Fast Five | Aldi Expands, Wayfair Rebrands & The Early Bird Literally Gets The Worm At Walmart

Hello Omni Talk Fans! The conference Anne and I have been waiting for, Shoptalk, is finally here. The conference kicks off on my favorite religious holiday, St. Patrick's Day, and then Anne and I head into DEFCON 1 hustle and bustle mode.

I will be kicking the show off by interviewing Google's Head of Global Commerce on the mainstage on Monday, and then Anne and I immediately head to Meta's booth to livestream interviews with executives from Walmart, Target, Victoria's Secret, and Hy-Vee.

Plus, Anne and I are each moderating our own rapid fire panels in our signature candid and frank styles and then we close out the show with all the leaders of the Shoptalk content team with a live podcast recorded from the stage recapping the show!

If you love retail, Shoptalk is the show for you. If, for some reason, you are unable to attend this year, don't fret. Just stick close to our LinkedIn page and our podcast feed, and we will do our best to Aerosmith it and make sure you "don't miss a thing."

To help us get ready for Shoptalk, Anne and I also headed over to the Lululemon store at the Mall of America to pick up some new threads and to record our Fast Five podcast live from the store!

In this week's episode, Anne and I discussed:?

• Walmart expanding express delivery into the wee hours of the morning
• Aldi’s aggressive U.S. expansion plans
• Kohl’s new partnership with Babies R Us
• Michaels bringing its online maker marketplace alive in store
• And closed with a look at Wayfair’s new marketing campaign and a discussion of what it must get right (and what it must avoid) when it opens its first large format store in Illinois?

There’s all that, plus the new shoe line from Lululemon, the song in which I would most like to own stock, and the degree to which cameras inside of an Airbnb freak Anne out.

Listen to This Week’s Fast Five Podcast

Be careful out there,

-- Chris, Anne, and the entire Omni Talk team

P.S. Special thanks to Justin Leibolt and the Lululemon Mall of America experiential team for hosting us yesterday and spending their gracious time to give both Anne and me a personal fitting

You can check out our new duds below, and pay particular attention to my shoes. They are from the aforementioned new Cityverse line that Lululemon just launched.

I can't wait to sport them in Vegas!