In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: If Target’s new in-store chatbot is really the “sh*tbot” Forbes makes it out to be (Source: Forbes) Best Buy’s push into video (Source: Chain Store Age) Simbe Robotics’ new remote planogram monitoring solution (Source: Grocery Dive) Google’s big Chrome cookie pivot (Source: WSJ) And closed with a look at whether any retailers should let Amazombies, aka Amazon package return ..read more

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, A&M’s Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa, joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Amazon rolling outs it generative AI assistant, “Rufus,” to all shoppers (Source: Chain Store Age) Walmart’s wide lead in retail media (Source: Marketing Dive) Macy’s ending its acquisition talks (Source: Retail Dive) Hy-Vee rolling out ESLs with the VusionGroup (Source: Progressive Grocer) And closed with a look at Petaluma, Ca ..read more

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: The Saks and Neiman Marcus merger and what to expect from Amazon’s involvement in it (Source: NPR) Co-op opting to use “Store Assist” from Walmart Commerce Technologies (Source: PYMNTS) Circle K gamifying employee training via iPads (Source: Chain Store Age) Hy-Vee enabling its online shoppers to pay for their groceries with Venmo (Source: Chain Store Age) And closed with a ..read more

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon’s plans to copycat Shein and Temu (Source: CNBC) Target lowering its in-store theft threshold from $100 to $50 (Source: Bloomberg) Tesco piloting on-pack, scannable QR codes (Source: Grocery Gazette) Tiptop adding the new wrinkle of trade-ins to its BNPL offering (Source: Digital Transaction) And we closed with yet another look at the future of smart carts through th ..read more

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, A&M’s Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Whether Target is making a smart move in rolling out generative AI so quickly across its store base (Source: Target Press Release) What Netflix has to get right for its “Netflix House” concept to work (Source: The Verve) Unilever’s new partnership with Microsoft to expand its use of quantum computing (Consumer Goods Technology) The long-te ..read more

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, recorded live from CommerceNext 2024, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart rolling out electronic shelf labels to nearly half its U.S. stores (Source: Retail Dive) TJX asking its sales associates to wear body cameras (Source: CNN) Tesco building its own third-party digital marketplace (Source: Retail Gazette) IKEA hiring employees to work inside of Roblox (Source: Marketing Dive) And closed with a ..read more

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon adding Grubhub food delivery for free to Amazon Prime (Source: Verge) Abercrombie & Fitch’s first billion dollar Q1 (Source: Retail Dive) Takeoff Technologies filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Source: Grocery Dive) Walmart’s “trippy” new online storefront, Walmart Realm (Source: Fast Company) And closed with a look at Kohl’s disastrous earnings report (Source:&nb ..read more

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: What Wayfair has to get right in the opening of its first large-format store (Source: Chain Store Age) TikTok lowering the thresholds for creators to earn seller commissions (Source: Bloomberg) Walmart adding free pet telehealth to Walmart+ (Source: CNBC) Schnucks partnering with Ibotta (Source: Chain Store Age) And closed with a lively debate on the value of Google’s new AI ..read more

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, Shoptalk’s Ben Miller stopped by to guest host with Chris and Anne as they discussed: Walmart’s reported job cuts and back-to-office push (Source: WSJ) The first-ever exchange zone in Atlanta from Harbor Lockers (Source: Harbor Lockers Press Release) Best Buy’s new mobile app features (Source: Best Buy Press Release) Diebold Nixdorf bringing automatic age verification to self-checkout in Germany (Source:  ..read more

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: Target expanding its wholesale relationship with Hudson’s Bay (Source: BNN Bloomberg) Instacart and Uber Eats’ intriguing new partnership (Source: Joint Instacart and Uber Eats Press Release) Walmart’s new in-store AI tools for produce and apparel (Source: CNBC) Happy Returns enabling Shein returns at Forever 21 stores (Source: Supply Chain Dive) And closed with a look at whethe ..read more