Episodes

Fast Five Shorts | Starbucks Going Scanless
Sept. 4, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Starbucks Going Scanless

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Starbucks Going Scanless For the full episode ...
Fast Five | A Scanless Starbucks, A Sleepy Gap Colab & Why Amazon May Soon Be The King Of Campus
Aug. 31, 2023

Fast Five | A Scanless Starbucks, A Sleepy Gap Colab & Why Amazon May Soon Be The King Of Campus

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne had a wee delight discussing (and sometimes ranting about): How much they would use Starbu...
Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Cuts Private Brands
Aug. 29, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Cuts Private Brands

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Reta...
Fast Five Shorts | Trader Joe's Says No Self Checkout EVER!
Aug. 29, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Trader Joe's Says No Self Checkout EVER!

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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail G...
Fast Five Shorts | Etsy Starts Baby Registry
Aug. 29, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Etsy Starts Baby Registry

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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail G...
Fast Five Shorts | Aldi Acquires Winn-Dixie And Harveys
Aug. 28, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Aldi Acquires Winn-Dixie And Harveys

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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Gr...
Fast Five Shorts | Dick's Sporting Goods Shrinkage Problem
Aug. 28, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Dick's Sporting Goods Shrinkage Problem

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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail G...
Spotlight Series | The Trends Shaping Last Mile Order Fulfillment With Dematic’s Kim Baudry
Aug. 27, 2023

Spotlight Series | The Trends Shaping Last Mile Order Fulfillment With Dematic’s Kim Baudry

Dematic's Market Development Director, Kim Baudry, joins Chris and Anne for the second time in 2023 to discuss the major trends she is seeing as retailers try to bring their fulfillment closer to their end consumers. In this ...
Fast Five | Trader Joe’s Hubris, Dick’s Shrinkage & Aldi’s Expansion
Aug. 24, 2023

Fast Five | Trader Joe’s Hubris, Dick’s Shrinkage & Aldi’s Expansion

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M's Chad Lusk and Ben Lowden joined Anne and Chris to discuss: Dick’s growing theft problem and what, i...
Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Launches JWOT For Apparel
Aug. 15, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Launches JWOT For Apparel

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 Launching JWOT For Apparel For the full epis...
Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Lures SMBs To Do Last Mile Delivery With Amazon Hub
Aug. 15, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Lures SMBs To Do Last Mile Delivery With Amazon Hub

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 Luring SMBs To Do Last-Mile Delivery With Am...
Fast Five Shorts | JD Sports AR Mirror Pilot
Aug. 15, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | JD Sports AR Mirror Pilot

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: JD Sports Doing An AR Mirror Pilot For the full epi...
Fast Five Shorts | Wawa Tests Shelfless Store
Aug. 14, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Wawa Tests Shelfless Store

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: Wawa Testing A Shelfless Store For the full episode...
Fast Five Shorts | Nike Opens Boutique Fitness Concept
Aug. 14, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Nike Opens Boutique Fitness Concept

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: Nike Opening A Boutique Fitness Concept For the ful...
5 Insightful Minutes | In-Store Grocery Tech With Chad Lusk Of The A&M Consumer & Retail Group
Aug. 11, 2023

5 Insightful Minutes | In-Store Grocery Tech With Chad Lusk Of The A&M Consumer & Retail Group

Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga put the A&M Consumer and Retail Group’s Chad Lusk on the 5-minute hot seat as they discuss the latest technology trends shaping grocery in-store. To access the reference In-Store Technology: Cus...
Fast Five | Nike Does Boutique Fitness, Wawa Goes Shelfless & Amazon Debuts Just Walk Out Apparel
Aug. 10, 2023

Fast Five | Nike Does Boutique Fitness, Wawa Goes Shelfless & Amazon Debuts Just Walk Out Apparel

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Politely disagreed on whether Nike should be getting into the boutique gym business Tried...
Fast Five Shorts | Gap Selects Former Mattel Exec Richard Dickson As New CEO
Aug. 8, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Gap Selects Former Mattel Exec Richard Dickson As New CEO

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: Gap Selecting Former Mattel Exec Richard Dickson As ...
Fast Five Shorts | Clevon Takes Multi-Parcel Autonomous Delivery To Texas
Aug. 8, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Clevon Takes Multi-Parcel Autonomous Delivery To Texas

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: Clevon Taking Multi-Parcel Autonomous Delivery To Te...
Fast Five Shorts | Poshmark Introduces Visual Search With Poshmark Lens
Aug. 8, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Poshmark Introduces Visual Search With Poshmark Lens

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: Poshmark Introducing Visual Search With Poshmark Len...
Fast Five Shorts | Big Amazon Grocery News Or Bust?
Aug. 7, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Big Amazon Grocery News Or Bust?

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: Big Amazon Grocery News Or Bust? For the full episo...
Fast Five Shorts | Bed Bath & Beyond's Rebirth With Overstock
Aug. 7, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Bed Bath & Beyond's Rebirth With Overstock

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: Bed Bath & Beyond's Rebirth With Overstock For the f...
Fast Five | Gap's New CEO, Bed Bath's Rebirth & Amazon Grocery Hyperbole Too Silly To Believe
Aug. 3, 2023

Fast Five | Gap's New CEO, Bed Bath's Rebirth & Amazon Grocery Hyperbole Too Silly To Believe

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five , sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discuss: - Overstock going live with its Bed Bath & Beyond rebranding - The ridiculous hy...
Spotlight Series | Everything You Wanted To Know About Generative AI But Were Afraid To Ask
July 28, 2023

Spotlight Series | Everything You Wanted To Know About Generative AI But Were Afraid To Ask

In our latest Spotlight Series Podcast, Anne and Chris learn all they can about generative AI from Amanda Saunders, the Senior Manager for Enterprise and Edge AI Product Marketing at NVIDIA . Together they discuss: – What mak...
Fast Five Shorts | Target Allows All Employees To Wear Shorts
July 25, 2023

Fast Five Shorts | Target Allows All Employees To Wear Shorts

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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Gr...