Fast Five | Nike Does Boutique Fitness, Wawa Goes Shelfless & Amazon Debuts Just Walk Out Apparel

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne:Politely disagreed on whether Nike should be getting into the boutique gym businessTried to understand all the angles and reasons why Wawa would pilot a shelfless store in PhillyThrew tremendous shade at JD Sports for piloting in-store AR mirrorsPut themselves in the mind of a local florist (as they have always wanted to do) and asked, “Why in the world would we ever want to help deliver Amazon packages through Amazon Hub?”And closed with unbridled enthusiasm over Amazon bringing its Just Walk Out technology into apparel this weekA&M's Chad Lusk even stopped by to give us 5 Insightful Minutes on in-store grocery technology. To access the In-Store Technology: Customer-Facing Retail Tech Report — Grocery Edition head here:https://alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/insight/in-store-technology-customer-facing-retail-tech-report-grocery-edition/There’s all that, plus why In-N-Out Burger is always better consumed on-premise, their favorite Lindas, and the forever named mall security robot, Ro-Blart. To register for Groceryshop, head here: www.groceryshop.com/omnitalkMusic by hooksounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy