Ulta Beauty's Strategic Move into Marketplace Retailing

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital and Infios, Chris and Anne discussed:

• Kroger’s surprising decision to create a standalone e-commerce unit (Source)
• Ulta’s launch of a digital marketplace with Mirakl (Source)
• Wayfair’s plans to open a second large format store in Atlanta (Source)
• Klarna becoming Walmart’s exclusive BNPL provider (Source)
• And closed with a look at Wonder’s acquisition spree and if its “super app for mealtime” is just bad branding of what is actually a good idea (Source)

There’s all that, plus Mariah Carey, Irish names, and our rankings of the best Adam Sandler movies of all-time.

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