July 23, 2025
The 3-4 Day Office Model: Finding the Sweet Spot Between Flexibility and Productivity
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July 17, 2025
Lightning Round: Alex Cooper Drama, AI Influencers & Cranky Neighbors | Fast Five Shorts
This week on the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, we rapid-fire through the week's quirkiest retail stories. Morrison's limits colleague access to stock rooms to prevent "idling," Call Her Daddy's Alex Cooper gets booed at Wrigley…
July 17, 2025
The Implications Of Shopify's Bold Move to Block AI Shopping Bots | Fast Five Shorts
This week on the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, we examine Shopify's proactive stance on AI agent regulation. Shopify is drawing boundaries around agentic AI with new language in merchant websites' robots.txt files, stating "scraping, buy…
July 17, 2025
Why Gen Z is Abandoning Traditional Supermarkets for Walmart & Aldi | Fast Five Shorts
This week on the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, we explore the generational shift reshaping grocery retail. Traditional supermarkets are falling out of favor with younger generations, with Gen Z, millennials, and Gen X increasingly turning…
July 17, 2025
How 2.7% Inflation Could Ruin Holiday Retail (And What to Do About It) | Fast Five Shorts
This week on the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, we examine how tariff-driven inflation threatens the upcoming holiday season. Inflation rose to 2.7% in June, its highest level since February, as President Trump's sweeping tariffs push…
July 17, 2025
Starbucks vs Target: The Right Way to Handle Return-to-Office Mandates | Fast Five Shorts
This week on the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, we analyze contrasting approaches to return-to-office policies. Both Starbucks and Target issued return-to-office orders this week, but with very different strategies. Starbucks mandates employees work in the…
July 17, 2025
Why Kraft Heinz's $20 Billion Breakup Could Save the Food Giant | Fast Five Shorts
This week on the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital, we dive into the biggest CPG story of the year. Kraft Heinz is preparing to break itself up a decade after the infamous merger orchestrated by Warren…
July 17, 2025
Starbucks Returns To Office, Shopify Blocks Bots & Kraft Heinz Seeks Couples Therapy
This week on the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Infios, and Clear Demand, A&M's Chad Lusk and David Brown join us as we dive into the biggest retail stories shaping the industry. Kraft Heinz prepares for a massive $20…
