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Retail Fast Five — 388 episodes

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1

ChatGPT Wants Your Ad Dollars, DG Goes Full Funnel & Audible Opens A Bookless Bookstore | Fast Five

2

Lightning Round: NBA Playoffs, Star Wars & Cheesy Gordita Crunch | Fast Five Shorts

3

Walmart Wants to Train 2.1 Million Employees on AI | Fast Five Shorts

4

Claude Can Now Order Your Groceries and Dinner | Fast Five Shorts

5

Can Walmart Win Beauty With Better Service? | Fast Five Shorts

6

Estée Lauder’s Workforce Cuts Explained | Fast Five Shorts

7

Target Tells Remote Employees: Relocate or Resign | Fast Five Shorts

8

Target Says Move Or Go, Walmart Bets On Beauty & Claude Wants Your Cart | Fast Five

9

Lightning Round: Currywurst, AI Packing Lists & Arizona Basketball | Fast Five Shorts

10

Walmart Wants To Turn Its 4,600 Stores Into Amazon-beating Fulfillment Hubs | Fast Five Shorts

11

Dairy Queen’s AI Drive-Thru Actually Works | Fast Five Shorts

12

Best Buy’s New CEO Has a Huge Challenge Ahead | Fast Five Shorts

13

Party City Is Back… Inside Staples? | Fast Five Shorts

14

Meet Luna: The AI Store Manager Changing Retail | Fast Five Shorts

15

AI's In Charge, Best Buy's In Transition & Walmart's Stores Are Amazon's Worst Nightmare | Fast Five

16

Lightning Round: Danny DeVito Tattoos, Apple Picks & Eddie Murphy Debate | Fast Five Shorts

17

Aldi’s New Store Format Could Accelerate Growth | Fast Five Shorts

18

Walmart Redesigns Great Value After 10 Years | Fast Five Shorts

19

Instacart Goes Global With InstaLeap Acquisition | Fast Five Shorts

20

Starbucks Tests ChatGPT Ordering But Is It Worth It? | Fast Five Shorts

21

Walmart’s GLP-1 Strategy Could Reshape Grocery | Fast Five Shorts

22

Walmart's Big Week, Starbucks Gets An AI Brain & Aldi's Coming For Everyone | Fast Five

23

Lightning Round: DoorDash Confessions, Little House Reboot & Team Alex Debate | Fast Five Shorts

24

Can Old Navy Disrupt Athleisure? | Fast Five Shorts

25

Could Dollar General’s AI Ads Change Retail Forever? | Fast Five Shorts

26

Burger King Goes On A 60,000-person Hiring Spree | Fast Five Shorts

27

Starbucks’ Bet On The Third Place | Fast Five Shorts

28

Andy Jassy’s Letter To Shareholders: “The Path Is Rarely Straight” | Fast Five Shorts

29

Amazon's Master Plan, Starbucks Bets On The Couch & Dollar General Pumps Up The Volume | Fast Five

30

Lightning Round: Indianapolis, Movie Classics & Space Travel | Fast Five Shorts

31

Carrefour’s Record-Breaking Smart Cart Rollout | Fast Five Shorts

32

Is This The Beginning Of The End For QVC And Home Shopping TV? | Fast Five Shorts

33

Carrefour Grocery Shopping via ChatGPT | Fast Five Shorts

34

Aerie and Pamela Anderson’s Anti-AI Pledge | Fast Five Shorts

35

Bed Bath & Beyond Is Back And It Just Bought The Container Store For $150M | Fast Five Shorts

36

Bed Bath & Beyond Buys The Container Store, Aerie Vs. AI & Has QVC Run Out Of Time? | Fast Five

37

Lightning Round: March Madness Takes, Bracket Chaos & Spring Break Picks | Fast Five Shorts

38

Inside Walmart’s integration with ChatGPT | Fast Five Shorts

39

Apparel on DoorDash Is the Next Big Shift | Fast Five Shorts

40

REI vs Employees | Fast Five Shorts

41

Aldi Hands Over Ecommerce to Instacart | Fast Five Shorts

42

Is Target Fixing Store Chaos With a Dress Code Reset? | Fast Five Shorts

43

Target’s Dress Code, Aldi Goes All-In With Instacart & Walmart Brings Sparky to ChatGPT | Fast Five

44

Lightning Round: Superman Takes & National Puppy Day Fails | Fast Five Shorts

45

Amazon Is Using Local Grocers to Win Delivery Faster | Fast Five Shorts

46

Instacart’s Smart Cart Uses AI to Watch Your Every Move | Fast Five Shorts

47

Walmart Is Linking Your TV Watching to What You Buy | Fast Five Shorts

48

Ulta Joins TikTok Shop Where Beauty Sales Are Exploding | Fast Five Shorts

49

Amazon’s “Shop Direct” Lets You Buy Anywhere Without Leaving | Fast Five Shorts

50

Amazon Wants To Be The Web's Search Bar, Ulta's Back & Vizio TVs Are Now Walmart Stores | Fast Five

51

Lightning Round: March Madness, Friday the 13th & Viral Penguins | Fast Five Shorts

52

How Dick’s Sporting Goods Hit #3 On The App Store | Fast Five Shorts

53

The Future Of Warehouse Inventory Is Flying | Fast Five Shorts

54

Kroger Elevates 84.51° Leader To Run AI Strategy | Fast Five Shorts

55

Costco Takes A Stand On Tariffs | Fast Five Shorts

56

Walmart Is Digitizing 4,600 Store Shelves | Fast Five Shorts

57

Walmart Goes All-In On DSLs, Costco Makes A Tariff Pledge & Kroger Anoints An AI Chief | Fast Five

58

Lightning Round: Big Arch Backlash, Scrubs Reboot, DST Debate & Fonda Sandwich | Fast Five Shorts

59

IKEA Welcomes Decathlon Into Its Stores | Fast Five Shorts

60

Walgreens’ New Hybrid Pharmacist Model Explained | Fast Five Shorts

61

Schlotzsky's Is Betting On A New Store Model | Fast Five Shorts

62

Is AI About To Shrink Corporate Workforces? | Fast Five Shorts

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Target Takes On Artificial Dyes In Major Grocery Reset | Fast Five Shorts

64

Target Bans Dyes, AI Takes 4,000 Jobs At Block & IKEA Opens Its Doors To Sporting Goods | Fast Five

65

Lightning Round: Girl Scout Records, Survivor 50, Miracle on Ice & Nerd Nostalgia | Fast Five Shorts

66

Burger King’s President Answers the Phone | Fast Five Shorts

67

Gap Inc. Debuts Encore To Unify The Four Brands | Fast Five Shorts

68

Walmart Gives Suppliers Eyes On Every Shelf | Fast Five Shorts

69

Kohl's Bets On The Deal Bar To Win Back Shoppers | Fast Five Shorts

70

Smart Stores Get Real as Carrefour Teams with Vusion | Fast Five Shorts

71

BK PR Stunts, Kohl’s Deal Bars & Why You Should Learn How To Say ‘Smart Store’ In French | Fast Five

72

Lightning Round: Fashion Week Trends, 2016 Throwbacks, Robert Duvall & Curling | Fast Five Shorts

73

5,200 Stores Turn to AI Voice | Fast Five Shorts

74

American Eagle Scales Micro-Influencers | Fast Five Shorts

75

Are ChatGPT Ads the Next Retail Channel? | Fast Five Shorts

76

Is Pay Transparency the New Standard? | Fast Five Shorts

77

Nike’s Brand Reset Hits Converse | Fast Five Shorts

78

Converse In Crisis, Target Trials ChatGPT Ads & C-Stores Push The In-Store AI Envelope | Fast Five

79

Lightning Round: Luxury Hotels, Valentine’s Spending & McNugget Caviar | Fast Five Shorts

80

Spotify Is Now Selling Physical Books? | Fast Five Shorts

81

Albertsons Wants to Measure Your Dwell Time | Fast Five Shorts

82

Anthropic’s $8M Shot at OpenAI | Fast Five Shorts

83

Inside Target’s 500 Job Decision | Fast Five shorts

84

Can Greg Foran Transform Kroger? | Fast Five Shorts

85

Kroger's New Boss, The AI Ad War & Target's Smoke-Filled Plans To Reinvest In Stores | Fast Five

86

Lightning Round: Olympic Style, Comfort Food Rules & Kelly Clarkson | Fast Five Shorts

87

BJ’s Shrinks the Club | Fast Five Shorts

88

eBay Draws the Line on AI | Fast Five Shorts

89

Walmart Goes Global with Marketplace Shipping | Fast Five Shorts

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Why 19% Changes Everything for Grocers | Fast Five Shorts

91

Amazon Pulls the Plug on Palm Payments | Fast Five Shorts

92

Amazon Exits Fresh, E-Grocery Booms & eBay Bans AI Bots | Fast Five

93

Lightning Round: Netflix AI, Rotisserie Chicken & Mushroom Coffee | Fast Five Shorts

94

American Eagle’s Logistics Gamble | Fast Five Shorts

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Grocery’s Quiet Lunch Takeover | Fast Five Shorts

96

Inside Amazon’s Layoffs and What Culture Has to Do With It | Fast Five Shorts

97

Is Rural America Dollar General’s Secret Weapon Against Amazon? | Fast Five Shorts

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Is Walmart’s AI Reset the Future of Retail Leadership? | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's Big Shake-Up, The Lunch Rush & What We Think About Amazon's Layoffs | Fast Five

100

Lightning Round: Love Letters, Wedding Drama & Magic Mike | Fast Five Shorts

101

Is Tally 4.0 the Future of the Connected Store? | Fast Five Shorts

102

Fanatics vs. Gap: Who Wins the Retail Entertainment Race? | Fast Five Shorts

103

Can Walmart Win High-Income Home Shoppers? | Fast Five Shorts

104

Kroger Bets on Uber for Grocery Delivery at Scale | Fast Five Shorts

105

ChatGPT Enters the Ad Game | Fast Five Shorts

106

ChatGPT Goes Ad-Supported, Gap Goes Hollywood & Walmart Goes Upscale In Home | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Banana Water, Dirty Sodas & Golden Globes | Fast Five Shorts

108

Walmart’s Drone Delivery Expands to 270 Stores | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon Buy for Me Sparks Merchant Backlash | Fast Five Shorts

110

Circle K Turns Store Data Into Daily Action | Fast Five Shorts

111

Google’s Plan to Power AI Shopping Everywhere | Fast Five Shorts

112

Amazon Goes Full Big-Box Retail | Fast Five Shorts

113

Amazon's Walmart Play, AI Shopping Protocols & Drone Delivery Wars | Fast Five

114

Lightning Round: LEGO Smart Bricks, Toxic Mom Groups & Stranger Things | Fast Five Shorts

115

Inside Schnucks’ Approach to Stopping Gift Card Fraud | Fast Five Shorts

116

Why Save Mart Is Adding Amazon Returns Kiosks | Fast Five Shorts

117

Amazon’s Alexa+ Pushes Deeper Into Grocery Shopping | Fast Five Shorts

118

Kroger Launches New SNAP Discount Program | Fast Five Shorts

119

Instacart Shuts Down AI Pricing Tests After Consumer Backlash | Fast Five Shorts

120

Instacart's Pricing Retreat + Amazon's Alexa Gets Hungry | Fast Five

121

Breaking Down Target's New SoHo Concept Store | Fast Five Shorts

122

Lightning Round: Ryan Reynolds at NRF, Puppy Yoga & Rob Reiner's Greatest Hits | Fast Five Shorts

123

Ashley Furniture Goes All-In on Agentic Commerce | Fast Five Shorts

124

Online Grocery Breaks Records Despite Budget Constraints | Fast Five Shorts

125

Are Instacart's Pricing Experiments Inflating Your Grocery Bill? | Fast Five Shorts

126

Inside Amazon's Leaked Rush Pickup Service Plans | Fast Five Shorts

127

Target SoHo, Amazon Rush & The Instacart Dynamic Pricing Brouhaha | Fast Five

128

THE RETAIL 2026 PREDICTION FORECAST | Fast Five Shorts

129

Most Laughable Headline - What Made No Sense? | Fast Five Shorts

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Best Partnership - Which Collaboration Won 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

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Best Strategic Turnaround - Who Pivoted Successfully? | Fast Five Shorts

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Best Movie Material - Which Headline Deserves Hollywood? | Fast Five Shorts

133

Most Overhyped Technology - What Failed to Deliver? | Fast Five Shorts

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CEO of the Year - Who Led Best in 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

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Technology of the Year - What Innovation Won 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

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Headline of the Year - What Announcement Mattered Most? | Fast Five Shorts

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Retailer of the Year - Who Dominated 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

138

Our 2025 Retail Awards Show!

139

Lightning Round: Advent Calendars, Slop Bowls & Mariah’s $60M Holiday Reign | Fast Five Shorts

140

Amazon Now: The 30-Minute Delivery Service | Fast Five Shorts

141

Are Smart Glasses Ready for a 2026 Breakthrough? | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's Brilliant Move: Bringing Ads to AI Shopping | Fast Five Shorts

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ChatGPT Shopping Research: Revolution or Just Better Search? | Fast Five Shorts

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Black Friday Hits RECORD $11.8 Billion in Online Sales | Fast Five Shorts

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AI Hits Black Friday, Amazon Tests 30-Minute Groceries & Walmart Adds Ads To Sparky | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Turkey Day Hot Takes, Black Friday Hauls & Fashion Buzz | Fast Five Shorts

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Bath & Body Works Plans Amazon Launch | Fast Five Shorts

148

Richard Dickson's Gap Revival Continues | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger's $2.6 Billion Automation Retreat | Fast Five Shorts

150

Target Bets Black Friday on ChatGPT Shopping | Fast Five Shorts

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Target's Four-Year Sales Stagnation | Fast Five Shorts

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Target's ChatGPT Gamble, Kroger's $2.6B Pivot & Gap's Viral Comeback | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Holiday Hacks, Hot Cocoa & Dick Van Dyke at 100 | Fast Five Shorts

154

Target and Starbucks Create Exclusive Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate | Fast Five Shorts

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Can Google's AI Shopping Revolution Challenge ChatGPT and Perplexity? | Fast Five Shorts

156

Primark Joins the Buy Now Pay Later Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

157

Grocery Dealz Unlocks Same-Day Delivery Through Instacart Integration | Fast Five Shorts

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The Furner Era Begins: What Walmart's CEO Transition Means for Retail | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's Got A New CEO, Google Will Call Stores For You & Target Is Sprinkling Cocoa | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Ulta Discounts, Andy Garcia & Italian Pasta Crisis | Fast Five Shorts

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Dollar General's AI Leadership Move | Fast Five Shorts

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Target's "10-4" Service Controversy | Fast Five Shorts

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Bath & Body Works Scents the Holidays | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon vs. Perplexity Legal Showdown | Fast Five Shorts

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AI Shopping Hits Critical Mass | Fast Five Shorts

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AI Commerce Surges, Amazon Sues Perplexity & We Are Over And Out On Target 10-4 | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Chat GPT Coaching, Sexiest Man Alive & Hand Massages | Fast Five Shorts

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GrubHub Partners with Instacart | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger & Uber Eats Restaurant Integration | Fast Five Shorts

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Mondelēz's $40M AI Advertising Bet | Fast Five Shorts

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Starbucks' Billion-Dollar Delivery Business | Fast Five Shorts

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The Amazonification of Whole Foods | Fast Five Shorts

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Starbucks $1B Delivery Secret, Oreos In AI & Amazon's Whole Foods Doritos Gamble | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Netflix In Theaters, Hot Santa, NFL Yoga Pants & Red Bull Advent | Fast Five Shorts

175

Amazon's Vision Quest - AI Glasses for Drivers | Fast Five Shorts

176

Will Lululemon’s NFL Partnership Hurt Its Brand In The Long-run? | Fast Five Shorts

177

Walmart Cracks The Code - RFID Fresh Food Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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DoorDash Launches Emergency Food Response Program | Fast Five Shorts

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Retail's Darkest Day - Amazon & Target Layoffs | Fast Five Shorts

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The We May Not Be Ready For It New Normal Of Layoffs, RFID & AI Glasses | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Apple Upgrades, Classic Cars, AI Concerns & Stargazing | Fast Five Shorts

182

DoorDash Teams Up with Waymo - Are Autonomous Deliveries the Future? | Fast Five Shorts

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Wayfair's Perigold Goes Big - 30K Square Feet of Luxury | Fast Five Shorts

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Gen Z's Vision - Britain's High Streets Become Social Tech Hubs | Fast Five Shorts

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Ulta Beauty's Marketplace Launch - Curation vs. Scale | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart Attacks Amazon with ChatGPT Shopping Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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DoorDash Does Waymo, Wayfair Opens A New Store & A Marketplace Of Marketplaces Emerges | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: The Body Shop’s Comeback, Bubbles & Blockbusters | Fast Five Shorts

189

The AI Shopping Super App Has Arrived | Fast Five Shorts

190

Walmart's 90 Million Sensor Bet: Tracking the Future of Retail | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger's E-Commerce Identity Crisis? | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's Auto Care Gets a Digital Upgrade | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon Brings Healthcare to the Kiosk | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart’s Auto Center “Of The Future,” Amazon’s Rx Kiosk & Kroger’s Odd Digital Strategy | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Fanatics for Babies, Dating by Zip, and the Mayo Debate | Fast Five Shorts

196

Shein Goes Physical in France | Fast Five Shorts

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Shipt's AI Shopping Assistant | Fast Five Shorts

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Bed Bath & Beyond's Franchise Fiasco | Fast Five Shorts

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PayPal's BNPL Cash Back Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon's Budget Grocery Gamble | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon’s Private Label Push, Shein Stores & The #1 Worst Idea In The History Of The Show | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Dew Goes Dirty, Vegas Transport Showdown & QR-Code TP | Fast Five Shorts

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DoorDash Goes Full Service | Fast Five Shorts

204

Sprouts Brews Up a New Strategy | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon Exits UK Grocery: What It Means | Fast Five Shorts

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Costco's Executive Hours: The Data Is In | Fast Five Shorts

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OpenAI Goes Shopping: The E-Commerce Revolution Begins | Fast Five Shorts

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OpenAI Announces An Etsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Change To E-Commerce | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Nike x Skims, Luxury Directors & AI Hash Browns | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger's Nostalgic Strategy | Fast Five Shorts

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Sephora's Creator Platform Launch | Fast Five Shorts

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Google's AI Integration Push | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon's Grocery Expansion Strategy | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's Pharmacy Game-Changer | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger Revives Paper Coupons, Sephora Caters To Creators & Walmart Makes A Big Rx Move | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: French Pastries, Emperor Face-Offs & Metro Showdowns | Fast Five Shorts

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The AI Search Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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PacSun's Youth Advisory Council | Fast Five Shorts

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Starbucks' Vision for Efficiency | Fast Five Shorts

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Walgreens' Party Supply Power Play | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger's Automation Reckoning | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger’s Automation Reset, Starbucks & Why There Ain’t No Party Like A Walgreens Party | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: AI Movies, Ariana Grande’s Star Power & NY Fashion Week | Fast Five Shorts

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Office Depot's 15-Minute Pickup Promise | Fast Five Shorts

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Kroger's Deli Dreams Of The Future | Fast Five Shorts

226

Albertsons Doubles Down on Retail Media | Fast Five Shorts

227

Gap Inc. Beauty Expansion: Smart or Risky? | Fast Five Shorts

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Sam's Club's Global Intent Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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Gap's Beauty Play, Kroger's 'Deli Of The Future' & Sam's Club's Next Level App Redesign | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Viral Food Trends, French Name Rankings & Back-to-School Hacks | Fast Five Shorts

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Waitrose Smart Cart Experiment | Fast Five Shorts

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Lululemon's AI Leadership Gamble | Fast Five Shorts

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Macy's Amazon Ad Network Partnership | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon's Whole Foods Corporate Takeover | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's Marketplace Velocity Play | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon Ingests Whole Foods, Macy’s Sleeps With The Enemy & Walmart Wants To Outdo Both | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Oasis Comeback Glory, Soccer Star & Mandalay Bay Travel Hack | Fast Five Shorts

238

Fabletics Tech Transformation - RFID Rollout | Fast Five Shorts

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BNPL Goes North - Walmart Canada's Klarna Rollout | Fast Five Shorts

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Best Buy Goes Broader - Third-Party Marketplace Debut | Fast Five Shorts

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Rental Cars Go Retail - Hertz Joins Amazon Autos | Fast Five Shorts

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"The Fidelke Faux Pas" - Target's CEO Succession Controversy | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon Autos, Best Buy’s Marketplace & The Potential Target Fiddelke Faux Pas | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Crocs Go Pro, Harry Potter Donuts & Back-to-School Pawn Shopping | Fast Five Shorts

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Target & Ulta Beauty Partnership ENDS In 2026 - Retail's Biggest Breakup | Fast Five Shorts

246

IKEA Inside Best Buy: Genius Partnership or Expensive Mistake | Fast Five Shorts

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Warby Parker Kills It's Signature Home Try-On Program - What This Means for Growth | Fast Five Shorts

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Why Starbucks Is Killing It's Mobile-Only Pickup Stores For Better "Vibes" | Fast Five Shorts

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Why Amazon's Fresh Food Delivery Won't Kill Walmart (Yet) | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon’s Same-Day Push, Warby & Why Ulta Won’t Be Target’s Last Shop-In-Shop Regret | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Halloween in July, Wing Day, & Katy Perry’s Canadian Rebound | Fast Five Shorts

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Macy's Strategic Abercrombie Partnership | Fast Five Shorts

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Ty Haney's Bold Outdoor Voices Revival | Fast Five Shorts

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Bed Bath & Beyond's Nostalgic Comeback | Fast Five Shorts

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Vogue’s AI Model Sparks Backlash | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's AI Super Agent Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart’s Super Agents, Vogue’s AI Models & Bed Bath’s Rebirth (Discounted, Of Course) | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Neon Coat, Southwest Airlines & A Salute To Theo Huxtable | Fast Five Shorts

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Target's Price Match Elimination: Strategy or Mistake? | Fast Five Shorts

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Tesco's 8-Week Delivery Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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Mall of America's Smart Parking Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

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Tesla's LA Diner: Charging Future or Gimmick? | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's Vizio Media Empire Play | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart Takes Vizio Private Label & Target Gives People A Big Reason To Go To Costco | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Alex Cooper Drama, AI Influencers & Cranky Neighbors | Fast Five Shorts

266

The Implications Of Shopify's Bold Move to Block AI Shopping Bots | Fast Five Shorts

267

Why Gen Z is Abandoning Traditional Supermarkets for Walmart & Aldi | Fast Five Shorts

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How 2.7% Inflation Could Ruin Holiday Retail (And What to Do About It) | Fast Five Shorts

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Starbucks vs Target: The Right Way to Handle Return-to-Office Mandates | Fast Five Shorts

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Why Kraft Heinz's $20 Billion Breakup Could Save the Food Giant | Fast Five Shorts

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Starbucks Returns To Office, Shopify Blocks Bots & Kraft Heinz Seeks Couples Therapy

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McDonald's Spicy McMuffin, Furniture Eulogies & Dating Trends - Fast Five Lightning Round

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This "Gas Buddy for Groceries" App Could Herald An Industry Pricing War Very Soon | Fast Five Shorts

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Sephora & Lyft Partnership: Omnichannel Genius Or Well-Spun Marketing? | Fast Five Shorts

275

Is Staples' Services Strategy Enough to Save the Office Supply Giant? | Fast Five Shorts

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Amazon's UK Partnership With GoPuff Signals Marketplace Strategy Shift | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart's "Dinner Tonight" Platform Will Kill the Meal Kit Industry | Fast Five Shorts

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Walmart’s ‘Dinner Tonight,’ Sephora & Lyft, Plus A New Grocery App That May Disrupt All | Fast Five

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Lightning Round: Mall Makeovers, AI Mode & Our Thoughts On Tom Brady Macking On Sydney Sweeney

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Fast Five Shorts | Will Starbucks' New Hiring Procedures Lead To Their Intended Consequences?

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Fast Five Shorts | Do You Agree With Hibbett’s Decision To Create A Standalone Kids App?

282

Fast Five Shorts | Pro Or Con: Target Exploring A Factory-Direct Model?

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Fast Five Shorts | How Long Before We Are All Grocery Shopping Via Smart Carts?

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Fast Five Shorts | How Should We Think About Walmart’s “Dark Store” Admission?

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Target Goes Factory-Direct, Walmart Goes Dark & Starbucks Revamps Its Hiring Process

286

Lightning Round: Romance Novels, Soap Wars & French Fry Pizza

287

Amazon's Desperate Grocery Play: Will Bundling Work?

288

H-E-B Tests Grocery Robots: Innovation or the Next Garmin Dash-Mounted GPS?

289

Walmart's New AI Saves Managers 60 Minutes Per Shift

290

Inside Whatnot: The Secret $5B Live Shopping Empire

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$1.77B Grocery Mega-Merger: SpartanNash & C&S Unite

292

Walmart, Whatnot & WTF Is H-E-B Doing With Robots?

293

Lightning Round: Costco Brisket, Corvette Dreams & Cheerios Chaos

294

The Costco Gas Station Experience You've Always Wanted Is Finally Here

295

Albertsons' Digital Display Gamble: Retail Media Gold Mine or Expensive Mistake?

296

Buy Or Sell: H&M Bettting Everything on AI to Beat SHEIN's Fast Fashion Dominance

297

End of an Era: Amazon Officially Absorbs Whole Foods Into "One Grocery" Strategy

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BREAKING: Walmart's Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Just Changed Retail Forever

299

Walmart’s Bait & Switch 2, Costco Gas & More Grocery Sound & Fury From Amazon

300

Peloton Resale, Dollar General's Home Line & Who Knew Walmart Could Be So Sparky?

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Walmart Presses Its ‘Advantage,’ ALDI Recruits Teens & E.L.F. Goes Down A New Rhode

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Target’s Woes, Lowe’s Marketplace & Why Sam’s Club Pizza Delivery Will Change Our Lives

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Walmart Signals Price Increases, Dicks Buys Foot Locker & Target Bets On Rural Growth?

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Instacart’s CEO Bolts, Primark Teaches Sewing & Amazon’s Robot Dials Dork Up To 11

305

Walmart Stores Of The Future, Morrisons Robots & Why Saks Just Set Omnichannel Back

306

Amazon’s D.C. Blowback, Caper Carts & Why A ChatGPT/Shopify Tie-Up Should Scare Google

307

Walmart Gas, Circle K & Why Target’s Floral Brand May Not Come Up Smelling Like Roses

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Walmart’s Trend-to-Product AI, Sam’s Club’s Expansion & Ulta’s Pregnant Pause At Target

309

Old Navy Hits The Radar, San Diego Bans Digital-Only Coupons & Amazon Debuts AI Agents

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Amazon Haul, Best Buy Social+ & Edibles.com

311

Kroger’s Sunk Cost Trap, Ulta’s Mirakl & Why Klarna’s Walmart Deal Is ‘One’ For The Ages

312

CVS “Mini-Stores,” Google Shopping & Loblaw’s Plan To Slap Tariff Labels On U.S. Goods

313

Alexa+, Publix & Why There’s More Than Meets The Eye To Target And Warby’s New Deal

314

Good-Bye Joann, Hello Adidas Buy With Prime & Welcome Walmart To ‘Wally’ World

315

Amazon’s Italian Beauty Store, Wayfair’s Muse & Dick’s Enviable Influencer Program

316

Aldi, GapVintage & Why The “Next Best Action” Is An Idea Everyone Will Be Talking About

317

Crypto BuyBuy Babies, More Walgreens Woes & Walmart Takes Same-Day Rx Nationwide

318

Starbucks Ceramic Mugs & Drizzles, Walmart Pay Increases & Amazon’s New Head Of Grocery

319

Walmart Opens A New HQ And Does Fendi, Chanel And Robots All In The Same Week!

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Amazon Ads, Best Buy’s Marketplace & Macy’s Ever-Changing Strategic Narrative

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Walmart Expands ESLs To All Stores, DoorDash Teams With Ibotta & Simbe Hits The Spot

322

The 2024 Omni Talk Retail Awards Show

323

Amazon Auto, Porch Pirate Insurance & Why There May Be No Stopping Tractor Supply

324

Walmart Streams Dolly Live, Cyber Week & The Rise Of Digital Dollar Toy Stores

325

Kohl’s Has A New CEO, Perplexity Goes Shopping & The WSJ Calls Target ‘Dull’

326

Starbucks Teams Up With DoorDash, Wonder Buys Grubhub & Amazon Halts Fertility Project | Fast Five

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Walmart’s New Mobile Locks, Instacart’s Big Week & E.l.f. Beauty’s Dollar General Plans!

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Walmart+ Is 50% Off, Starbucks Sketches Its Turnaround Plan & ChatGPT Search Has Arrived

329

Amazon’s Temu Rivalry, 7-Eleven & Why Goldman Sachs Thinks 2025 Is The Year Of The Robot

330

Walmart Same-Day Rx Delivery, Bed Bath’s Return & WTF Is Amazon’s Grocery Strategy

331

Google Shopping, Grabango & Why Amazon May Have Just Signed Whole Foods' Death Warrant

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Sam’s Club’s New Store, Kroger’s Disney ‘Boost’ & Why Just Walk Out May Be A Passing Fad

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Walmart’s High Income Demo, Klarna’s Bold Move & Why Costco May Be The New Pepsi

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The First-Ever Amazon & Walmart Fast Five Takeover

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TikTok Search Commissions, Walmart+ Self-Checkout & Something From Shein Called ‘SCaaS’

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