Target Goes Factory-Direct, Walmart Goes Dark & Starbucks Revamps Its Hiring Process
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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, Chris and Anne discussed:
- Walmart testing dark stores (Source)
- Wegmans piloting Instacart’s smart carts (Source)
- Target exploring factory-direct shipping models similar to Shein and Temu (Source)
- Hibbett’s launch of a kid-focused app and website (Source)
- Starbucks retooling its hiring process for baristas (Source)
And gStore from GreyOrange’s General Manager, Troy Siwek stopped by for 5 Insightful Minutes to give us the lowdown on what technologies he thinks retailers should be evaluating for their next generation of smart stores.
There’s all that, plus alien bodies, AI mode, the Bezos wedding, and Arnold Schwarzenegger movie rankings.
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