Kohl's Return Drop, TikTok Image Search & The Not So Dirty Secret About Adult Toys

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, recorded live from the lovely Marriott in Salt Lake City, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed:Whether Kohl’s new return drop is a sign of an ongoing identity crisis within the retailer (Source: Retail Dive)TikTok going after Google (and Amazon before it) with image search (Source: TechCrunch)Instacart plugging into YouTube shopping ads (Source: Grocery Dive)McDonalds calling it quits, for now, on automated order taking at the drive-thru (Source: Restaurant Business)And closed with a story on how adults are buying more toys for themselves than they are for pre-schoolers (Source: Retail Dive)There’s all that, plus Microsoft’s Rajen Raval of Microsoft stops by to give us 5 Insightful Minutes on improving supply chains with AI, and Anne and Chris get absolutely wacky with taxes in honor of Avalara and our upcoming work at the Outdoor Retailer conference.Music by hooksounds.com