Jan. 22, 2026

Walton's Weekly Wramblings | The Death of Optimization-First Retail: Four Lessons from NRF 2026

Walton's Weekly Wramblings | The Death of Optimization-First Retail: Four Lessons from NRF 2026
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Walton's Weekly Wramblings | The Death of Optimization-First Retail: Four Lessons from NRF 2026
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Tariffs reshaping supply chains. AI's hallucination problem exposed. Just-in-time dead, just-in-case reborn. Warehouse clubs dominating omnichannel. Four major themes. Twenty executive interviews. These were just some of my lessons learned from NRF 2026.

Hosted by Chris Walton, former Target executive and co-host of the Omnii Talk Retail Fast Five Podcast. New episodes of Walton's Weekly Wramblings drop every Friday.

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