Amazon speeding toward 30-minute delivery. Walmart quietly building neighborhood fulfillment infrastructure. And Best Buy opening consultation spaces inside IKEA stores.
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This week’s #FASTFIVE gets into the future of convenience, consumer psychology, and operational excellence as Chris Walton is joined by A&M Consumer and Retail Group's Kelly Carey and Chad Lusk for one of the most insightful retail conversations of the year.
From Amazon’s latest Alexa-powered shopping ambitions and conversational AI commerce to Walmart’s hyperlocal delivery strategy and the unexpected Best Buy + IKEA partnership, the episode explores how retailers are racing to reduce friction, own the transaction, and redefine what consumers expect from modern commerce.
Kelly and Chad also share perspectives from years advising retailers and consumer brands through transformation, including why AI is as much about internal efficiency as consumer behavior change, why immediacy is becoming retail’s next competitive battleground, and why operational excellence still wins long term.
And naturally, the conversation takes a few unexpected turns along the way.
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