Hello Omni Talks Fans! Anne and I are back from Spain, and we have some exciting video footage that we will be sending your way quite soon.

Anne and I headed across the Atlantic to check out Zara’s new flagship store, which is, for lack of a better way to put it, just absolutely incredible.

Best.Omnichannel.Store.Yet.

Keep a look out in next week’s newsletter and on social media for our video recap!

In today’s Fast Five Podcast, A&M’s Hemant Kalbag and Jonathan Sharp joined Anne and me to discuss:

- All the stats and figures from Prime Day

- Whether Macy’s taking Toys R Us to all stores will have any real long-term significance

- Kroger’s plans to expand its Boost membership program nationwide

- The big (some might say massive) revelation from a Google exec that 40% of young people are using social media apps over Google to search for restaurants

- And closed with a thoughtful critique of the WSJ’s report that Amazon has been “considering” exiting its private label business

There’s all that, plus male beauty routines, sporting event must-haves, and contaminated Skittles.

Listen to This Week’s Fast Five Podcast

Be careful out there,

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

P.S. We just secured our next event on LinkedIn. Anne and I will be sitting down with Christopher McShane and Amber Scott of Serta Simmons to get their take on how they see customer service evolving coming out of the pandemic.

The interview will take place on August 9th, so reserve your spot now to make sure you have access to the recording on LinkedIn, even in the off chance that you are unable to attend live.

Just register by clicking here or on the image right below this sentence.