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In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five recorded live from Shoptalk 2025 in Vegas and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Infios and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: A Love Is Blind Lightning Round
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Okay, we're going to the lightning round.
Speaker A:Chris, question number one.
Speaker A:Earlier this week, you asked your orange theory coach to play you a Christina Aguilera song to get you pumped up for your workout rank.
Speaker B:Man, I gotta watch what I tell you.
Speaker A:Well, it was a slow.
Speaker A:It was a slow Newsweek in terms of lightning round.
Speaker B:That's true.
Speaker B:That's true.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's true.
Speaker A:Rank your top three, Christina.
Speaker A:Or do you go by X?
Speaker A:Tina.
Speaker A:What is she being called these days?
Speaker B:Oh, she's Christina Demir.
Speaker A:Christina Aguilera.
Speaker A:Okay, what rank your top three songs?
Speaker A:And was one of those top three one of the songs you had your orange theory coach play?
Speaker B:Oh, 100%.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:All right, top three.
Speaker B:So let me think about this.
Speaker B:I would go Lady Marmalade, number three.
Speaker B:I'm gonna go in reverse order.
Speaker B:That's a good one.
Speaker B:Solid one.
Speaker B:These are all good workout songs.
Speaker A:That's not technically.
Speaker A:That's a Moulin Rouge, right?
Speaker A:Soundtrack.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:It's like a trio, right?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Pink.
Speaker A:Pink.
Speaker A:Yeah, but you got Lil Kim on that.
Speaker B:Yeah, but.
Speaker B:But she slays it in that.
Speaker B:In that song and she slays it.
Speaker B:All right, number two, Fighter.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:Can't go wrong with Fighter.
Speaker B:That's a great song.
Speaker B:And number one.
Speaker B:The number one.
Speaker B:And the song I asked for, believe it or not, Ain't no other man.
Speaker B:Ain't no other man.
Speaker B:I can't sing it either.
Speaker A:You wanted somebody to play Ain't no other man.
Speaker B:I went in, I went into my coach and I was like, hey, can you play?
Speaker B: radio, but I saw that it was: Speaker B:She's like, ain't no other man.
Speaker B:I was like, yes.
Speaker B:And she played it and I was like, woo.
Speaker B:Yeah, let's go.
Speaker B:It was great.
Speaker B:It was great.
Speaker A:Oh, my God.
Speaker A:That will forever be your walk up music.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker B:The Huffington Post recently released its 5 Foods to Avoid at airports out of the following list, Dan Fountain drinks, prepackaged sandwiches and salads, fruit cups, unpasteurized juices, and dairy products.
Speaker A:What is that?
Speaker B:I don't have any idea.
Speaker B:That one threw me.
Speaker B:And sushi or raw food, which are you most likely and least likely to purchase?
Speaker B:I feel like you purchase a lot from this list, actually.
Speaker A:Do I?
Speaker B:I could see you doing that.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:I mean, I.
Speaker A:I think you're not a fountain drink.
Speaker A:I think I stopped going sandwiches and salads.
Speaker A:I've stopped completely.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:I.
Speaker A:That was something that I.
Speaker A:In a pinch I would grab a sandwich or a salad because we were traveling and there's just no options, But I don't know.
Speaker B:Cups surprised me, too.
Speaker A:Yeah, I.
Speaker A:That stuff is.
Speaker A:I guess.
Speaker A:And milk.
Speaker A:I purchase the containers of milk, but I have.
Speaker B:That's pasteurized milk, though.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:So that doesn't count either.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker A:None of the above.
Speaker A:Then I've you fully.
Speaker B:You're still eating sushi at the airport?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:No, no, no.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:None of the.
Speaker B:So which one are you least likely to purchase?
Speaker A:Probably sushi.
Speaker B:Sushi.
Speaker B:Yeah, I think so.
Speaker B:Airport sushi.
Speaker B:I mean, it's got the moniker for a reason.
Speaker A:There is.
Speaker A:Like, I would buy freshly prepared.
Speaker A:There's a good sushi restaurant at the MSP airport.
Speaker A:I would probably buy that freshly prepared.
Speaker A:I'm not buying any prepackaged cont.
Speaker A:Containers.
Speaker A:No, negative.
Speaker B:Better you than me.
Speaker B:And better you than me.
Speaker A:Chris, according to a recent study, wearing socks has been shown to help you get a good night's sleep because it helps warm the feet while reducing your core body temperature.
Speaker A:Are you a socks off or on kind of sleeper?
Speaker B:Oh, man.
Speaker B:And I don't wear socks to sleep.
Speaker B:But I tell you what, I do wear them to do absolutely nothing.
Speaker B:I hate socks.
Speaker B:And I hate wearing just socks.
Speaker B:It's terrible.
Speaker B:I hate to sleep in them because then you get, like, foot funguses.
Speaker B:I hate walking around the house in my socks because you sweat, you know, It's a terrible idea.
Speaker B:I don't agree with this article at all.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:It's a terrible idea.
Speaker B:I hate walking around the house in socks because you step in a puddle and then your whole day is ruined.
Speaker B:You got to change your socks.
Speaker A:I will agree with you that the socks in the house are a bad deal.
Speaker B:It's just terrible.
Speaker B:So why would you do it?
Speaker B:And then you got to get up because we're old.
Speaker B:We got to get up in the middle of the night to go pee.
Speaker B:The last thing I want to do is pee in my socks.
Speaker A:Well, or slip in your socks.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:If you're gonna be wearing socks to bed, I think you have to wear the ones with the Grippies.
Speaker A:Like from the hospital.
Speaker B:100%.
Speaker B:And in fact, I went down the stairs once in socks and I fell.
Speaker B:It was terrible.
Speaker B:You can't wear socks.
Speaker B:Socks on their own is bad for everyone.
Speaker B:Don't listen to this article.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker B:The Wall Street Journal.
Speaker B:This one's great.
Speaker B:The Wall Street Journal claimed that Minneapolis is the worst place to host a dating show based on the recent season of Love is blind.
Speaker B:Of which your cousin was also a contestant.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:Do you agree or disagree with the Wall Street Journal's assessment and why?
Speaker A:I 100% agree.
Speaker B:Do you?
Speaker A:It was such a snooze fest.
Speaker A:This season was so boring.
Speaker A:I don't know if they changed the formula.
Speaker A:I haven't watched it since the beginning.
Speaker A:I did watch this year cause my cousin was on the show, but it's like, it's just too small town.
Speaker A:We know we're a bigger city in size, but people know too many people.
Speaker A:It was too boring.
Speaker A:It was like, I don't know.
Speaker A:There's not enough drama for me in this.
Speaker A:And people in Minnesota are passive aggressive.
Speaker A:So I think they were much more careful and calculated about, like.
Speaker B:That's true.
Speaker A:How they're going to, like, talk about things.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:No, I would not recommend filming a dating show in Minneapolis ever again.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's a really good point.
Speaker B:Every show needs, like, an east coast personality.
Speaker A:You got.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:You got to have people that are willing to, like, tear it up a little bit more.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:You can't have Joe Corncob and Joanne Corncob.
Speaker B:You know, they're too passive aggressive, you know?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker A:Thank you for calling us Corn Cobs.
Speaker A:Hey, we live in Minnesota.
Speaker B:We're Corn Cob.
Speaker B:You can make the joke when you are one, right?
Speaker B:That's what they always say, right?