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The World is Our Storefront | uberall

The next post in my series with uberall is now available for review. You can check it out by clicking the source link below. In Part 1 of this series, … Continue Reading The World is Our Storefront | uberall

While still taking shape, the recent rash of innovations from the likes of Amazon, Alibaba, and now even Nike highlight quite clearly where retail is headed and what the next … Continue Reading Amazon, Alibaba And Nike All Point To The Next Innovation In Retail: Personalized Physical Spaces | Forbes.com

Walmart recently announced that it is expanding its push into the convenience store business. Forbes contributor and former Vice President of Target’s Store of the Future, Chris Walton, explains why … Continue Reading Walmart’s Latest Initiative To Fend Off Amazon Is A Total Gas | Forbes.com

Forbes Contributor and former Vice President for Target’s Store of the Future, Chris Walton, gives three powerful reasons why the marriage of coworking and retail may be nothing more than … Continue Reading 3 Reasons Why Coworking Is All Hype When It Comes To Saving Retail | Forbes.com

Contributor and Former Vice President Target Store of the Future, Chris Walton, discusses why the recent reports of additional Amazon Go stores may signal that Amazon has already won the … Continue Reading Amazon Go Means Goodbye Status Quo | Forbes.com

An important move Walmart made this month, hiring Valerie Casey to be its Head of Design, barely registered on the retail PR Richter scale. Chris Walton explains why the hire … Continue Reading Walmart Made An Incredibly Sharp Move This Month Hiring Valerie Casey | Forbes.com

On June 26, 2018 Katrina Lake joined the Glossier board of directors, essentially forging a partnership between her and Emily Weiss and thereby signaling to the industry that they are … Continue Reading The New Titans Of Retail: Emily Weiss And Katrina Lake | Forbes.com

I just published a new article on Forbes.com. You can access it by clicking the source link below. Retailers often confuse efforts to target new customers as sound strategy, when … Continue Reading Four Troubling Concerns About Walmart’s New JetBlack Service | Forbes.com

Chris Walton, Forbes contributor, entrepreneur, and former VP Target Store of the Future, uses sex as an analogy to illustrate why traditional retail grew stale and to highlight a new … Continue Reading Good Retail Should Feel Like Vacation Sex|Forbes.com

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?

Hello everyone on this fine Friday morning! Omni Talk has a number of exciting announcements this week before we get to what was a heavy retail news week. First, the … Continue Reading Fast Five: This week’s headlines were quite taxing

The Robin Report just released my piece on the state of various retailers’ mid-year health. Thank you to the Robin Report for giving me the freedom to showcase what Omni … Continue Reading Retail’s Mid-Year Physical Exam – The Robin Report

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)