Walmart Wants Dinner, Target Tries Beauty Again & Checkout Is Dead | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by Michael Prendergast and Ken Davidson of the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, along with Ben Miller, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of GrocerTalk, to discuss:

• Walmart’s plans to expand restaurant delivery beyond its own Subway locations and whether its massive store footprint could make it a real competitor to DoorDash and Uber Eats. (Source)

• Target’s new Beauty Studio, launching in more than 600 stores, and whether its strategy of bringing new brands into the mix can successfully fill the void left by Ulta. (Source)

• Sur La Table’s new peer-to-peer resale marketplace and whether resale is a smart way to reach younger, price-sensitive shoppers or simply a distraction. (Source)

• Stripe’s prediction that the traditional online checkout page is dying as agentic AI makes it possible for shoppers, and eventually AI agents, to buy directly from product pages. (Source)

• Amazon’s reported push toward fully automated delivery stations and whether full automation of the last mile is becoming inevitable. (Source)

We can’t forget a bonus 5 Insightful Minutes with Rocquan Lucas, previewing what’s ahead at Groceryshop and the conversations shaping one of retail’s biggest upcoming events.

Plus, Chris, Michael, Ken, and Ben reveal their favorite types of pie, share their thoughts on the return of Cole Trickle in a Days of Thunder sequel, and answer the question: What would your significant-other-inspired tattoo say?

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