Episode 251

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29th Mar 2025

Fast Five Shorts | A Love Is Blind Lightning Round

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five recorded live from Shoptalk 2025 in Vegas and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Infios and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: A Love Is Blind Lightning Round

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Speaker A:

Okay, we're going to the lightning round.

Speaker A:

Chris, question number one.

Speaker A:

Earlier this week, you asked your orange theory coach to play you a Christina Aguilera song to get you pumped up for your workout rank.

Speaker B:

Man, I gotta watch what I tell you.

Speaker A:

Well, it was a slow.

Speaker A:

It was a slow Newsweek in terms of lightning round.

Speaker B:

That's true.

Speaker B:

That's true.

Speaker B:

Yeah, it's true.

Speaker A:

Rank your top three, Christina.

Speaker A:

Or do you go by X?

Speaker A:

Tina.

Speaker A:

What is she being called these days?

Speaker B:

Oh, she's Christina Demir.

Speaker A:

Christina Aguilera.

Speaker A:

Okay, what rank your top three songs?

Speaker A:

And was one of those top three one of the songs you had your orange theory coach play?

Speaker B:

Oh, 100%.

Speaker B:

So.

Speaker B:

All right, top three.

Speaker B:

So let me think about this.

Speaker B:

I would go Lady Marmalade, number three.

Speaker B:

I'm gonna go in reverse order.

Speaker B:

That's a good one.

Speaker B:

Solid one.

Speaker B:

These are all good workout songs.

Speaker A:

That's not technically.

Speaker A:

That's a Moulin Rouge, right?

Speaker A:

Soundtrack.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

It's like a trio, right?

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Pink.

Speaker A:

Pink.

Speaker A:

Yeah, but you got Lil Kim on that.

Speaker B:

Yeah, but.

Speaker B:

But she slays it in that.

Speaker B:

In that song and she slays it.

Speaker B:

All right, number two, Fighter.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker B:

Can't go wrong with Fighter.

Speaker B:

That's a great song.

Speaker B:

And number one.

Speaker B:

The number one.

Speaker B:

And the song I asked for, believe it or not, Ain't no other man.

Speaker B:

Ain't no other man.

Speaker B:

I can't sing it either.

Speaker A:

You wanted somebody to play Ain't no other man.

Speaker B:

I went in, I went into my coach and I was like, hey, can you play?

Speaker B:

radio, but I saw that it was:

Speaker B:

She's like, ain't no other man.

Speaker B:

I was like, yes.

Speaker B:

And she played it and I was like, woo.

Speaker B:

Yeah, let's go.

Speaker B:

It was great.

Speaker B:

It was great.

Speaker A:

Oh, my God.

Speaker A:

That will forever be your walk up music.

Speaker B:

Oh, yeah.

Speaker B:

All right.

Speaker B:

The Huffington Post recently released its 5 Foods to Avoid at airports out of the following list, Dan Fountain drinks, prepackaged sandwiches and salads, fruit cups, unpasteurized juices, and dairy products.

Speaker A:

What is that?

Speaker B:

I don't have any idea.

Speaker B:

That one threw me.

Speaker B:

And sushi or raw food, which are you most likely and least likely to purchase?

Speaker B:

I feel like you purchase a lot from this list, actually.

Speaker A:

Do I?

Speaker B:

I could see you doing that.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

I mean, I.

Speaker A:

I think you're not a fountain drink.

Speaker A:

I think I stopped going sandwiches and salads.

Speaker A:

I've stopped completely.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker A:

I.

Speaker A:

That was something that I.

Speaker A:

In a pinch I would grab a sandwich or a salad because we were traveling and there's just no options, But I don't know.

Speaker B:

Cups surprised me, too.

Speaker A:

Yeah, I.

Speaker A:

That stuff is.

Speaker A:

I guess.

Speaker A:

And milk.

Speaker A:

I purchase the containers of milk, but I have.

Speaker B:

That's pasteurized milk, though.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

So that doesn't count either.

Speaker B:

No.

Speaker A:

I don't know.

Speaker A:

None of the above.

Speaker A:

Then I've you fully.

Speaker B:

You're still eating sushi at the airport?

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker A:

No, no, no.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker A:

None of the.

Speaker B:

So which one are you least likely to purchase?

Speaker A:

Probably sushi.

Speaker B:

Sushi.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I think so.

Speaker B:

Airport sushi.

Speaker B:

I mean, it's got the moniker for a reason.

Speaker A:

There is.

Speaker A:

Like, I would buy freshly prepared.

Speaker A:

There's a good sushi restaurant at the MSP airport.

Speaker A:

I would probably buy that freshly prepared.

Speaker A:

I'm not buying any prepackaged cont.

Speaker A:

Containers.

Speaker A:

No, negative.

Speaker B:

Better you than me.

Speaker B:

And better you than me.

Speaker A:

Chris, according to a recent study, wearing socks has been shown to help you get a good night's sleep because it helps warm the feet while reducing your core body temperature.

Speaker A:

Are you a socks off or on kind of sleeper?

Speaker B:

Oh, man.

Speaker B:

And I don't wear socks to sleep.

Speaker B:

But I tell you what, I do wear them to do absolutely nothing.

Speaker B:

I hate socks.

Speaker B:

And I hate wearing just socks.

Speaker B:

It's terrible.

Speaker B:

I hate to sleep in them because then you get, like, foot funguses.

Speaker B:

I hate walking around the house in my socks because you sweat, you know, It's a terrible idea.

Speaker B:

I don't agree with this article at all.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker B:

It's a terrible idea.

Speaker B:

I hate walking around the house in socks because you step in a puddle and then your whole day is ruined.

Speaker B:

You got to change your socks.

Speaker A:

I will agree with you that the socks in the house are a bad deal.

Speaker B:

It's just terrible.

Speaker B:

So why would you do it?

Speaker B:

And then you got to get up because we're old.

Speaker B:

We got to get up in the middle of the night to go pee.

Speaker B:

The last thing I want to do is pee in my socks.

Speaker A:

Well, or slip in your socks.

Speaker A:

Right.

Speaker A:

If you're gonna be wearing socks to bed, I think you have to wear the ones with the Grippies.

Speaker A:

Like from the hospital.

Speaker B:

100%.

Speaker B:

And in fact, I went down the stairs once in socks and I fell.

Speaker B:

It was terrible.

Speaker B:

You can't wear socks.

Speaker B:

Socks on their own is bad for everyone.

Speaker B:

Don't listen to this article.

Speaker B:

All right.

Speaker B:

The Wall Street Journal.

Speaker B:

This one's great.

Speaker B:

The Wall Street Journal claimed that Minneapolis is the worst place to host a dating show based on the recent season of Love is blind.

Speaker B:

Of which your cousin was also a contestant.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker B:

Do you agree or disagree with the Wall Street Journal's assessment and why?

Speaker A:

I 100% agree.

Speaker B:

Do you?

Speaker A:

It was such a snooze fest.

Speaker A:

This season was so boring.

Speaker A:

I don't know if they changed the formula.

Speaker A:

I haven't watched it since the beginning.

Speaker A:

I did watch this year cause my cousin was on the show, but it's like, it's just too small town.

Speaker A:

We know we're a bigger city in size, but people know too many people.

Speaker A:

It was too boring.

Speaker A:

It was like, I don't know.

Speaker A:

There's not enough drama for me in this.

Speaker A:

And people in Minnesota are passive aggressive.

Speaker A:

So I think they were much more careful and calculated about, like.

Speaker B:

That's true.

Speaker A:

How they're going to, like, talk about things.

Speaker A:

So.

Speaker A:

No, I would not recommend filming a dating show in Minneapolis ever again.

Speaker B:

Yeah, it's a really good point.

Speaker B:

Every show needs, like, an east coast personality.

Speaker A:

You got.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

You got to have people that are willing to, like, tear it up a little bit more.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

You can't have Joe Corncob and Joanne Corncob.

Speaker B:

You know, they're too passive aggressive, you know?

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

All right.

Speaker A:

Thank you for calling us Corn Cobs.

Speaker A:

Hey, we live in Minnesota.

Speaker B:

We're Corn Cob.

Speaker B:

You can make the joke when you are one, right?

Speaker B:

That's what they always say, right?

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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.

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