Season 6
Dec. 8, 2025
Lightning Round: Advent Calendars, Slop Bowls & Mariah’s $60M Holiday Reign | Fast Five Shorts
Advent calendars are the hot holiday trend...from Skims to fishing lures to ice cream. Chris reveals his dream: 28 days of Nikes. Sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. In ...
Dec. 8, 2025
Amazon Now: The 30-Minute Delivery Service | Fast Five Shorts
Amazon is testing "Amazon Now," a new 30-minute delivery service in Seattle and Philadelphia, repurposing former Amazon Fresh sites into rapid delivery hubs. But is this innovation or desperation? This segment, sponsored by t...
Dec. 8, 2025
Are Smart Glasses Ready for a 2026 Breakthrough? | Fast Five Shorts
McKinsey and Business of Fashion report predicts smart glasses are set for a breakthrough year in 2026, with Ray-Ban Meta glasses already the top-selling product in 60% of EMEA stores. But Chris and Anne aren't buying it. Thi...
Dec. 8, 2025
Walmart's Brilliant Move: Bringing Ads to AI Shopping | Fast Five Shorts
Walmart is quietly testing a new ad format called "sponsored prompts" inside its Sparky AI shopping engine and both Chris and Anne agree this is exactly the right move. This segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail G...
Dec. 8, 2025
ChatGPT Shopping Research: Revolution or Just Better Search? | Fast Five Shorts
ChatGPT just launched shopping research that does the product hunting for you, but should retailers be worried or relieved? This segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quo...
Dec. 8, 2025
Black Friday Hits RECORD $11.8 Billion in Online Sales | Fast Five Shorts
Black Friday 2025 just hit $11.8 billion in online sales... up 9.1% from last year. But Chris questions whether AI's 805% traffic surge is actually impressive or concerningly slow compared to other tech adoption curves. This ...
Dec. 3, 2025
AI Hits Black Friday, Amazon Tests 30-Minute Groceries & Walmart Adds Ads To Sparky | Fast Five
In this Fast Five episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga break down the biggest retail stories from Black Friday 2025, includin...
Dec. 1, 2025
Lightning Round: Turkey Day Hot Takes, Black Friday Hauls & Fashion Buzz | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, gets personal with the Omni Talk crew's Thanksgiving and Bl...
Dec. 1, 2025
Bath & Body Works Plans Amazon Launch | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Bath & Body Works' decision to launch on Amazon early next year. W...
Dec. 1, 2025
Richard Dickson's Gap Revival Continues | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, celebrates Gap's 7% comparable sales surge after its viral "Better in Denim...
Dec. 1, 2025
Kroger's $2.6 Billion Automation Retreat | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , analyzes Kroger's decision to shut down three automated fulfillment ce...
Dec. 1, 2025
Target Bets Black Friday on ChatGPT Shopping | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores Target's bold move to enable shopping through ChatGPT just days be...
Dec. 1, 2025
Target's Four-Year Sales Stagnation | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , dives into Target's disastrous Q3 earnings. While Walmart, TJX, Ross, ...
Nov. 26, 2025
Target's ChatGPT Gamble, Kroger's $2.6B Pivot & Gap's Viral Comeback | Fast Five
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris and Anne discussed: A roundup of the latest retail earnings announcements Targe...
Nov. 24, 2025
Lightning Round: Holiday Hacks, Hot Cocoa & Dick Van Dyke at 100 | Fast Five Shorts
The lightning round brings holiday cheer and nostalgia to close this episode! Sponsored A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chris reveals he'll use "Santa GPT" (ChatGPT for holiday shopp...
Nov. 24, 2025
Target and Starbucks Create Exclusive Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate | Fast Five Shorts
Target and Starbucks have partnered to create an exclusive frozen peppermint hot chocolate available only at Starbucks cafes inside Target stores nationwide. This episode, Sponsored A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocam...
Nov. 24, 2025
Can Google's AI Shopping Revolution Challenge ChatGPT and Perplexity? | Fast Five Shorts
Google is rolling out major AI shopping features including conversational search, agentic checkout, and an AI that calls stores for you. This episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, In...
Nov. 24, 2025
Primark Joins the Buy Now Pay Later Revolution | Fast Five Shorts
Primark has introduced Buy Now Pay Later options through Klarna and Clearpay... marking a major milestone in BNPL's journey from innovation to mass adoption. This episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirak...
Nov. 24, 2025
Grocery Dealz Unlocks Same-Day Delivery Through Instacart Integration | Fast Five Shorts
Grocery Dealz has integrated with Instacart to power same-day delivery directly from its price comparison app. This episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores...
Nov. 24, 2025
The Furner Era Begins: What Walmart's CEO Transition Means for Retail | Fast Five Shorts
Doug McMillon is retiring as Walmart CEO, handing the reins to John Furner in February 2025. This episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores McMillon's incred...
Nov. 19, 2025
Walmart's Got A New CEO, Google Will Call Stores For You & Target Is Sprinkling Cocoa | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris and Anne discussed: Doug McMillon retiring as Walmart CEO, with John Furner tak...
Nov. 17, 2025
Lightning Round: Ulta Discounts, Andy Garcia & Italian Pasta Crisis | Fast Five Shorts
The lightning round gets personal as Kelly reveals she'd trade her data to Ulta for holiday discounts (with three sisters and multiple gift exchanges, who can blame her?), Waqas picks "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"...
Nov. 17, 2025
Dollar General's AI Leadership Move | Fast Five Shorts
Dollar General has appointed Travis Nixon as SVP of Artificial Intelligence, tasking him with using AI to optimize supply chain, store operations, and merchandising. But how long before every retailer has a Chief AI Officer—a...
Nov. 17, 2025
Target's "10-4" Service Controversy | Fast Five Shorts
Target's new "10-4" policy requires employees to smile and wave at customers within 10 feet, and personally greet them within 4 feet. Is this explicit instruction necessary for today's workforce, or a forced, performative app...