Episode 24

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22nd May 2024

$199 Wegovy, Target Price Cuts & Walmart's Latest Neighborhood Grocery Concept | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail GroupWiliotAvalaraMirakl, and Sezzle, A&M’s Truett Horne and Jeremy Levine joined Chris and Anne to discuss:

  • The potential ramifications of Target’s decision to cut prices on roughly 5,000 items (Source: Retail Dive)
  • Walmart’s two new (and much larger) Neighborhood Market grocery stores (Source: Grocery Dive)
  • Gopuff’s decision to price match Aldi in the U.K. (Source: Internet Retailing)
  • Lego’s new plan to tie employee compensation to its carbon reduction goals (Source: ESG Dive)
  • And closed with a look at how Hims’ new $199 per month Wegovy copycat could impact food retailing strategies (Source: Bloomberg)

There’s all that, plus chicken or fish at Long John Silver’s, Costco birthday parties, and the candies at the bottom of grandma’s purse that we all loved most as kids.

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Omni Talk Retail provides news, analysis, and commentary on the latest trends and issues in the retail industry
Omni Talk Retail provides news, analysis, and commentary on the latest trends and issues in the retail industry. It covers a wide range of topics related to retail, including e-commerce, technology, marketing, and consumer behavior. The podcast regularly features industry experts, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, as well as retail thought leaders who all share their insights and perspectives on the latest developments in retail.

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Anne Mezzenga

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Anne Mezzenga is an entrepreneurial Marketing Executive with nearly 20 years in the retail, experience design, and technology industries.

Currently, she is one of the founders and Co-CEOs of Omni Talk.

Prior to her latest ventures, Anne was most recently the Head of Marketing and Partnerships for Target’s Store of the Future project. Early in her career, Anne worked as a producer for advertising agencies, Martin Williams and Fallon, and as a producer and reporter for news affiliates NBC New York and KMSP Minneapolis.

Anne holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

When Anne is not busy blogging, podcasting, or sharing her expertise with clients, she loves spending time with her husband and two boys and partaking in all the Minneapolis food scene has to offer.

Chris Walton

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