Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
December 1, 2018 Wow! It is already December. It is just amazing how time flies. Thank you so much for coming along on this journey with us. This week’s Fast … Continue Reading Fast Five: Walmart Toy Lab Deserves A Close Look
October 26, 2018 Happy Friday! Yesterday we taped our weekly Fast Five podcast live at the CUE4 (un)Conference in Minneapolis. The crowd was pumped as we discussed Amazon’s new fashion … Continue Reading FastFive – Live from Cue4 [un]Conference + listener questions!
October 6, 2018 Exciting news this week! Dan Phan of the Late Majority and CUE4 stopped by to guest host this week’s Fast Five podcast and video segment. This week we went … Continue Reading Fast Five Video and Podcast: Amazon’s New Store Concepts with Guest Host Dan Phan
This week’s Fast Five video is ready for your viewing pleasure. We christened a new studio setup and format and would love to hear what you think. Anne and Carter … Continue Reading Fast Five: Amazon – Be Afraid, Very Afraid
In this week’s After the Five video, Chris and Carter discuss Google’s desire to be a retailer and how Amazon just keeps making us love them even more. Enjoy! If … Continue Reading (Video) Google wants to be a retailer when it grows up
The Supreme Court handed down its big ruling this week regarding sales tax and e-commerce. In his Fast Five video this week, Chris discusses the impact of this decision on … Continue Reading (Video) Did the Supreme Court just help Amazon in the long-run?
Our weekly quiz feature where Carter decides who is mentally younger — Chris or Anne? This week Carter pops the question about experiences over things, and Chris evens the score! Enjoy! … Continue Reading How Millennial are You — Experiences or Things?
In this week’s After the Five video, the Omni Talk gang discovers a renewed faith in Macy’s, discusses the potential Microsoft and Walmart partnership, touches on Curbside, and closes with a … Continue Reading Our faith in Macy’s may be restored (After the Five Video)
Happy Friday everyone! This week’s headlines were exceptionally strong. We saw important announcements from big players in both the retail and the tech industries, with Walmart and Macy’s, especially, continuing their … Continue Reading Fast Five: The race is on to one-up Amazon Go!
In this week’s After the Five video, the Omni Talk crew discusses how Walmart’s Jetblack concept is the new red — i.e. accounting red. That plus Amazon’s Echo Look, the … Continue Reading Walmart’s Jetblack is the new red
Amazon this week released Echo Look, and it just may be the coolest thing to hit retail this year. This week Chris expounds upon its potential to make Cher’s closet from … Continue Reading Amazon’s Echo Look is just what Alicia Silverstone ordered
Our weekly quiz feature where Carter decides who is mentally younger — Chris or Anne? This week Carter pops the question about Uber pricing. Enjoy! Be careful out there, Chris P.S. … Continue Reading How Millennial are you — Uber pricing?
In this week’s After the Five video, Walmart’s recent decision on scan-and-go leaves us scratching our heads, Anne loves Kroger and Ocado, and Carter gets stumped by Cagney & Lacey, … Continue Reading After the Five Video — Walmart just set retail back 50 years
Our weekly quiz feature where Carter decides who is mentally younger — Chris or Anne? This week Carter pops the question about Home screen apps, and Chris cries uncle as … Continue Reading (Video) How Millennial are You? — Home screen apps
Do you like movies with gladiators in them? This week Chris references Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator as he discusses Amazon Go expanding to more cities, Walmart’s horrible decision on scan-and-go and how … Continue Reading (Video) Amazon Go expands and Chicago shouts “Da Bezos”