Anne and Chris deliver lightning-fast takes on the week's quirkiest retail headlines, covering everything from Tesco's 90s nightclub pop-up to Uber's senior-friendly app features. The segment showcases their signature blend of retail expertise and entertainment while broadcasting live from Amsterdam's Consumer Goods Forum.
Special thanks to the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand for sponsoring this week's segment.
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Transcripts
Speaker A:
Let's go to the lightning round.
Speaker A:
All right, question number one.
Speaker A:
In commemoration of the Tesco Club Card's 30th birthday, Tesco is launching a nightclub pop up for the 55% of Brits surveyed who feel nostalgic about the 90s and early aughts.
Speaker B:
Okay.
Speaker A:
What club from the 90s would you most want reincarnated?
Speaker B:
Okay, okay.
Speaker B:
That's easy, Anne.
Speaker A:
And the.
Speaker A:
The whole, like, head bobbing SNL skit is optional.
Speaker A:
Yeah, the Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell.
Speaker B:
I can never do that.
Speaker B:
For me, it's easy.
Speaker B:
It's light at the Bellagio, Ann, Because I had many nights at the Bellagio, many good nights at Light in the Bellagio.
Speaker B:
And that's actually where I met Mrs.
Speaker B:
Omnitok.
Speaker B:
Was on the dance floor, you know, rolled up to her, said, hey, how you doing?
Speaker B:
All right, next one.
Speaker B:
Last month, Uber said it will soon roll out new accounts for senior citizens with a larger typeface, fewer buttons, and easier to follow instructions.
Speaker B:
Be honest.
Speaker B:
And when you heard this story, how much did you want this feature for yourself?
Speaker A:
I mean, I don't think I need all the features.
Speaker A:
However, I will say I do like the photo scavenger hunt that they give you from, like, some of the airports will, like, post pictures.
Speaker A:
I think it was in Paris last year where they, like had the photos that guide you.
Speaker A:
Like, look for this elevator, look for this street sign like that help lead you that way.
Speaker A:
I would definitely take that every single time.
Speaker A:
So if that comes with the senior citizen Uber, sign me up.
Speaker B:
Good to go.
Speaker B:
All right.
Speaker A:
All right, Chris.
Speaker A:
Auntie Anne's is rolling out a brand new layout to appeal to Gen Z.
Speaker A:
Coming to a mall near you.
Speaker A:
I have to know, is there any mall treat that you can think of that is better than an Auntie Ann's pretzel?
Speaker B:
Yeah, pretty much everything.
Speaker B:
I hate Aunt Dance pretzels.
Speaker B:
Yeah, I do.
Speaker B:
And this is hard because I actually have an Aunt Ann and so shout out to her too.
Speaker B:
I'm doing lots of shout outs on this.
Speaker B:
No, I hate them.
Speaker B:
They don't have the right butter to salt to texture ratio.
Speaker B:
No, I go.
Speaker B:
I go full on Bavarian with my pretzels.
Speaker A:
And have you tried the nuggets too?
Speaker A:
No, those might be better for you.
Speaker A:
They're not like, not definitely not better for you.
Speaker A:
They are not good for you.
Speaker B:
But I'm pretzel particular and pretzel particular.
Speaker A:
Oh, they're so.
Speaker B:
No, I totally disagree with you.
Speaker B:
All right.
Speaker B:
And we are in Amsterdam.
Speaker B:
What Dutch food are you most excited to try cheese.
Speaker A:
Always cheese.
Speaker B:
Okay.
Speaker B:
I didn't know that.
Speaker A:
I love their cheese.
Speaker B:
Do you love their cheese?
Speaker A:
The Gouda is unreal.
Speaker A:
Like, so good.
Speaker A:
So good.
Speaker B:
Yeah.
Speaker B:
Wow.
Speaker B:
Okay.
Speaker B:
I've been told to try the.
Speaker B:
I think it's the Bitterball or something like that.
