Episodes
Oct. 11, 2023
Scheels’ Ferris Wheel, Ulta Joy & Why Ozempic Could Hit Walmart Right In The Midsection
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: Lauded Stop & Shop for its new coupon kiosk in-store to help the “digital hesitant” Went ...
Oct. 4, 2023
Lulu & Peloton Cozy Up, Macy’s Is Big On Small & Cooler Screens Goes Wapner On Walgreens
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 why the Peloton and Lululemon partnership feels like vanilla ice cream Looked a...
Sept. 28, 2023
Amazon Fights The FTC, Nike Does Resale & Best Buy Drops It Like It’s Hot For Christmas
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M’s John Clear and Kelly Carey made their maiden podcast voyage with Chris and Anne as they debated: Wh...
Sept. 14, 2023
TikTok Shop, Kroger’s Sudden Pause & Why IKEA Shouldn’t Have Listened To Its Customers
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discuss: Which innovation we like better – Walmart late night delivery or delivery from Wa...
Sept. 7, 2023
JCP Invests $1B, Under Armour Hires A Sexagenarian & Giant Food Stops Selling Tide
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Called Giant Foods' decision to implement receipt checks and to pull branded merchandise ...
Aug. 31, 2023
A Scanless Starbucks, A Sleepy Gap Colab & Why Amazon May Soon Be The King Of Campus
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne had a wee delight discussing (and sometimes ranting about): How much they would use Starbu...
Aug. 24, 2023
Trader Joe’s Hubris, Dick’s Shrinkage & Aldi’s Expansion
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M's Chad Lusk and Ben Lowden joined Anne and Chris to discuss: Dick’s growing theft problem and what, i...
Aug. 10, 2023
Nike Does Boutique Fitness, Wawa Goes Shelfless & Amazon Debuts Just Walk Out Apparel
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Politely disagreed on whether Nike should be getting into the boutique gym business Tried...
Aug. 3, 2023
Gap's New CEO, Bed Bath's Rebirth & Amazon Grocery Hyperbole Too Silly To Believe
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discuss: - Overstock going live with its Bed Bath & Beyond rebranding - The ridiculous hyp...
July 20, 2023
Schnucks Gets Smart, NRF Predicts A Big Back-to-School & Target Shorts Itself
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five , sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M's Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to debate: The level of hyperbole in NRF’s ...
July 13, 2023
Walmart’s Back-to-School Flex, Google Shopping’s Demise & The Prime Day Yawn
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Anne and Chris: - Tipped their caps to Walmart for marketing its Back-to-School pricing as the same as la...