Amazon Is Spending $1 Billion on AI Engineers | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment explores Amazon Web Services' $1 billion investment to embed AI engineers directly inside customer organizations.Chris Walton and Ben Miller explain why AI succ...
13 Jul 4min
Is Kroger Buying Growth...or Buying Time? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment examines Kroger's $1.65 billion acquisition of Giant Eagle and what it signals about the future of the grocery industry.Chris Walton and Ben Miller debate wheth...
13 Jul 8min
Kroger Buys Giant Eagle, Lowe's Extends The Aisle & NJ Passes A Wacky Grocery Bill | Fast Five
In this week's OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by recurring Fast Five favorite Ben Miller, ...
8 Jul 46min
Lightning Round: Prime Day Shopping, Fast Food Takes, & Old Hickory | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five lightning round covers a little bit of everything, from the passing of legendary Fed chairman Alan Greenspan at age 100 and the question of who deserves the title of fa...
29 Jun 5min
Target's "Cheap Chic" Is Back With Isaac Mizrahi? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment reacts to Target's decision to name fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi as its first-ever Creative Director at Large, a brand new role in which Mizrahi will advise on pr...
29 Jun 5min
Bed Bath & Beyond Wants Your OLD Coupons Back | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment covers Bed Bath & Beyond's Legendary Coupon Hunt, a 21-day nationwide sweepstakes inviting customers to dig out their old iconic blue 20% off coupons for a chan...
29 Jun 3min
Kroger's E-Commerce Finally Turns a Profit | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment tackles Kroger's Q1 fiscal 2026 earnings, where the grocery giant posted $46.1 billion in total sales and announced that its e-commerce business turned a profit...
29 Jun 5min
E-Grocery Just Surged 28% And Regional Grocers Should Look to Sweden | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment breaks down the explosive June 2025 e-grocery data from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus, which showed a 28% year-over-year surge to $9.8 billion, with delivery, ...
29 Jun 9min
