Episodes

From 24/7 Chaos to Successful Exit | Investor Perspectives With Brett Striker
Oct. 13, 2025

From 24/7 Chaos to Successful Exit | Investor Perspectives With Brett Striker

In this episode of Investor Perspectives on Retail & the Consumer, Brett Striker, former founder of Maddy and Maize popcorn and professional EOS Implementer, joins Omni Talk to share the brutally honest truth about preparing ...
Lightning Round: Fanatics for Babies, Dating by Zip, and the Mayo Debate | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 11, 2025

Lightning Round: Fanatics for Babies, Dating by Zip, and the Mayo Debate | Fast Five Shorts

This lightning round segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, covers the quirkiest retail and consumer trends of the week...
Shein Goes Physical in France | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 11, 2025

Shein Goes Physical in France | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, covers Shein's first permanent move into physical retail with shop-in-shops...
Shipt's AI Shopping Assistant | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 11, 2025

Shipt's AI Shopping Assistant | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Shipt's new chat-to-cart feature powered by Perplexity's Comet bro...
Bed Bath & Beyond's Franchise Fiasco | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 11, 2025

Bed Bath & Beyond's Franchise Fiasco | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, tackles Bed Bath & Beyond's announcement of a nationwide franchise system. ...
PayPal's BNPL Cash Back Revolution | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 11, 2025

PayPal's BNPL Cash Back Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores PayPal's groundbreaking move to offer 5% cash back on Buy Now Pay ...
Amazon's Budget Grocery Gamble | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 11, 2025

Amazon's Budget Grocery Gamble | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Amazon's launch of a new private label grocery brand with over 1,0...
What Will You Do When E-Commerce No Longer Requires A Website? | Ask An Expert
Oct. 9, 2025

What Will You Do When E-Commerce No Longer Requires A Website? | Ask An Expert

Are you ready for commerce without websites? In this Omni Talk Expert Series conversation, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Jon Cleaver (CTO, Sportshoes.com) and Malte Ubl (CTO, Vercel) to explore how compos...
Amazon’s Private Label Push, Shein Stores & The #1 Worst Idea In The History Of The Show | Fast Five
Oct. 8, 2025

Amazon’s Private Label Push, Shein Stores & The #1 Worst Idea In The History Of The Show | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon launching a “price-conscious” grocery brand with mos...
The Now, Next & Future Of AI's Impact On Warehouse Operations With Dematic's John Mabe | Spotlight Series
Oct. 7, 2025

The Now, Next & Future Of AI's Impact On Warehouse Operations With Dematic's John Mabe | Spotlight Series

In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode, John Mabe, Product Manager at Dematic, joins Omni Talk to break down the real applications of AI in warehouse operations—separating the hype from what's actually working tod...
Lightning Round: Dew Goes Dirty, Vegas Transport Showdown & QR-Code TP | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 4, 2025

Lightning Round: Dew Goes Dirty, Vegas Transport Showdown & QR-Code TP | Fast Five Shorts

This lightning round segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, covers the fun and quirky stories of the week! Topics include: • Mo...
DoorDash Goes Full Service | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 4, 2025

DoorDash Goes Full Service | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores DoorDash's launch of "Going Out"... adding restaurant reservations and in-...
Sprouts Brews Up a New Strategy | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 4, 2025

Sprouts Brews Up a New Strategy | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, covers Sprouts Farmers Market's announcement to open 20 in-store Klatch Coffee cafe...
Amazon Exits UK Grocery: What It Means | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 4, 2025

Amazon Exits UK Grocery: What It Means | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Amazon's decision to close all 19 Fresh grocery stores in the UK. Chris ar...
Costco's Executive Hours: The Data Is In | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 4, 2025

Costco's Executive Hours: The Data Is In | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, analyzes early data from Costco's executive membership early access hours. Since im...
OpenAI Goes Shopping: The E-Commerce Revolution Begins | Fast Five Shorts
Oct. 4, 2025

OpenAI Goes Shopping: The E-Commerce Revolution Begins | Fast Five Shorts

This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores OpenAI's game-changing announcement: ChatGPT Instant Checkout. Users can n...
Groceryshop 2025 Key Takeaways
Oct. 2, 2025

Groceryshop 2025 Key Takeaways

Omni Talk’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga join Groceryshop’s Rocquan Lucas and Ben Miller for the official key takeaways session live from the state at Groceryshop 2025, covering the biggest themes, surprising data points, a...
Threedium | 🏆 September's Retail Tech Startup of the Month
Oct. 2, 2025

Threedium | 🏆 September's Retail Tech Startup of the Month

🏆 September's Retail Tech Startup of the Month: Threedium AWS's Daniele Stroppa joins Omni Talk to reveal how Threedium is improving retail media networks and product experiences through advanced 3D visualization technology. ...
OpenAI Announces An Etsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Change To E-Commerce | Fast Five
Oct. 1, 2025

OpenAI Announces An Etsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Change To E-Commerce | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris and Anne discussed: OpenAI’s announcement of ChatGPT Instant Checkout with Etsy...
Good Food Holdings CEO Neil Stern: Smart Stores, Changing Consumer Behavior & Beating Agentic AI
Sept. 30, 2025

Good Food Holdings CEO Neil Stern: Smart Stores, Changing Consumer Behavior & Beating Agentic AI

Neil Stern, CEO of Good Food Holdings, returns to share why smart stores must solve operational problems first, how to change 50 years of consumer behavior, and why premium grocers can't compete on Wheat Thins in an agentic A...
Migros Retail CEO on Pioneering Online Grocery & The Cultural Differences in Grocery Shopping
Sept. 30, 2025

Migros Retail CEO on Pioneering Online Grocery & The Cultural Differences in Grocery Shopping

Mustafa Bartin, CEO of Migros Turkey, shares his journey from launching online grocery in 1997 as a 23-year-old engineer to leading an $8.5 billion grocer preparing to launch digital-only banking. In this exclusive interview ...
Loblaw's Lauren Steinberg On Multi-Agent AI, In-Store Screens & The Search Revolution in Grocery
Sept. 30, 2025

Loblaw's Lauren Steinberg On Multi-Agent AI, In-Store Screens & The Search Revolution in Grocery

Lauren Steinberg, EVP and Chief Digital Officer at Loblaw, reveals how Canada's largest grocer is using multi-agent AI architecture, conversational search, and strategic retail media to dominate digital grocery with just 10 p...
Albertsons' Liz Roche On Full-Funnel Retail Media, Matched Markets & Moving Beyond Vanity Metrics
Sept. 30, 2025

Albertsons' Liz Roche On Full-Funnel Retail Media, Matched Markets & Moving Beyond Vanity Metrics

Liz Roche, VP of Media and Measurement at Albertsons Media Collective, reveals how the retail media giant is expanding into full-funnel activation and using rigorous measurement to prove business outcomes that matter. In this...
Heritage Grocers COO: Regional Grocery Consolidation, Fresh Theater & From-Scratch Tortillas
Sept. 30, 2025

Heritage Grocers COO: Regional Grocery Consolidation, Fresh Theater & From-Scratch Tortillas

Prabash Coswatte,, COO of Heritage Grocers Group, reveals the operational secrets behind running four regional grocery banners and why consolidation is the future for mid-tier retailers. In this exclusive interview recorded l...