Episodes
April 17, 2024
Canadian Walmart Stores Of The Future, Gopuff & Something New Called “Aldigo”
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart Canada’s big store of the future reveal (Source:...
April 10, 2024
Amazon’s Just Walk Out Noise, Target’s Self-Checkout Cameras & Why Kroger Spoke Too Soon
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: The real reasons why Amazon would pull its Just Walk Out...
March 27, 2024
TikTok Search Commissions, Walmart+ Self-Checkout & Something From Shein Called ‘SCaaS’
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Abhinav Chandra and Ben Lowden joined Chris and Anne to discuss: TikTok paying cr...
March 22, 2024
Live from Shoptalk: Macy's New Strategy, Target Wholesaling, & Walmart Keeps Kicking SaaS
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, recorded live from Shoptalk in Las Vegas, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Macy's lau...
March 13, 2024
Aldi Expands, Wayfair Rebrands & The Early Bird Literally Gets The Worm At Walmart
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, recorded live from Lululemon at the Mall of America, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed:...
March 6, 2024
Target’s Big Circle Perk, Wendy’s Surge Pricing Backlash & Whole Foods Gets Smaller
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Wendy’s about face on surge pricing (Source: KTLA-5 ) Ta...
Feb. 28, 2024
Macy's Store Closures, Amazon Scheduled Deliveries & How Do You Say ChatGPT In French?
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Macy’s bold decision to close 150 stores (Source: CNBC )...
Feb. 21, 2024
Starbucks Extends Its Loyalty Reach, Target Debuts A New Brand & Walmart Buys A TV Maker
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Why in...
Feb. 14, 2024
Receipt Gates At Safeway, Paid Memberships At Target & Why 2025 Is The Year Of The Robot
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Avalara’s Kris Rabideau stopped by for 5 Insightful Minutes on 2024 tax changes, a...
Feb. 7, 2024
Starbucks Overnight, Zac Posen & Amazon’s Rufus Has Us Barking Like A Dog
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne were live from Manifest as they discussed: Amazon’s new AI-assistan...
Jan. 31, 2024
$400K Walmart Store Salaries, Surprising Self-Checkout Stats & Instacart Gamification
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Shoptalk VP of Original Content & Strategy Ben Miller joined Chris and Anne to discuss:...
Jan. 24, 2024
Sephora Kids, Store No. 8 & What Wayfair's CEO Should Do To Remove The Egg On His Face
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , A&M's Michael Prendergast and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to discuss: If Ma...
Jan. 17, 2024
NRF Wisdom, Sam’s Club Receipt Checks, And Why Walmart Should Keep Droning On
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s new Gen AI search announcement at CES Amazon implementing ...
Jan. 10, 2024
Your Own Cups At Starbucks, Mammograms At Walmart & Carts That Suggest Dinner Pairings
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne: Discussed Instacart serving up advertisements on its smart carts S...
Dec. 20, 2023
Walmart’s Big & Bold BNPL Push, Macy’s Buyout & CNBC’s Pointed Criticism Of Target
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s bold and beautiful move to put BNPL via Affirm at...
Dec. 14, 2023
Our 2023 Annual Retail Awards Show
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Firework , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle ,, David Ritter and David Brown, from the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, stopped by to help Ch...
Dec. 6, 2023
A Walmart Store Of The Future, A Big Get For DoorDash & NRF’s Organized Crime About Face
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Discussed what really could be impacting shrink in light of NRF’s sof...
Nov. 29, 2023
Allbirds & Amazon, Foxtrot & Dom's & The Secret Is Out On A New 'Store Of The Future'
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Firework , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Discussed why Etisalat’s new telecom store with Trigo ...
Nov. 22, 2023
Fast Five | Amazon Auto, A Toys R Us Reboot Review, Gap’s Turnaround & Another Kohl’s Hot Mess
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Anne and Chris: Got really geeked up about Amazon selling Hyundai online Pulled the caution flag out on a...
Nov. 16, 2023
Target & Walmart Earnings, Amazon & Meta & What Burritos & Robots Have In Common
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Chris Creyts and Cassie Ryding stopped by to discuss: What to make of this week’s earning reports T...
Nov. 8, 2023
Shein’s IPO, IKEA’s Loyalty About Face & Why Amazon Is Going Out Of ‘Style’
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Firework , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon calling it quits on its Amazon Style fashion store concept Google’s...
Nov. 1, 2023
Facebook Goes Ad Free, H&M Brings AI To Design & Pharmageddon Ain’t No Michael Bay Movie
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: The recent pharmacy walkouts at CVS and Walgreens H&M enabling customers to des...
Oct. 26, 2023
Walmart vs. Amazon AI, Sustainable Retail Media & The HomeGoods E-Commerce Verdict
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s David Schneidman and Truett Horne joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Walmart’s new corporate AI guid...
Oct. 18, 2023
Hy-Vee Takes Off, Netflix Opens Stores & Walmart Does AR Beauty In An Insanely Fun Way
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Hy-Vee breathing life into microfulfillment once again by way of its recently a...