About this episode

The episode discusses Walmart's restaurant delivery plans, Target's new beauty strategy, Sur La Table's resale marketplace, and the future of online checkout.

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: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-store-next-step-walmart-restaurant-delivery-greg-cathey-ndkmc/ • 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: https://www.modernretail.co/operations/new-brands-flock-to-targets-post-ulta-beauty-section/ • 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…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Walton

Guests: Michael Prendergast, Ken Davidson, Ben Miller

Topics covered

• restaurant delivery
• beauty retail
• resale marketplace
• online checkout
• AI in shopping

Keywords

• Walmart
• Target
• restaurant delivery
• beauty retail
• resale marketplace
• online checkout
• AI shopping

Sponsors

A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Veloq, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, R&S Logistics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Walmart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Target, Ulta, Sur La Table, Stripe, GrocerTalk

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