Episodes
May 20, 2025
The Tariff Hotline Is Open & We Are Taking Your Calls | Ask An Expert
In this episode of Omni Talk Retail’s Ask an Expert series, Chris and Anne welcome SPS Commerce’s Emily Curran and Rob Schiefelbein for a deep dive into how retailers and suppliers should respond to shifting tariffs and trade...
May 18, 2025
100 Brits vs 100 Americans? Plus Sitcoms, Pets & Stranger Things Final Season
Chris and Anne debate who would dominate in a viral “100 Brits vs. 100 Americans” TikTok battle, confess their sitcom obsessions, and open up about the little joys of pet companionship. Plus, they brace for the final season o...
May 18, 2025
ASOS Expands Next-Day Delivery to InPost Lockers | Convenience Meets Fashion
ASOS has partnered with InPost to offer next-day delivery to locker locations across Europe, enhancing speed and flexibility for online fashion shoppers. While the model is efficient and popular in dense urban markets, Chris ...
May 18, 2025
Primark’s “Love It For Longer” Repair Classes: Real Sustainability Effort or Retail Gimmick?
Primark introduced its first U.S. in-store repair workshops to promote sustainability and customer engagement, offering free sewing kits and mending tutorials. While the effort aligns with a broader push for circular fashion,...
May 18, 2025
Amazon Debuts Vulcan Robot with Human Touch | What It Means for Warehousing
Amazon has introduced Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch, now operating in Spokane and Hamburg fulfillment centers. ⏱️ Time Stamps: 0:00 – Amazon announces Vulcan robot 0:15 – Vulcan’s capabilities: Force sensors, ...
May 18, 2025
Fidji Simo Leaves Instacart for OpenAI | What’s Next for Instacart?
📢 Big leadership shakeup at Instacart! In this Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, Chris and Anne break down the departure of Fidji Simo a...
May 18, 2025
LTK Partners With The Bachelor to Launch Shoppable TV | Social Commerce Gets Real
LTK is teaming up with The Bachelor to turn binge-watching into shopping. In this episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, Chris and Anne break down how ...
May 15, 2025
LEAD Network CEO Allyson Zimmerman on Gender Equity, Inclusive Retail & The Future of DEI | WRC 2025
Live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at the World Retail Congress 2025, Omni Talk catches up with Allyson Zimmerman, CEO of the LEAD Network. Allison discusses her journey from KFC kitchens to global NGO leadership, how t...
May 15, 2025
Pacsun CEO Brieane Olson on Gen Z, TikTok Commerce & the Future of Retail Innovation | WRC 2025
Broadcasting from the VusionGroup booth at the World Retail Congress, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Pacsun CEO Brieane Olson for a candid and energizing conversation on youth culture, experimentation, and the f...
May 15, 2025
Falabella Chairman Enrique Ostalé on AI, Leadership, and Latin American Retail | Live from WRC
Live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at the World Retail Congress in London, Omni Talk sits down with Enrique Ostalé, Chairman of the Board at Falabella, for a conversation that blends strategy, leadership, and regional r...
May 15, 2025
How Albert Heijn Is Winning with Gen Z and Generative AI | Sjoerd Holleman Live at WRC 2025
Live from the Grand Ballroom Foyer and the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at World Retail Congress 2025, Omni Talk catches up with Sjoerd Holleman, SVP and Executive Board Member of Albert Heijn, to talk digital grocery, personal...
May 15, 2025
Mark Ibbotson on Navigating Retail Chaos | AI, Black Swans & What Comes Next
Omni Talk Retail catches up with Mark Ibbotson, former EVP at Walmart and current VusionGroup advisor, live at World Retail Congress 2025 to break down the state of retail volatility. From economic whiplash to geopolitical bl...
May 15, 2025
Bonprix’s Carolin Klar on 3D Design, AI, and the Human Side of Fashion | WRC 2025
Live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at the World Retail Congress 2025 in London, Omni Talk sits down with Carolin Klar, Executive Board Member at Bonprix, to explore the intersection of fashion, technology, and human ins...
May 15, 2025
NRF’s Matthew Shay on Retail Resilience & Leading Through Macroeconomic Uncertainty | WRC 2025
Omni Talk Retail wraps up World Retail Congress 2025 from the VusionGroup Podcast Studioo with Matthew Shay, President & CEO of the National Retail Federation, in a wide-ranging discussion on the state of global retail. From ...
May 15, 2025
AWS Exec Reveals Agentic AI's Role in the Future of Physical Retail | 5IM
In this episode of 5 Insightful Minutes, AWS's Justin Swagler joins us to explain why physical stores remain critical in today’s digital-first retail landscape. He introduces a compelling framework for the future of retail po...
May 14, 2025
JD Sports CEO Regis Schultz on U.S. Growth, Gen Z, & Lifestyle Retail | World Retail Congress 2025
In this Omni Talk exclusive, recorded live from the VusionGroup Studio, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Regis Schultz, CEO of JD Sports, from the floor of the World Retail Congress 2025. Regis shares his retail orig...
May 14, 2025
Instacart’s CEO Bolts, Primark Teaches Sewing & Amazon’s Robot Dials Dork To 11 | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Simbe , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and ClearDemand , Chris and Anne discussed: Instacart’s CEO resigning to take...
May 14, 2025
DFI CEO Scott Price on Retail’s AI Future, Growth Obstacles & Training the Next Merchants | WRC 2025
In this live World Retail Congress episode, recorded from the VusionGroup Studio, Omni Talk’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga catch up with Scott Price, CEO of DFI Retail Group, to explore the sweeping changes in global retail...
May 14, 2025
From Albertsons to Artificial Plants? Suzanne Long on Sustainability, Reinvention & Fauxliage
Live from the VusionGroup booth at World Retail Congress, Omni Talk’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga talk with Suzanne Long, the newly minted founder of Fauxliage and former Chief Sustainability and Transformation Officer at ...
May 13, 2025
Why Retailers Can't Ignore Competitive Intelligence With ClearDemand CPO Rajat Nigam | Spotlight Series
In this deep-dive Omni Talk Spotlight, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga are joined by Rajat Nigam, Chief Product Officer at ClearDemand, to unpack the critical role of competitive intelligence in modern retail pricing. Formerly...
May 10, 2025
From Nostalgic Cereals to Met Gala Fashion: This Week's Lightning Round Reveals Our Personal Side
This charming lightning round segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, reveals the personalities behind retail analytics as Ben Miller, a UK retail exper...
May 10, 2025
Buy Or Sell: Lowe's AI Assistance For In-store Associate Customer Service?
In this insightful analysis, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, retail experts reveal what Lowe's new AI assistant is really designed to accomplish, beyond ...
May 10, 2025
Pinterest Is A Search Engine?
Pinterest vs. Google: The Visual Search Revolution This episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, explores how Pinterest is disrupting traditional search ...
May 10, 2025
All Hail The Year of the Robot: Morrisons Debuts UK's First Human-Sized Grocery Aisle Robots
Morrisons Robotic Revolution: UK's First Human-Sized Grocery Aisle Robots This eye-opening segment explores how Morrisons supermarket is transforming UK grocery operations by deploying the first human-sized aisle robots in th...