Episodes
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...
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...