# Target Says Move Or Go, Walmart Bets On Beauty & Claude Wants Your Cart | Fast Five

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Podcast: [Retail Fast Five](https://stenobird.com/podcast/retail-fast-five-6465680)
Published: 2026-05-06T19:18:00+00:00
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## Resource

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 Jenn Hahn, Founder & CEO of J Recruiting Services and host of Candid with Candidates , discussed: • Target requiring 150 remote merchandising employees to relocate to Minneapolis or exit, and what it signals about collaboration, creativity, and accountability during a retail turnaround ( Source ) • Estée Lauder expanding job cuts to as many as 10,000 roles as part of its “Beauty Reimagined” strategy, and whether it’s merger math, a department store reality check, or both ( Source ) • Walmart rolling out trained in-store beauty experts to 400+ locations, and why investing in service could be its next big competitive advantage ( Source ) • Anthropic’s Claude integrating with Instacart, Uber Eats, and more, enabling fully conversational shopping experiences and why this may finally crack the code on AI-driven commerce ( Source ) • Walmart’s plan to train all 2.1 million employees on AI tools, and the massive (and messy) reality of scaling workforce transformation at that level ( Source ) There’s all that, plus March Madness heartbreak, talent truths, Taco Bell debates, Star Wars blind spots, and a candid look at what it really takes to lead and hire in the age of AI. Music by hooksounds.com

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