ThredUP launching a new online store, Instagram calling it quits on live shopping, Instacart losing yet another customer, and Barnes & Noble’s new subscription program.
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, A&M’s Chad Lusk and Joanna Rangarajan stopped by and joined Chris and Anne to discuss Walmart Forces Staff Back To The Office, UPS Expands RFID, & Wegmans Tries To Get Smart
In this week’s Fast Five, Chris and Anne discuss the new design of Amazon’s two newest Amazon Fresh stores in London, grocery delivery fees for Prime customers, Sam’s Club’s store expansion plans, Walmart’s marketplace seller initiatives, and Project Unlock at Lowe’s, which takes RFID to a whole other level.
Omni Talk is the retail blog for retailers, written by retailers. Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga founded Omni Talk in 2017 and have quickly turned it into one of the fastest growing blogs in retail. Know More →
