Fast Five | Walmart Aids Small Businesses, Aldi Moves On From Instacart, & Amazon Makes Prime Hipper

In today’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Microsoft, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris and Anne centered their sights on: - Aldi’s apparent move away from Instacart by way of its new e-commerce platform partnership with Spryker - Walmart offering short-term leases in its stores to small business via Popable - Amazon extending Prime benefits to include 100 million songs from Amazon Music - Abercrombie & Fitch giving frat guys everywhere the ability to pick up rugby sweaters at their nearest Walgreens - And closed with a look at what the union troubles at the Starbucks/Amazon Go combo store in NYC signal for the future of a format that once held so much promise There’s all that, plus Cozy Earth Apparel, Tay-Tay, and Anne’s favorite yacht rock song. And don't forget to use our discount code to register for Manifest too: Manife.st/Omnitalk Music by hooksounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy