Episodes

Kroger Bets on Uber for Grocery Delivery at Scale | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 24, 2026

Kroger Bets on Uber for Grocery Delivery at Scale | Fast Five Shorts

This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down Kroger’s nationwide rollout of grocery delivery through Uber Eats, Uber, ...
ChatGPT Enters the Ad Game | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 24, 2026

ChatGPT Enters the Ad Game | Fast Five Shorts

This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down OpenAI’s move to begin testing ads on ChatGPT... a major shift in how AI-...
Inside Simbe’s Strategy for Retail Robotics at Scale with SVP Benjamin Bond | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Inside Simbe’s Strategy for Retail Robotics at Scale with SVP Benjamin Bond | FMI 2026

Recorded live at FMI 2026, Omni Talk Retail hosts Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton wrap up their conference coverage with Benjamin Bond, SVP, Strategy & Client Success at Simbe, from the Simbe booth. In this final interview of ...
Giant Eagle Is Reinvesting in Stores and Sharpening Value | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Giant Eagle Is Reinvesting in Stores and Sharpening Value | FMI 2026

Recorded live at FMI 2026, Omni Talk Retail hosts Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Justin Weinstein, EVP, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer at Giant Eagle, Inc., from the Simbe booth. Justin shares an update...
Alyssa Vescio on Quality, Purpose, and Growth at The Fresh Market | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Alyssa Vescio on Quality, Purpose, and Growth at The Fresh Market | FMI 2026

Recorded live at FMI 2026, Omni Talk Retail hosts Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Alyssa Vescio, Chief Merchandising Officer at The Fresh Market, from the Simbe booth. In this conversation, Alyssa shares her care...
Lei Duran on Turning Lowes Foods Into a Crave Worthy, Entertainment Led Grocery Brand | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Lei Duran on Turning Lowes Foods Into a Crave Worthy, Entertainment Led Grocery Brand | FMI 2026

Recorded live at FMI 2026 from the Simbe booth, Omni Talk Retail interviewed with Lei Duran, SVP at Lowes Foods, to discuss how a regional grocer is redefining what it means to compete through experience, culture, and guest c...
RELEX’s Madhav Durbha on Building an AI-First Mindset in Grocery | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

RELEX’s Madhav Durbha on Building an AI-First Mindset in Grocery | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 in San Diego at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton connected with Madhav Durbha, Group Vice President of CPG & Manufacturing at RELEX Solutions. Madhav shares a pract...
The DiaLogic Group’s Take on Retail Robotics, Shelf Accuracy & the 2026 Inflection Point | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

The DiaLogic Group’s Take on Retail Robotics, Shelf Accuracy & the 2026 Inflection Point | FMI 2026

Live from FMI 2026 in San Diego, Omni Talk Retail’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Thom Blischok, Chairman and CEO of The Dialogic Group, at the Simbe booth to discuss why 2026 will be the year retail robotics f...
Former Loblaw & Sobeys CIO Bruce Burrows on AI, Buy vs Build, and Smart Stores | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Former Loblaw & Sobeys CIO Bruce Burrows on AI, Buy vs Build, and Smart Stores | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 in San Diego at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Bruce Burrows, former CIO of Loblaw and Sobeys and current Strategic Advisor at Simbe,...
What WMU’s Food Marketing Program Teaches About Grocery’s Future | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

What WMU’s Food Marketing Program Teaches About Grocery’s Future | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 in San Diego at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Russell Zwanka, Director of the Food Marketing Program at Western Michigan Universi...
How Shelf Intelligence Is Evolving, with Simbe CEO Brad Bogolea | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

How Shelf Intelligence Is Evolving, with Simbe CEO Brad Bogolea | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Brad Bogolea, Co-founder and CEO of Simbe, about how shelf intelligence is reshaping store executio...
Accenture on AI, GLP-1s, and the Future of Grocery Retail | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Accenture on AI, GLP-1s, and the Future of Grocery Retail | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Karen Fang Grant, Managing Director and Global Research Lead at Accenture, about how technology, he...
Why In Store Media Is the Next Growth Lever for Retail Media, from Albertsons Media Collective VP of Sales | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Why In Store Media Is the Next Growth Lever for Retail Media, from Albertsons Media Collective VP of Sales | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Julian Mintz, VP of Sales at Albertsons Media Collective, about how retail media is evolving and wh...
Albertsons Media Collective’s SVP Shares Why In-Store Media Matters Now | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Albertsons Media Collective’s SVP Shares Why In-Store Media Matters Now | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Brian Monahan, SVP of Albertsons Media Collective, to discuss how retail media is evolving and w...
Schnucks’ Tim Horton on Center Store Strategy, Health Trends, and Store Execution | FMI 2026
Jan. 23, 2026

Schnucks’ Tim Horton on Center Store Strategy, Health Trends, and Store Execution | FMI 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Tim Horton, Vice President of Center Store at Schnucks, to discuss how center store strategy is ...
ChatGPT Goes Ad-Supported, Gap Goes Hollywood & Walmart Goes Upscale In Home | Fast Five
Jan. 21, 2026

ChatGPT Goes Ad-Supported, Gap Goes Hollywood & Walmart Goes Upscale In Home | Fast Five

In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , Quorso , and Veloq , Chris and Anne discussed: ChatGPT beginning to test ads for logged-in users (...
Confessions Of Supply Chain Executives | Why 2025 Became Retail’s “Vanilla” Year
Jan. 20, 2026

Confessions Of Supply Chain Executives | Why 2025 Became Retail’s “Vanilla” Year

In this episode of Confessions of Supply Chain Executives, host Chris Walton sits down with Kim Baudry, Market Development Director at Dematic, to unpack why 2025 wasn’t a year of transformation for retail. It was a year of s...
Agentic Commerce At NRF & The Real AI Takeaways Microsoft Thinks Retailers Need Now | Spotlight Series
Jan. 19, 2026

Agentic Commerce At NRF & The Real AI Takeaways Microsoft Thinks Retailers Need Now | Spotlight Series

In this Retail Technology Spotlight episode, Amy Vener, Global Retail & Consumer Goods Marketing Director for Commercial Cloud & AI at Microsoft, joins Omni Talk to unpack the main takeaways from NRF and where retailers shoul...
Lightning Round: Banana Water, Dirty Sodas & Golden Globes | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 17, 2026

Lightning Round: Banana Water, Dirty Sodas & Golden Globes | Fast Five Shorts

This Lightning Round segment of the OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, closes out the show with rapid-fire takes on grocery trends, po...
Walmart’s Drone Delivery Expands to 270 Stores | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 17, 2026

Walmart’s Drone Delivery Expands to 270 Stores | Fast Five Shorts

This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, dives into Walmart’s expansion of drone delivery with Wing to 270 U.S. stores. Chris a...
Amazon Buy for Me Sparks Merchant Backlash | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 17, 2026

Amazon Buy for Me Sparks Merchant Backlash | Fast Five Shorts

This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, covers growing backlash from small brands after Amazon’s Buy for Me feature listed pro...
Circle K Turns Store Data Into Daily Action | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 17, 2026

Circle K Turns Store Data Into Daily Action | Fast Five Shorts

This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores Circle K’s expansion of Quorso’s intelligent management platform across more...
Google’s Plan to Power AI Shopping Everywhere | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 17, 2026

Google’s Plan to Power AI Shopping Everywhere | Fast Five Shorts

This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down Google’s launch of its Universal Commerce Protocol... a major step toward...
Amazon Goes Full Big-Box Retail | Fast Five Shorts
Jan. 17, 2026

Amazon Goes Full Big-Box Retail | Fast Five Shorts

This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, examines Amazon’s plan to build a massive 225,000-square-foot retail store in Illinois...