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- Yesterday4 min
Lightning Round: Pizza By Drone, Smart Glasses, Retail Uniforms & Vegas | Fast Five Shorts
Producer Ella puts Chris Walton on the hot seat for a solo Fast Five lightning round.What’s the greatest retail employee uniform of all time? Vegas or Nashville for one night only? What’s the one thing Chris wants delivered to his backyard by drone in 20 minutes? And could camera-free smart glasses finally convince him to buy in?Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/YTVMA7yS7-gThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
- Yesterday2 min
Lowe’s Takes Flight With 20-Minute Drone Delivery | Fast Five Shorts
Lowe’s is taking to the skies, becoming the first home improvement retailer to launch drone delivery through partnerships with DoorDash and Wing.Customers can get more than 100 project essentials delivered in as fast as 20 minutes. Chris Walton explains why forgotten painter’s tape, caulk, batteries and other last-minute essentials could make home improvement one of the strongest use cases for drone delivery.Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/YTVMA7yS7-gThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
- Yesterday2 min
Amazon Puts Prime On Everyone Else’s Website | Fast Five Shorts
Amazon is letting merchants using its Multichannel Fulfillment service offer Prime delivery directly on their own websites, with no added cost to retailers or shoppers.Is Prime on your own site a gift for mid-sized retailers or a Trojan horse that makes them even more dependent on Amazon? Chris Walton argues it might actually be a little bit of both.Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/YTVMA7yS7-gThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
- Yesterday2 min
Kroger’s Dress Code Gets A Makeover | Fast Five Shorts
Kroger just updated its store dress code for the first time in a decade, putting nearly 400,000 associates across 21 chains in company-issued shirts after shoppers said they were having trouble finding employees.Can something as simple as a new uniform actually improve the store experience? Chris Walton explains why the move could signal something much bigger about Kroger’s expectations for its stores.Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/YTVMA7yS7-gThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
- Yesterday2 min
Coach & Kate Spade Check Out Inside Gemini | Fast Five Shorts
Tapestry is making Coach and Kate Spade products purchasable directly inside Google’s Gemini app and AI Mode, complete with Google Pay checkout and no website redirect.Chris Walton breaks down why he likes the experiment, but also why brands shouldn’t overinvest in someone else’s AI experience at the expense of building agentic search on their own sites.Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/YTVMA7yS7-gThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
- Yesterday3 min
Amazon To Meta’s Muse: Not In My Store | Fast Five Shorts
Amazon just cut off Meta’s new Muse AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com, citing data security concerns.But as AI shopping agents continue to gain traction, Chris Walton asks the bigger question: Can Amazon really keep the agents out, or will consumer demand ultimately force its hand?Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/YTVMA7yS7-gThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
- 2 days ago44 min
Making Space – Real Time: Meta Labs @ Best Buy, Lululemon, & Kohl's Babies R Us Shop-in-Shops
Chris Niesen is back for episode 2 of Making Space Real Time, presented by the Association of Retail Consumer Professionals (aka ARC) in partnership with Omni Talk. Omni Talk CEO Chris Walton returns as guest host, and this time both Chrises walked all three stores before hitting record.In this episodeMeta Lab at Best Buy. The AI glasses and VR headset shop-in-shop launched in June and is now in 50 stores, while Meta takes its standalone labs from 8 to 14. Chris Niesen breaks down placement, design, and experience at the Roseville, MN store: strong framing and hands-on demos, but broken smart mirrors and 600 square feet of empty floor next door. Chris Walton argues the real question for Best Buy's shop-in-shops (Meta, IKEA, Yardbird) is who pays for the staffing, and explains why this was the first display that made him see a future for smart glasses.Lululemon's rough quarter. Q2 revenue fell 4.3%, comps fell 9%, women's leggings dropped 20%, and store openings are being cut as new CEO Heidi O'Neill steps in. Chris Niesen's diagnosis is that the brand no longer has a clear point of view, especially next to Alo, Vuori, and the Gymshark shop at Dick's. Chris Walton was the only customer in the store at 2 p.m. on a Saturday, and he explains why "SKU reduction" is code for "we need to focus" and why localization won't fix a product problem.Kohl's doubles down on Babies"R"Us. The concept is expanding to 56 more stores on top of the 200 opened in 2024, even as Sephora at Kohl's (about 10% of sales) keeps sliding. Chris Niesen makes the case that the stores themselves are fundamentally broken and that Kohl's should cut 20% of its fixtures and product before chasing the next shop-in-shop. Chris Walton pushes back slightly: baby could be the right traffic play, and he'd stop taking Amazon returns before he'd kill Babies"R"Us.The Checkout. Why Altar'd State is a visual merchandising standout, what Lush's Ruth Andrade told Ben Miller about walking away from social media, college sports allegiances, and favorite Christopher Nolan movies.Final Sale. Chris Walton's assignment for Chris Niesen and a future show: the 100+ Toys"R"Us pop-up stores opening this year, and whether they're Spirit Halloween part two.Timestamps0:00 Welcome and what this show is about2:11 Chris Walton on conference season4:42 Story 1: Meta Lab at Best Buy11:33 Who pays for shop-in-shop staffing?18:14 Story 2: Lululemon's quarter and what it looks like in store23:50 How new leadership should approach the turnaround28:53 Story 3: Kohl's and Babies"R"Us33:42 Is Babies"R"Us the right move?37:41 The Checkout42:16 Final Sale: Toys"R"Us pop-ups43:16 Wrap-upLinksWatch on YouTube: youtube.com/omnitalkretailListen: search "Omni Talk Retail" wherever you get your podcastsChris Niesen's writing: chrisniesen.substack.comNew episodes every other week. If you enjoyed the conversation, please leave a like or a review. We'll see you on the floor.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
- 3 days ago6 min
Retail Daily Minute | McDonald's Sells Drive-Thru Ads, DoorDash Adds Macy's & Returns & Shopify Opens Checkout to AI Agents
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl.In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:McDonald's launches the McDonald's Media Network, piloting third-party ads on drive-thru menu boards with its sights set on a $1 billion ad business.DoorDash adds Macy's, Anthropologie, The North Face, Vans, and Timberland to its marketplace and launches $7.99 Dasher Returns.Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents, going the opposite direction of Amazon, which is blocking them.The Retail Daily Minute has been rocketing up the Feedspot charts, so stay informed with Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, your source for the latest and most important retail news.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
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