CVS Chief Merchant Musab Balbale on Why the Front Store Is Its Future | Live from Shoptalk 2025
🎧 Inside CVS’s Retail Reinvention | Musab Balbale Live from Shoptalk 2025
Musab Balbale, SVP and Chief Merchandising Officer of CVS Health, sits down with Omni Talk, live from the Avalara podcast studio at Shoptalk 2025, to explore CVS’s bold new retail strategy. With 75% of store traffic coming from the front store, CVS is leaning into AI, hyperlocal formats, and the power of everyday essentials to become a community-first destination for immediate needs.
📍 Timestamps:
(0:08) Welcome from Shoptalk 2025 – and puppies?!
(0:36) What Musab oversees at CVS: digital, categories, and front-store…
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