Fast Five | An Amazon Reaffirmation, Ikea Resale, and the Allbirds IPO

Omni Talk Retail · Sep 3, 2021 · 30m

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group and Takeoff, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga: - Praise Amazon for its Affirm partnership and once again setting the table years ahead of everyone else in regards to mass market BNPL adoption. - Iterate and explore what Ikea's new buyback and resale program could one day mean for the Pennsylvania town of Conshohocken and Americans everywhere. - Discuss why Allbirds' IPO smell afowl. Whoops, we mean afoul. - Point out how the new Mercatus and Instacart relationship could ultimately lead to some pricing…