In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed:Wendy’s about face on surge pricing (Source: KTLA-5)Target’s new paid membership program, Circle 360 (Source: CNBC)The RealReal’s store expansion plans (Source: WSJ)Sam’s Club’s new design thinking studio (Source: Chain Store Age)And closed with an examination of whether Whole Foods’ plan to open smaller stores is, first, a good idea, and, second, if it is an idea that will actually work (Source: Grocery Dive)There’s all that, plus cereal for breakfast, our newest OmniStar, and a tip of our cap to all our loyal fans for helping to make this our 1,000 podcast episode!P.S. Don’t forget to use our promo code “OMNITALK” to save on your Shoptalk registration.P.P.S. We are also gearing up for CommerceNext out in NYC in June. Scaled retailers and brands can register for FREE with code “FAST FIVE” in the referral field. Secure your spot now — head to commercenext.com/conference/ and don’t forget to use FAST FIVE.P.P.P.S. Be sure to check out all our other podcasts from the past week here, too: https://omnitalk.blog/category/podcast/P.P.P.P.S. Also be sure to check out our #1 podcast ranking in all of retail on FeedspotMusic by hooksounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy