Fast Five | Caper Carts, Shoplifting, Tesco QR Codes & Why Amazon is Smart To Copycat Shein And Temu

Hello Omni Talk Fans! Anne and I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July fireworks and barbeques if you live here in the States, and, if you happen to be reading today’s newsletter overseas, we hope you enjoyed what was likely just another run of the mill, “Thursday.”

I will keep today’s newsletter short and sweet because I know all of you are just dying to listen to this week’s Fast Five.

In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Anne and I discussed:

• Amazon’s plans to copycat Shein and Temu
• Target lowering its in-store theft threshold from $100 to $50
• Tesco piloting on-pack, scannable QR codes
• Tiptop adding the new wrinkle of trade-ins to its BNPL offering
• And we closed with yet another look at the future of smart carts through the lens of Shoprite’s further expansion of its Instacart Caper Cart pilot to more stores

There’s all that, plus this month’s OmniStar (congrats Diana Marshall of Sam’s Club), how I would improve the Delta Sky Club, dating app wingmen, and who Anne would most want to call the play-by-play of a 10-minute recap video of her life.?

Listen to This Week’s Fast Five Podcast

Be careful out there,

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

P.S. In case you missed our mid-year Top 10, starting with #10 on down to #1 of our most listened to podcasts of the year, here they are again.