Lightning Round: Mall Makeovers, AI Mode & Our Thoughts On Tom Brady Macking On Sydney Sweeney
This segment on the Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Infios, Clear Demand, and Ocampo Capital, covers rapid-fire retail takes.
Quick hits on General Dynamics buying Macy's anchor space (Chris suggests hiding alien bodies), Google's AI mode for fashion try-ons (Anne loves how flattering it is), and Jeff Bezos' celebrity-packed wedding. Plus Anne's controversial Arnold Schwarzenegger movie rankings with Kindergarten Cop at #1!
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β© Topics Covered:
π 44:30 β Dead Mall Spaces & Government Use
π 45:37 β Google AI Mode Fashion Experience
π 47:16 β Celebrity Wedding Guest Lists
π 48:34 β Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Rankings
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All right, Chris, question number one for you is this General Dynamics electric boat unit, which designs, builds, repairs and modernizes nuclear submarines for the US Navy, has just acquired the121,000 square foot Macy's anchor location that is connected to the Crystal Mall in Waterford, Connecticut.
Speaker AIf not building submarines for the U.S. navy, Chris, what's the best use, in your opinion of dead anchor space?
Speaker BOh, I'm going to say government here, and I think we need to use it to hide the alien bodies.
Speaker BThat's what I think.
Speaker BI think we need to.
Speaker BI think we need to hide bodies in dead mall anchor spaces.
Speaker BLike literally create stranger things.
Speaker AOh, my God.
Speaker AI thought you were going to talk about, like, putting DMVs.
Speaker AIt was like, that is actually a very good idea.
Speaker AI like the government use cases for the mall.
Speaker BOh, DMVs.
Speaker AYeah, yeah, we have one in our model.
Speaker BActually works really well.
Speaker BYeah, that's actually a really good idea.
Speaker BYeah, yeah.
Speaker ABut alien bodies.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker BYeah, let's hide the alien bodies.
Speaker BArea 51 all over the country.
Speaker BAll right.
Speaker BGoogle's AI mode push confirmed.
Speaker BWas confirmed yesterday with a doodle that broadly promotes how you can quote search like never before.
Speaker BDid you give AI mode a try yesterday and what was your verdict if you did?
Speaker AYes, I've been giving AI mode a try for the last month and I love it so much.
Speaker AI posted, I did the Mango outfit and then tried on the actual product in Barcelona when I was at Mango and I was very impressed.
Speaker AAnd I was just talking to Hillary Littleton of Fit Match yesterday about how skinny and attractive it makes you look actually cute.
Speaker ASo compared to some of the other fit finders you like, you put on the outfit.
Speaker AGoogle AI mode puts the outfit on you.
Speaker AAnd I was like, ooh, I look really good in this.
Speaker ANot quite as good as I do in real life in that outfit, but it definitely gets my vote.
Speaker AI love AI Mode from a consumer experience standpoint.
Speaker BDo you like that, though?
Speaker BDo you like thinking the garment's going to fit a certain way and then you know, you know, you get the garment?
Speaker BI don't know if this happened, but did you get the garment and it, like, didn't fit that way?
Speaker BLike, is that.
Speaker AI mean, there is definitely fine.
Speaker BIs it friction filled?
Speaker BLike, how do you think about that?
Speaker AThere is definitely some differences, but I still felt like I would have kept like that the garment still fit me well and I still would have kept it.
Speaker AI would have.
Speaker AI would have purchased that item.
Speaker AI would have been happy if I purchased that item online and Got that.
Speaker AEven though it was.
Speaker AThe fit wasn't exactly the same.
Speaker AI. I still was very pleasantly surprised by the recommendations that it made, so.
Speaker BNice.
Speaker AStill some work to do there, though.
Speaker AAll right, Chris, question number three.
Speaker AJeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez got married in Venice last week.
Speaker AI have to know, which slide celebrity guests were you most surprised to see?
Speaker AGot the invite to the wedding.
Speaker BOh, geez.
Speaker BAnd, I mean, you came in hot in this podcast.
Speaker BI'm gonna come in hot right here.
Speaker BDon't even get me started on this wedding.
Speaker BAnd, I mean, did anyone that actually attended this wedding even know Jeff Bezos, like, and his wife?
Speaker BLike, it was, I don't know, like, celebrities.
Speaker BThe whole list was like, celebrities.
Speaker BI was like, come on.
Speaker BLike, where's your friends and family?
Speaker BLike, you know, like, where are they in this mix?
Speaker ABut, well, they're not as interesting.
Speaker AThey're not as interesting to put on tmz.
Speaker ANo.
Speaker BCurious how many of them even has, you know, like, I don't know, like, you know, I mean, I guess when you're that rich, it's hard to have close friends.
Speaker BBut my favorite guests were definitely, though, Tom Brady and Sydney Sweeney, which.
Speaker BHave you heard the rumors?
Speaker BIt appears old Tommy may have been making a play for her despite being 20 years her senior, too.
Speaker BDo you think.
Speaker BHere's my question for you.
Speaker BDo you think she asked him?
Speaker BDid you think she went up to him?
Speaker BShe's like, so, Tom, did you try my soap?
Speaker AGross.
Speaker ANo, I hope not.
Speaker AThis is so the most disgusting.
Speaker ANo.
Speaker ATom Brady, Go find someone your own age.
Speaker BActually, Tom Brady is probably like, hey, I tried your soap.
Speaker BI really liked it.
Speaker BThat's.
Speaker BThat's Tom Brady's move.
Speaker BI bet that was his Go.
Speaker BTotal creep.
Speaker AThat's such a creep thing to say.
Speaker AUgh, gross.
Speaker BI've heard stories about Tom Brady from back in his early Boston days.
Speaker BAll right, the trailer to Running man, the remake of the 1980s movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, debuted yesterday.
Speaker BI have not seen it yet.
Speaker BI need to watch that, actually.
Speaker BWhat are your top five Arnold movies ranked five through one, starting with number five.
Speaker AWell, you know, I haven't seen the Terminators in completion.
Speaker AWe talked about that on a previous show.
Speaker ASo the only had to look up all of his movies.
Speaker ANumber five is Junior.
Speaker ANumber four is True Lies.
Speaker ANumber three is Batman and Robin.
Speaker ATwo is Jingle all the Way.
Speaker AAnd number one, the.
Speaker AIn my opinion, the best Arnold Schwarzenegger movie and one of the greatest movies of all time, Kindergarten Cop.
Speaker AThat movie so good.
Speaker ABetter than all the rest of them.
Speaker AI think.
Speaker BI think you're gonna have a lot of disagreement on social media with that list.
Speaker BOh, my God.
Speaker AThat's fine.
Speaker AI'm okay with it.
Speaker AKindergarten Cop.
Speaker ATake it to the Grave.
Speaker AI loved that movie.
Speaker AI thought it was so good.
Speaker BOh, my God.
Speaker BThere's only probably one maybe True Lies.
Speaker BThat would make my top five, but anyway.
Speaker BOh, my God, that's crazy.
Speaker BI can't wait to hear what people think about that list.