The rubber finally met the road in Walmart's direct-to-consumer strategy, as DTC startup Ro launched a new line of vitamins, supplements, swipes, and condoms at over 4,600 Walmart locations this week. (Read More)

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The Ins and Outs of Making Malls Shoppable Online
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Hello Omni Talk Fans. The 6th edition of our startup newsletter is here.

Frequent Omni Talk contributor Matt Bowen, Anne, and I (Chris) are coming at you today with all latest retail startup news and notes that caught our attention.

First things first, one of the soon-to-be hottest startups in shopping mall tech, Adeptmind, is joining us again for a live interview and chat on LinkedIn about how they have recently made Centennial's MainPlace mall shoppable online (see it for yourself here)

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Now to our other startup news:

1.
The rubber finally met the road in Walmart's direct-to-consumer strategy, as DTC startup Ro launched a new line of vitamins, supplements, swipes, and condoms at over 4,600 Walmart locations this week. (Read More)
2.
Misfit Market raised $700 million in Series C funding to expand its efforts to promote sustainably sourced food and to reduce food waste. (Read More)
3.
Mercato nabbed $26 million to bring more independent grocers online. (Read More)
4.
Hazel's took another $70 million to insert more of its "sachets" -- i.e. vapor producing packets that prolong shelf life -- into produce boxes at the time of harvest. (Read More)
5.
And upcoming Omni Talk podcast guest, Recurate, secured $3.25 million for its simple and intuitive solution to help high-end brands authenticate resale purchases. (Read More)

Plus, as always, Mr. Bowen also had his eye on some other just fantastic headlines that are sure to make you go, "Interesting. Who knew?"

  • There's a new biofabrication startup, Modern Meadow, that just raised over $100 million to eliminate the use of fossil fuels as protective layers within clothing. (Read More)
  • Micro retail in India continues to explode. (Read More)
  • And that even Rhode Island loves themselves a local webinar on the latest and greatest in food innovation tech. (Read More and Sign Up Here)

One step ahead of the curve that guy Bowen is. We love it because it keeps us fresh and our minds open to new ideas, and we hope you do too.

Be careful out there,

— Chris, Anne, Matt, and the entire Omni Talk team

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