Artwork for podcast Omni Talk Retail
Fast Five Shorts | A Lovely-Scented Lightning Round
Episode 22515th February 2025 • Omni Talk Retail • Omni Talk Retail
00:00:00 00:05:29

Share Episode

Shownotes

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 discuss: A Lovely-Scented Lightning Round

For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/2w2T7EP2Liw




This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Transcripts

Speaker A:

The car fragrance category is growing so quickly that luxury fragrance houses like Jo Malone, for example, known for personal scents, are now offering signature scents for your vehicles.

Speaker A:

Chris, which luxury scent would you want consistently piped into your car?

Speaker A:

Or are you more of a hanging tree kind of guy?

Speaker A:

And if so, what's the hanging tree scent?

Speaker B:

Oh, my God.

Speaker B:

And this is funny.

Speaker B:

Like, I'm generally not a scents guy in general.

Speaker B:

Like, I don't.

Speaker B:

You know, I don't wear cologne.

Speaker B:

I don't really like perfumes that much.

Speaker B:

But I will say this.

Speaker B:

Yeah, this is funny.

Speaker B:

There was a perfume that my flight attendant was wearing on my flight out to Vegas on Monday, where I found it so intoxicating that I almost went up to her and said, in a.

Speaker A:

Good way or a bad way?

Speaker B:

Yeah, in a good way.

Speaker B:

Like, I was like, wow, that is amazing.

Speaker B:

And I almost went up to her.

Speaker B:

I wanted to go up to her and ask, like, hey, what is that perfume you're wearing?

Speaker B:

But I did it because I didn't want to be the old guy creeper because I'm probably, like, 20 years older than her.

Speaker B:

And I'm guessing.

Speaker A:

I guess.

Speaker B:

Guessing that's probably the smart move.

Speaker B:

This is where I regret not traveling out with you, because I could have sent you to do that task.

Speaker B:

You could have, and it would have been great.

Speaker B:

But, you know.

Speaker A:

Yes, but.

Speaker B:

Yeah, that.

Speaker B:

So I don't.

Speaker B:

I.

Speaker B:

I don't know.

Speaker B:

I don't have an answer for that.

Speaker B:

But I did like the perfume that to flight attendant.

Speaker A:

So random Delta Flight Attendant perfume would be what you would pipe into your car.

Speaker B:

Some perfume that will remain undiscovered for the rest of my life.

Speaker B:

All right.

Speaker B:

On Friday, Triunion Seafood sent out a statement explaining it has voluntarily recalled select lots of canned tuna products sold under the Genova Bandcamps, H E B and Trader Joe's brand names over potential botulism contamination.

Speaker B:

And Costco was also on that list.

Speaker B:

So tread carefully.

Speaker B:

And my question for you is, do you like Chunk Like Tuna, or are you strictly an albacore kind of girl?

Speaker A:

I like all kind of tuna.

Speaker A:

Oh, I don't.

Speaker A:

I don't.

Speaker A:

I don't discriminate.

Speaker A:

I mean, I guess if I had to pick, I would pick albacore.

Speaker A:

Actually, I have started eating more mackerel because I was told by a medical professional that mackerel has more protein and less mercury than tuna.

Speaker A:

It's just a little bit more costly.

Speaker A:

Um, but, yeah, I don't.

Speaker A:

It is.

Speaker B:

So you, like.

Speaker B:

You eat Chunk Like Tuna, the hot dog of tuna that's so.

Speaker A:

I mean, yeah.

Speaker A:

Why?

Speaker B:

It turns my stomach.

Speaker A:

If you put enough.

Speaker A:

If you put enough mayo and mustard and stuff in, it doesn't even matter.

Speaker A:

It's just like protein.

Speaker A:

Like, I just need to get protein.

Speaker A:

And it's a very easy way to do that.

Speaker A:

So unless you're eating it on a plane, don't eat it on the plane next year.

Speaker A:

Nice smelling.

Speaker B:

No, you shouldn't.

Speaker B:

You should not eat tuna in mixed company.

Speaker B:

In general.

Speaker B:

I think that's a good rule, too.

Speaker B:

You don't bring tuna to the office.

Speaker A:

No, you do not.

Speaker B:

Is also a major faux problem.

Speaker A:

Unless it's cold.

Speaker A:

Cold is fine.

Speaker A:

Hot.

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker A:

No way.

Speaker B:

Hot tuna.

Speaker B:

What's hot tuna?

Speaker A:

Like a tuna melt?

Speaker A:

You can smell that?

Speaker A:

You can smell hot tuna?

Speaker B:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker A:

Cold tuna?

Speaker A:

Nobody can really.

Speaker A:

Or like a tuna pasta salad or something like.

Speaker A:

Nobody's.

Speaker A:

You're not bugging that many people, I don't think, but.

Speaker B:

Oh, no.

Speaker A:

But I work alone, so I'm not in an office environment anymore.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Good thing we got rid of that office.

Speaker A:

All right, Chris, question number three.

Speaker A:

DoorDash has partnered with Hustler to provide.

Speaker B:

Oh, my God.

Speaker A:

Product and sweet and spicy flower displays just in time for this Friday, Valentine's Day.

Speaker A:

What other holiday do you most wish DoorDash would offer a last minute shopping dealer partnership for?

Speaker B:

Oh, my God.

Speaker B:

You know, I think.

Speaker B:

I don't think they have this, but I think what's coming to my mind is actually like last minute birthday ideas.

Speaker B:

You could have like an actual, like, you know, merchandising category for that alongside all their other categories.

Speaker B:

They have, like, just things you need to get really quickly.

Speaker B:

And it could be like packages, it could be gifts, it could be anything.

Speaker A:

That.

Speaker B:

That would be my idea because I know, Anne.

Speaker B:

Yes.

Speaker B:

Your birthday is one of your top five holidays that you like to celebrate every year.

Speaker B:

So that's why I included it as a holiday in answering this question.

Speaker A:

Yes, yes, I think that's a great idea.

Speaker A:

They do have a gifts category, but I do think they could get even more specific in that area.

Speaker A:

So Doordash, do they have a gifts category?

Speaker B:

Okay, yeah, that's good.

Speaker A:

But it's.

Speaker A:

But it's light.

Speaker A:

It's light on ideas.

Speaker B:

Not merchandise, right?

Speaker B:

It's not merchandise.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

It's like flowers and that kind of thing.

Speaker A:

But you know, man, flowers.

Speaker B:

Dime a dozen.

Speaker B:

Really?

Speaker B:

Literally.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

And you are the doordash machine.

Speaker A:

Not this time of year.

Speaker A:

Not a dime a dozen this time of year.

Speaker B:

Definitely not.

Speaker A:

More like a dozen.

Speaker A:

A dozen dollars per per rose or whatever it is this time of year.

Speaker B:

And if you read the inflation report that just came out, nothing's a dime a dozen anymore.

Speaker B:

That came out this morning.

Speaker B:

My God.

Speaker B:

All right, recent, a recent review links three potentially blinding eye conditions to GLP1 drugs like Ozempic.

Speaker B:

Do you think news like this will do anything to slow down the Ozempic and GLP1 train?

Speaker A:

Anne oh not a chance.

Speaker B:

Not a chance.

Speaker B:

Really?

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker B:

In fact eye blindness you think is is not a, is not a no.

Speaker A:

I think the, I think the government better start preparing to do you know, reinstallations of the like loud blinking it's safe to cross signs because we're going to have a lot more, a lot more infrastructure that needs to support the recently blinded if that's the case.

Speaker B:

God between cannabis and GLP1 we're going to have stone people that can't see.

Speaker B:

This is going to be great.

Follow

Chapters

Video

More from YouTube