Hello Omni Talk Fans! Far and away, the most over-referenced headline of 2022 was Wegmans' decision to halt scan-and-go within its stores.

Anne and I get so tired of hearing pundits cite it as a reason why scan-and-go doesn't work because, throughout Europe, it is much more commonplace than it is here in the States.

So we asked one of the leading providers of scan-and-go tech, Shopreme's Chief Customer Officer Nico Müller, to set the record straight for us and to answer one simple question: What are the key ingredients that make a scan-and-go implementation successful?

You can listen to our absolutely fascinating discussion with Nico by clicking here or on the image at the top of this newsletter.

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Be careful out there,

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

P.S. Every now and again we like to peer into the world of CPGs, as the relationship between CPGs and retailers is about as closely knit as they come.

In our latest edition of our 5 Insightful Minutes Conversation Series, we put A&M's David Schneidman on the hot seat to tell us how CPGs should approach their revenue and margin management (i.e. RMM) strategies with retailers amid the ever present challenges of inflation, increasing omnichannel complexity, labor shortages, and rising customer acquisition costs.

You can watch our 5-Minute conversation with David by clicking here or on the video thumbnail below.