Episodes

July 6, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: The Future Of Smart Carts?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If They're Buying Or Selling: The Future Of ...
July 6, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Would You Use BNPL With Tiptop Trade-in?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If They Would Use BNPL With Tiptop Trade-in ...
July 6, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Are We Really Amidst The ‘Second Barcode Revolution?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If We're Really Amidst The ‘Second Barcode R...
July 6, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Will Target’s More Aggressive Shoplifting Thresholds Make A Difference?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Target’s More Aggressive Shoplifting Thre...
July 6, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | What To Make Of Amazon’s SHEIN And Temu Copycat?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: What To Make Of Amazon’s SHEIN And Temu Copy...
July 3, 2024

Caper Carts, Shoplifting, Tesco QR Codes & Why Amazon Is Smart To Copycat Shein And Temu | 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 Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon’s plans to copycat Shein and Temu (Source: C...
June 29, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: Target’s New Shopify Partnership?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and R...
June 29, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Does The World Really Need A $5 Per Month GenAI Alexa?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and R...
June 29, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | A Quantum Leap Too Far?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and R...
June 29, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Would You Advise Netflix To Build ‘Netflix Houses’ Within Malls?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and R...
June 29, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Is Target Right To Push Gen AI Into Stores?

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 Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and R...
June 27, 2024

Ovative’s EMR Power Rankings Reveal How Retailers Can Win the Traffic Battle | 5 Insightful Minutes

In this insightful 5-minute segment, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Chuck Anderson-Weir, Senior Director of Measurement Solutions at Ovative, to discuss the latest EMR (Enterprise Marketing Return) Power Ranking...
June 26, 2024

Target's 'Un-Marketplace,' Netflix House & Whether The World Really Needs A Gen AI Alexa | 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 Sezzle , A&M’s Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Whether Ta...
June 24, 2024

Scaling Product Visualization & Storytelling In Retail With Avataar's GenAI | Spotlight Series

In yet another one of those, "Holy Cow! That is so cool!" episodes of the Omni Talk Retail Technology Spotlight Series, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga explore the groundbreaking potential of generative AI in the retail ...
June 22, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | What Should Retailers Do To Capitalize On The Adult Toy Trend?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss:...
June 22, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | McDonald’s Calls It Quits On Automated Ai Ordering At The Drive Thru . .. For Now

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: ...
June 22, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Instacart To Plug Retail Media Data Into Youtube Shopping

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss:...
June 22, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | TikTok Launches Image Search – Should Google And Amazon Be Scared?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: ...
June 22, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: Kohl’s Return Drop?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: ...
June 20, 2024

5 Insightful Minutes On Improving Retail Supply Chains With Microsoft's AI-Powered Cloud Services & Copilot

In this insightful five minute interview, Rajen Raval, Microsoft's Director of Supply Chain Industry Solutions, discusses how Microsoft's cloud services and AI technologies are transforming supply chain visibility, collaborat...
June 19, 2024

Kohl's Return Drop, TikTok Image Search & The Not So Dirty Secret About Adult Toys | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, recorded live from the lovely Marriott in Salt Lake City, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Ownit AI , Avalara , Mirakl , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne ...
June 18, 2024

A Retailer's Playbook For Practical AI Use Cases And Strategies With AWS & IDC | Ask An Expert

Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with David Dorf, Global Head of Retail Industry Solutions at AWS, and Filippo Battaini, Research Manager for Retail Insights at IDC, to discuss the most impactful and practical use case...
June 18, 2024

How To Achieve 99%+ Inventory Accuracy And Real-Time Tracking With PervasID | Spotlight Series

In this mind-blowing interview, Sabesan Sithamparanathan, the founder and president of PervasID, shares groundbreaking insights on how new breakthroughs in RFID technology (that are already being implemented at a major global...
June 15, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: Starbucks Studio?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from CommerceNext in NYC, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Buying Or Selli...