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Footlongs, Fresh Produce & A Side Of Legislation | Fast Five
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- Omni Talk Retail
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- Jun 10, 2026
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- 4075
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In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris Walton and special guest Chap Achen, Senior Director, Analyst for Digital Commerce and Supply Chain at Gartner, discussed: • Walmart partnering with Subway to deliver made-to-order restaurant meals alongside groceries and household essentials through its Express Delivery service, and why Chris sees it as another example of Walmart executing a cohesive long-term growth strategy built around convenience, loyalty, and retail media expansion: https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/now-you-can-get-a-subway-sandwich-with-your-walmart-delivery-5a003b24 • Amazon expanding Fresh Same-Day Delivery in London, allowing customers to add groceries to the same basket as millions of other products, and whether this signals the future of grocery retail as Amazon continues playing the long game in global commerce: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-grocery-same-day-delivery-uk • New York passing legislation aimed at limiting so-called surveillance pricing, and whether regulating AI-driven personalized pricing strikes the right balance between consumer protection and innovation: https://chainstoreage.com/news-briefs/2026-06-05?article=new-york-legislators-pass-bill-curb-personalized-pricing • Amazon rolling out new AI-powered visual search capabilities, including real-time image generation, curated style collages, and visual suggestions, and whether these tools could strengthen Amazon's position as the product search super app: https://chainstoreage.com/news-briefs/2026-06-03?article=amazon-expands-visual-search-capabilities-shopping-app • A startup called The Mall launching an invite-only shopping app designed to aggregate products from mor…