Episodes
Nov. 16, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | How Will E.l.f.’s Dollar General Expansion Impact Beauty Retailing?
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: How E.l.f.’s Dollar General Expansi...
Nov. 16, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Tests Letting People Open Locked Display Cases With Their Mobile Devices
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Testing Letting People Open...
Nov. 13, 2024
Walmart’s New Mobile Locks, Instacart’s Big Week & E.l.f. Beauty’s Dollar General Plans! | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Ownit AI , Avalara , Mirakl , and Ocampo Capital , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart testing a new technology in its sto...
Nov. 13, 2024
Placer.ai's Ethan Chernofsky Reveals 2024 Retail Superlative Awards & Surprising Insights | Ask An Expert
Placer.ai's Ethan Chernofsky joins Chris and Anne to reveal the 2024 Retail Superlative Awards. Ethan highlights: ( 4:58 ) Costco’s title as “Most Likely to Succeed Forever” ( 8:40 ) Fitness as the “Segment of the Year” ( 14:...
Nov. 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts: A Splash Of Coconut Milk Lightning Round
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: A Splash Of Coconut Milk Lightning ...
Nov. 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Starbucks Unveils Its Turnaround Plan
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Starbucks Unveiling Its Turnaround P...
Nov. 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | The Children’s Place Debuts On Shein
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Their Thoughts On The Children’s Pl...
Nov. 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: ChatGPT Search?
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If they're Buying Or Selling: ChatG...
Nov. 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Doordash And Lyft Up The Ante
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Doordash And Lyft Upping The Ante F...
Nov. 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Walmart+ Is 50% Off!
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart+ Is 50% Off! For the full e...
Nov. 6, 2024
Walmart+ Is 50% Off, Starbucks Sketches Its Turnaround Plan & ChatGPT Search Has Arrived | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Ownit AI , Avalara , Mirakl , and Ocampo Capital , Chris and Anne discuss: Walmart discounting its Walmart+ membership b...
Nov. 2, 2024
Walmart's Hilarious Black Friday Parodies: Which One Will Steal the Show?
In this Fast Five Short sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss how Walmart's innovative marketing campaign features parodies of po...
Nov. 2, 2024
Revolutionizing Retail: Self-Checkouts Coming to Fitting Rooms
In this Fast Five Short sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss how Marks and Spencer is pioneering the introduction of self checkou...
Nov. 2, 2024
Wayfair Launches Membership Program: Are Consumers Interested?
In the latest Fast Five Short, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss how Wayfair has introduced a new paid loyalty program, cost...
Nov. 2, 2024
Retail Robotics on the Rise: Simbe's Funding and Industry Impact
In the latest Fast Five Short sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss how Simbe has successfully raised $50 million in its latest S...
Nov. 2, 2024
Is 7-Eleven's New Standard Store the Future of Convenience?
In this Fast Five Short sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss how 7-Eleven is set to open over 600 new stores by 2027, featuring ...
Nov. 2, 2024
Will Amazon's New Storefront Take Down Temu and Shein?
In the latest Fast Five Short sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss how Amazon is taking aggressive measures to compete with Shei...
Oct. 31, 2024
How AI & Cloud Technology Are Shaping The Future Of Fashion Retail With Doug Tiffan Of AWS | 5IM
In this 5 Insightful Minutes interview from Omni Talk Retail, Doug Tiffan, Head of Solution Strategy for Fashion and Apparel at Amazon Web Services (AWS), discusses AI and cloud technology’s impact on fashion retail. He prov...
Oct. 30, 2024
Amazon’s Temu Rivalry, 7-Eleven & Why Goldman Sachs Thinks 2025 Is The Year Of The Robot | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Ownit AI , Avalara , Mirakl , and Ocampo Capital , Chris and Anne discuss: Amazon setting aggressive price targets for i...
Oct. 30, 2024
How Beachwaver Became Successful Going All In On Video Commerce | Ask An Expert
In this episode of the Omni Talk Ask An Expert series, Beachwaver CEO Sarah Potempa and Firework’s VP of Strategic Accounts Kristy Vannatter reveal how Beachwaver uses live video commerce to enhance customer engagement and dr...
Oct. 28, 2024
How RFID & GreyOrange’s G Store Are Transforming Retail: Interview With Troy Siwek | Spotlight Series
In this Omni Talk Retail podcast episode, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga talk with Troy Siwek, GM and Partner at GreyOrange, to discuss how RFID technology is transforming retail. Key topics covered include: 0:08 – Opening: D...
Oct. 26, 2024
Small Stores, Big Ideas: The New Bed, Bath and Beyond Strategy
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consume...
Oct. 26, 2024
Space Chips and Halloween Treats: The Lightning Round Discussion
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consume...
Oct. 26, 2024
Chick-Fil-A Dives into Entertainment: Will Their New App Win Over Families?
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Ocampo Capital Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consume...