Fast Five | Target’s Big Circle Perk, Wendy’s Surge Pricing Backlash & Whole Foods Gets Smaller

Omni Talk Retail

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: - Wendy’s about face on surge pricing (Source: KTLA-5) - Target’s new paid membership program, Circle 360 (Source: CNBC) - The RealReal’s store expansion plans (Source: WSJ) - Sam’s Club’s new design thinking studio (Source: Chain Store Age) -And closed with an examination of whether Whole Foods’ plan to open s smaller stores is, first, a good idea, and, second, if it is an idea that will actually work (Source: Grocery Dive) There’s all that, plus cereal for breakfast, our newest OmniStar, and a tip of our cap to all our loyal fans for helping to make this our 1,000 podcast episode! Music by hooksounds.com