Episodes
March 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Sam’s Club To Open New Design Studio
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: Sam’s Club Opening New Design Studio For the full...
March 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | The RealReal Is Planning More 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: The Realreal Planning More Stores For the full ep...
March 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Target Announces New Circle 360 Membership
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 Announcing Its New Circle 360 Membership F...
March 9, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | What Was Wendy’s Thinking?
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: What Wendy’s Was Thinking? For the full episode h...
March 6, 2024
Fast Five | Target’s Big Circle Perk, Wendy’s Surge Pricing Backlash & Whole Foods Gets Smaller
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Wendy’s about face on surge pricing (Source: KTLA-5 ) Ta...
March 5, 2024
Ask An Expert | Responsible AI in Retail: Microsoft Experts Discuss Use Cases, Governance & Ethics
You want to use GenAI at work, but it can be difficult to know when and how to do so safely. As part of our ongoing live Ask An Expert Interview Series on LinkedIn, Chris and Anne have called on two legal experts, Mary Newcom...
March 2, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Marc Lore’s Wonder Set To Open Inside Of Walmart
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from eTail West sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Marc Lore’s Wonder S...
March 2, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Schnucks Debuts Its Smart Cart From Instacart
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from eTail West sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Schnucks Debuting It...
March 2, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Microsoft Bolsters Its AI Ranks With Mistral AI Investment
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from eTail West sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Microsoft Bolstering...
March 2, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Announces Scheduled Grocery Delivery And Pickup
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from eTail West sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Amazon Announcing Sc...
March 2, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Macy’s To Close 150 Stores
In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from eTail West sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Macy’s Closing 150 S...
Feb. 28, 2024
Fast Five | Macy's Store Closures, Amazon Scheduled Deliveries & How Do You Say ChatGPT In French?
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Wiliot , Avalara , TGW , and Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Macy’s bold decision to close 150 stores (Source: CNBC )...
Feb. 27, 2024
Live From eTail | VP Nick Sarraf On AutoZone's Digital Transformation Journey
Nick Sarraf, VP Digital Transformation & Customer Satisfaction at AutoZone, joins us at eTail West 2024 to discuss his company's omnichannel strategy. Learn how AutoZone is leveraging composable commerce to piece together bes...
Feb. 27, 2024
Live From eTail | How Sur La Table Embraces Digital Transformation Through Enhanced CX
Rachel Frederick, VP & GM of Ecommerce at Sur La Table, joins us at eTail West 2024 to discuss Sur La Table's omnichannel retail strategy. Learn how they are leveraging artificial intelligence to generate product images and d...
Feb. 27, 2024
Live From eTail | Sam's Club's VP Shares His Love For Retail Pace & Member Obsession
We chat with Sam's Club's VP of Digital Merchandising Jordan Eddie about why he fell in love with retail, the membership model, frictionless shopping rollouts, data-driven decisions, and member obsession. Jordan discusses cur...
Feb. 27, 2024
Live From eTail | How COS Leverages Tech for Omnichannel Success
Katie Reeves, Managing Director of COS North America, joins us at eTail West 2024 to discuss how fashion retailers can leverage technology like RFID and data visualization to enable omnichannel experiences. Learn how they've ...
Feb. 27, 2024
Live From eTail | How Personalized Experiences Can Double Conversion Rates With Vincent Yang
We chat with Firework founder Vincent Yang about innovations in live stream shopping and shoppable video to create personalized 1:1 shopping experiences that double e-commerce conversion rates. Vincent explains how Firework i...
Feb. 27, 2024
Live From eTail | Target's Apparel SVP on Partnerships, Supply Chain Speed & Sparking Joy
We chat with Target's SVP of Apparel & Accessories Gena Fox about partnerships with brands like DVF, navigating fast-changing trends on TikTok, the importance of supply chain speed, and Target's focus on sparking joy through ...
Feb. 26, 2024
Spotlight Series | Why Unified Marketing Measurement Is Key to Business Success
Ovative’s Beth McKigney and Troy Neidermire join Chris and Anne for the latest installment of their Retail Technology Spotlight Series to discuss how shifting to unified marketing measurements, like Enterprise Marketing Retur...
Feb. 26, 2024
Spotlight Series | Digital Attribution Made Easy: Connecting Banking & Retail Through Payments Media
Tom Burgess, the President of SnippMedia, joined Anne and Chris to share his thoughts on how CPGs can attribute in-store retail purchases by leveraging banks’ loyalty programs, and how retailers can also plug these same loyal...
Feb. 24, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | How Should Retailers Approach Electrification?
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 hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retai...
Feb. 24, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | A 50% SKU Reduction Is Quite Drastic – What’s The Rationale?
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 hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retai...
Feb. 24, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Are Bank Loyalty Programs An Untapped Gold Mine For Retail Media Networks?
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 hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retai...
Feb. 24, 2024
Fast Five Shorts | Is There Anything Noteworthy About Dealworthy?
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 hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retai...