Episodes

Feb. 3, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | TikTok Trials Making All Posts Shoppable

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: TikTok Tri...
Feb. 3, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Should A Grocery Store Really Feel Like Pokemon GO?

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: If A Grocer...
Feb. 3, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | You Better Self-Checkout Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

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: Everseen's ...
Feb. 3, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Store Managers To Make Up To $400K/Year

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: Walmart Sto...
Feb. 3, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | What Do All These Layoffs Mean For The Future?

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: What All Th...
Feb. 3, 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...
Jan. 31, 2024

Fast Five | $400K Walmart Store Salaries, Surprising Self-Checkout Stats & Instacart Gamification

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, Shoptalk VP of Original Content & Strategy Ben Miller joined Chris and Anne to discuss:...
Jan. 30, 2024

Ask An Expert | The 5 Biggest Questions Facing Retailers In 2024 With Placer.ai's Ethan Chernofsky

Placer.ai’s SVP of Marketing Ethan Chernofsky is back once again to help Chris and Anne kick off 2024 as part of their ongoing live Ask An Expert Interview Series on LinkedIn. Chris and Anne go in depth with Ethan as he discu...
Jan. 30, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | How Should Retailers Merchandise To Generation Alpha?

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...
Jan. 30, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Will Plan & Order Stores Work For IKEA?

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...
Jan. 30, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Can Wayfair's CEO Remove The Egg From His Face?

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...
Jan. 29, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Innovation Labs: Right or Wrong Way To Spur Innovation?

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 Retail ...
Jan. 29, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Was Macy's Wrong For Rejecting The Buyout Bid?

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 Retail...
Jan. 24, 2024

Fast Five | Sephora Kids, Store No. 8 & What Wayfair's CEO Should Do To Remove The Egg On His Face

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 , A&M's Michael Prendergast and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to discuss: If Ma...
Jan. 23, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Sam's Club Applies AI For Receipt Checkout

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 Applying AI For Receipt Checkout For t...
Jan. 23, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | What Impact Will CVS Closures Have On Target?

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 Impact CVS Closures Will Have On Target For ...
Jan. 23, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Expands DFW Drone Delivery Pilot

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 Expanding DFW Drone Delivery Pilot For th...
Jan. 22, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Bringing Just Walk Out To Healthcare

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: Amazon Bringing Just Walk Out To Healthcare For t...
Jan. 22, 2024

Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Deploys GenAI Search Across Site

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 Deploying GenAI Search Across Site For th...
Jan. 17, 2024

Fast Five | NRF Wisdom, Sam’s Club Receipt Checks, And Why Walmart Should Keep Droning On

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: Walmart’s new Gen AI search announcement at CES Amazon i...
Jan. 16, 2024

Live From NRF 2024 Office Depot's Sr. Director Of Omnichannel Jonas Stillman

LIVE FROM #NRF2024 Live From NRF 2024 Office Depot's Sr. Director Of Omnichannel Jonas Stillman joins Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton Thanks to our partners at VusionGroup for making all our #NRF2024 coverage possible. Come st...
Jan. 16, 2024

Live From NRF 2024 Sam's Club's Chief Growth Officer Diana Marshall

LIVE FROM #NRF2024 Omni Talk Retail 's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton with Sam's Club 's Chief Growth Officer Diana Marshall talking about their newly launched #seamless receipt check at exit, #personalization, #scanandgo, an...
Jan. 16, 2024

Live From NRF 2024 Northern Tool + Equipment Chief Marketing Officer Frank Crowson

LIVE FROM #NRF2024 Omni Talk Retail 's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton with Northern Tool + Equipment Chief Marketing Officer Frank Crowson Thanks to our partners at VusionGroup for making all our #NRF2024 coverage possible. C...
Jan. 16, 2024

Live From NRF 2024 Captana's Pierre-Marie Rallu and Blue Yonder's Shannon Wu-Lebron

LIVE FROM #NRF2024 Omni Talk Retail 's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton with Captana VP Pierre-Marie Rallu and Blue Yonder 's VP of Retail Shannon Wu-Lebron . Thanks to our partners at VusionGroup for making all our #NRF2024 co...