Episodes

March 20, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Best Buy & Roku Team Up Swapping TV Exclusive For Best Buy Customer Data

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Best Buy & Roku Teaming Up Swapping TV Exclusive For...
March 20, 2023

5 Insightful Minutes On Retail Commerce Enablement With Pear Commerce Founder Eric Martell

In our latest 5 Insightful Minutes, Pear Commerce Founder Eric Martell discusses what retail commerce enablement is and why it may be the next great retail innovation that helps CPGs go direct, without actually going direct. ...
March 16, 2023

Fast Five | What Happens When Best Buy Tells Roku Your Buffalo Wings Aren’t Actually Wings At All?

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: - How crazy it is to think that our first-party shopping data at Best ...
March 14, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Shef C2C Meals Platform Expands With New Funding

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Shef C2C Meals Platform Expanding With New Funding ...
March 14, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Uber Converting Drivers To Shoppers With App Updates

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Uber Converting Drivers To Shoppers With App Updates...
March 14, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Dollar Tree To Expand Fresh And Private Label Grocery

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Dollar Tree Expanding Fresh And Private Label Grocer...
March 13, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Closes Several AmazonGo Stores

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Amazon Closing Several AmazonGo Stores For the ful...
March 13, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Opens More Health Clinics

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Opening More Health Clinics For the full e...
March 10, 2023

Fast Five | Amazon Go’s Pull Back, Dollar Tree’s Grocery Push & The Walmart Doctor Will See You Now

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: – All there is to love about Walmart’s plan to double its health cente...
March 7, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Men's Warehouse Lures New Customers With Snap Mirror AR Tool

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Men's Warehouse Lures New Customers With Snap Mirro...
March 7, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Instacart's "New-ish" Store Offerings For Retailers

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Instacart's "New-ish" Store Offerings For Retailers ...
March 7, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Prime's New Same Day Delivery

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Amazon Prime's New Same Day Delivery For the full ...
March 6, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Kohl's Tests New Pricing Strategy

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Kohl's Testing New Pricing Strategy For the full e...
March 6, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Target Earnings & Expansion Of Curbside Returns

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Target Earnings & Expansion Of Curbside Returns Fo...
March 3, 2023

Fast Five | Amazon's Prime Disadvantages, Target’s Curbside Returns & Kohl's Pricing Pitfalls

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: - Discussed Target's recent earnings announcement and what we think of Target ta...
March 1, 2023

Ask An Expert | How Smart Retailers Set Vendors Up For Success With SPS Commerce

You’re only as good as the products that are on your physical and digital shelves and if you aren’t setting your vendors up for success, you definitely won’t satisfy your customers. We wanted to find out how best-in-class re...
Feb. 28, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Barnes & Noble's New Subscription Program

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Barnes & Noble's New Subscription Program For the ...
Feb. 28, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Heinen's Grocery Stores Call It Quits With Instacart

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Heinen's Grocery Stores Call It Quits With Instacart...
Feb. 28, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | thredUP's New Online Thrift Store 777Thrift

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: thredUP's New Online Thrift Store 777Thrift For th...
Feb. 27, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Instagram Removes Livestream Shopping

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Instagram Removing Livestream Shopping For the ful...
Feb. 27, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | What Can We Glean From Walmart and Home Depot Earnings Reports?

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: What Can We Glean From Walmart and Home Depot Earnin...
Feb. 24, 2023

Spotlight Series | The 5 Trends Shaping Retail With Shoptalk's Krystina Gustafson & Ben Miller

In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Shoptalk's Krystina Gustafson and Ben Miller join Chris and Anne to discuss what they believe are the five trends most shaping retail right now and how they pla...
Feb. 24, 2023

Fast Five | Walmart Earnings, Barnes & Noble Subscriptions & Why ThredUP Is Betting On Lucky 7

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris and Anne: - Tried to read the tea leaves in Walmart and Home Depot’s latest earnings report...
Feb. 21, 2023

Spotlight Series | Why A Customer Data Platform Is An Essential Component Of Omnichannel Retailing

In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Treasure Data Industry Principals Irene Sibaja and Danica Konetski join Chris and Anne to discuss how retailers and CPGs can best leverage a CDP (Customer Data ...