In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Ocampo Capital and Scratch Event DJs Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga are joined by special co-host and Shoptalk and Groceryshop’s VP of Original Content and Strategy Ben Miller. In this clip, the group discusses: A Suitcase Full Of Sunshine Lightning Round
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Transcripts
Speaker A:
McDonald's is bringing back uncle oh, Grimacey, the slightly larger, greener and Irish version of Grimace.
Speaker A:
They're bringing it back from the archives to help promote their Shamrock shake and mint McFlurry.
Speaker A:
Which family member of your own, Ben, would you choose to help you and the team promote Shop Talk?
Speaker B:
Oh, my God.
Speaker B:
I had no idea where you go with that.
Speaker B:
Okay, so I grew up in a small rural town in the north of England in Yorkshire.
Speaker B:
My dad is a proud Yorkshireman and there's some great cliches.
Speaker B:
So Yorkshiremen are famously straight talking, they're famously cynical, and they're famously really tight with their money.
Speaker B:
So I can imagine.
Speaker B:
So never mind.
Speaker B:
Startup picture Shop Talk.
Speaker B:
I was kind of imagining like, it's almost like challenge, Alan.
Speaker B:
If you could get my dad, if you could get my dad to spend money, then you've got an absolute winner because that's a really high bar.
Speaker B:
So challenge.
Speaker B:
I mean, that's where we go.
Speaker A:
That's amazing.
Speaker C:
It's so funny.
Speaker C:
I literally said to Ann last week, we don't hear the name Alan anymore either, didn't I?
Speaker C:
And I literally said that to you?
Speaker C:
Yes.
Speaker C:
All right, then.
Speaker C:
The teaser trailer for the new Fantastic Four film debuted this week.
Speaker C:
If you could have any of the Fantastic Four's superpowers, which one would you choose?
Speaker B:
Oh, that's an easy one.
Speaker B:
Fly.
Speaker B:
Absolutely.
Speaker C:
Johnny Storm.
Speaker B:
Johnny.
Speaker B:
Yeah.
Speaker B:
I mean, I'm not.
Speaker B:
I'm not there on the bursting into flames, but.
Speaker B:
But flying, yeah, that would be so cool.
Speaker B:
Wouldn't that, wouldn't that be brilliant?
Speaker B:
I'd love to hear that.
Speaker B:
Yeah.
Speaker B:
Yeah.
Speaker A:
All right.
Speaker C:
Plastic Man.
Speaker C:
I wouldn't mind be Plastic man too.
Speaker C:
That's pretty cool.
Speaker A:
Again, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Speaker A:
Listeners will not be surprised at all that I have could not name a single Fantastic Four.
Speaker A:
Is that what they're called?
Speaker A:
Fantastic Four people?
Speaker A:
Yes.
Speaker A:
All right, let's go to question number three.
Speaker A:
Ben.
Speaker A:
Tariffs are on the minds of retailers and consumers these days.
Speaker A:
And some retailers are reporting that they're seeing out of stocks because customers are starting to stockpile goods.
Speaker A:
If you could bring an extra suitcase with you to Vegas during shop talk to stockpile some US products to take home to the uk, what would it be?
Speaker B:
Oh, man.
Speaker B:
And it's not.
Speaker B:
Not a suitcase full of shops or branded swag.
Speaker B:
I've been lucky enough.
Speaker B:
I spend a lot of time in the US as you guys know.
Speaker B:
I've been worked us a long time.
Speaker B:
So I have, I've got.
Speaker B:
There's lots of things that I really enjoy when I'm over.
Speaker B:
But if I could bring one thing, I'd love to bring back.
Speaker B:
A huge suitcase full of west coast sunshine just to brighten the dower London screen.
Speaker C:
That's amazing.
Speaker C:
Better that than Parliament lights.
Speaker C:
All right, last one.
Speaker C:
Te Voodoo Tay Voodoo.
Speaker C:
A term Taylor Swift fans coined to describe the outsized effect Taylor appears to have on the universe.
Speaker C:
This is real.
Speaker C:
Could be on full display at this weekend's Super Bowl.
Speaker C:
Ben.
Speaker C:
So who's it going to be?
Speaker C:
The Chiefs or the Eagles?
Speaker B:
Oh, wow.
Speaker B:
We almost got for a whole podcast without mentioning Taylor Swift.
Speaker B:
That was.
Speaker C:
Right.
Speaker B:
It was close.
Speaker B:
That.
Speaker B:
That was close.
Speaker B:
I think it's gonna be really.
Speaker B:
It's gonna be really, really close.
Speaker B:
What can I be sure of?
Speaker B:
I think New Orleans is going to be put on a really good show.
Speaker B:
I think the halftime show will be good, but not as good as the Choctaw beach party, that's for sure.
Speaker B:
I.
Speaker B:
Look, history tells us doing three times is really, really, really hard.
Speaker B:
But we know that if you've got the best quarterback, you probably win.
Speaker B:
So I'm going for the Chiefs and the three peat.
Speaker C:
The Chiefs and the three peat.
Speaker C:
Oh, man.
Speaker C:
I know our Philly fans, like Evan Gold, will be very disappointed to hear you say that.
