Episode description

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, recorded live from the lovely Marriott in Salt Lake City, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed:

• Whether Kohl’s new return drop is a sign of an ongoing identity crisis within the retailer (Source: Retail Dive)
• TikTok going after Google (and Amazon before it) with image search (Source: TechCrunch)
• Instacart plugging into YouTube shopping ads (Source: Grocery Dive)
• McDonalds calling it quits, for now, on automated order taking at the drive-thru (Source: Restaurant Business)
• And closed with a story on how adults are buying more toys for themselves than they are for pre-schoolers (Source: Retail Dive)

There’s all that, plus Microsoft’s Rajen Raval of Microsoft stops by to give us 5 Insightful Minutes on improving supply chains with AI, and Anne and Chris get absolutely wacky with taxes in honor of Avalara and our upcoming work at the Outdoor Retailer conference.

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