Episodes

May 23, 2024

How The Cleverest Retailers Are Using RFID | Ask An Expert

For our money, we cannot think of another technology that unlocks as much value when it is deployed and harnessed across multiple levels of a retail organization in the right way as RFID. So Omni Talk is pleased to announce t...
May 22, 2024

Walmart Commerce Technologies: What It Is & Why It Matters | Ask An Expert

Very few retailers realize that underneath all their years of operating a retail business lies a technological foundation from which others can learn. But not Walmart. Walmart gets it. Enter Walmart Commerce Technologies. Wal...
May 22, 2024

$199 Wegovy, Target Price Cuts & Walmart's Latest Neighborhood Grocery Concept | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , Mirakl , and Sezzle , A&M’s Truett Horne and Jeremy Levine joined Chris and Anne to discuss: The pote...
May 20, 2024

Spotlight Series | How To Unify Retail Data For Effective Marketing & Pricing Optimization In-Store

Chris and Anne chat with Chris Stoyles, CEO of Last Yard, about how electronic shelf labels (ESLs), price optimization, and data-driven retail promotions can come together to transform today's in-store retail experiences. Lea...
May 18, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: JCP Opening New Stores?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest host Ben Miller of Shoptalk discussed: Are They Bu...
May 18, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Automatic Age Verification Comes To Self-checkout, In Of All Places, Germany?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest host Ben Miller of Shoptalk discussed: How Automat...
May 18, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Best Buy Has Redesigned Its Mobile App

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest host Ben Miller of Shoptalk discussed: Best Buy's...
May 18, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Exchange Zones: Will They Or Won’t They Take Off In The States?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest host Ben Miller of Shoptalk discussed: Exchange Zo...
May 18, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | How Big Of A Deal Is Walmart’s Restructuring Announcement?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest host Ben Miller of Shoptalk discussed: How Big Of ...
May 15, 2024

Walmart Job Cuts, Best Buy’s New App & Something Called ‘Exchange Zones’ In Atlanta | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Shoptalk’s Ben Miller stopped by to guest host with Chris and Anne as they discuss...
May 11, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Is Mobile Ordering The Worst Thing That Could Have Happened To Starbucks?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Mobile Ordering Is The Worst Thing That Could...
May 11, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Happy Returns To Enable Shein Returns At Forever 21 Stores

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Happy Returns Enabling Shein Returns At Forever 2...
May 11, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Buying Or Selling: Walmart’s New In-store AI Tools?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If They're Buying Or Selling Walmart’s New In-sto...
May 11, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Instacart To Feature Restaurant Delivery Through Uber Eats

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Instacart Featuring Restaurant Delivery Through U...
May 11, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Target To Expand Hudson’s Bay Wholesaling Partnership

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Target Expanding Its Hudson’s Bay Wholesaling Par...
May 8, 2024

Starbucks' Mobile Order Conundrum, The New Insta Uber & Shein's Many Happy Returns | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Target expanding its wholesale relationship with Hudson’...
May 4, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Nordstrom Finds Digital Religion With A Marketplace Mirakl

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Nordstrom Finding Digital Religion With A Marketp...
May 4, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Launches New Owned Brand Food Line

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Launching A New Owned Brand Food Line For...
May 4, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Tesco To Gamify Loyalty With EagleAI

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Tesco Gamifying Loyalty With EagleAI For the full...
May 4, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Is Best Buy & CNET’s Partnership A Signal Of More To Come?

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Best Buy & CNET’s Partnership A Signal Of Mor...
May 4, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Walmart To Close All 51 Health Centers

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Closing All 51 Health Centers For the ful...
May 1, 2024

Walmart's Health Hub Exit, Best Buy's CNET Partnership & Nordstrom's Marketplace Mirakl | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s out-of-nowhere decision to shut down all 51 of...
April 30, 2024

Ask An Expert | Winning Wallet Share With Storytelling: DAM, PIM, And The Digital Shelf

In this episode of The Omni Talk Retail Ask an Expert Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Brian Kavanaugh, Director of Global Revenue Marketing at Bynder, and Alex Alves, Head of Analyst Relations at Salsify,...
April 27, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | A Kenny Loggins, Paris Hilton & LinkedIn Tarot Lightning Round

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from the CARW Conference in Milwaukee, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discus...