Episodes
Feb. 21, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Fit:Match and Savage X Fenty Reinvent The Fit Process Again
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 along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Cons...
Feb. 21, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Wegmans Pilots Smart Carts
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 along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Cons...
Feb. 21, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Lidl Moves Toward No More Meat
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 along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Cons...
Feb. 20, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | UPS Deploys New RFID Warehouse Tech
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 along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Cons...
Feb. 20, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Closes Tech Hubs And Requires Tech Workers To Return To Office
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 along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Cons...
Feb. 17, 2023
Fast Five | Walmart Forces Staff Back To The Office, UPS Expands RFID, & Wegmans Tries To Get Smart
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, A&M’s Chad Lusk and Joanna Rangarajan stopped by and joined Chris and Anne to discuss:
- The impa...
Feb. 16, 2023
Ask An Expert | Holiday Retail Winners, Surprises & The Early 2023 Pole Setters
2022 is now in our rearview, but this Holiday season was like almost none other in history – we have had inflation, supply chain shortages, overstated January omicron comps and more!
So Omni Talk Retail has asked Placer.ai’s...
Feb. 15, 2023
Spotlight Series | Launching An Innovation Lab with SAP's Andre Bechtold
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, SAP's SVP and Head of Solution & Innovation Experience Andre Bechtold joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what it takes to open up a bona fide retai...
Feb. 14, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Gap Inc. Opens Logistics Services For SMBs
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: Gap Inc. Opening Logistics Services For SMBs
For t...
Feb. 14, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Belk Converts Store To Outlet Center
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: Belk Converting A Store To An Outlet Center
For th...
Feb. 14, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Foodcellar Market First To Deploy Instacart Scan & Pay
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: Foodcellar Market First To Deploy Instacart Scan & P...
Feb. 13, 2023
Spotlight Series | Why Microfulfillment May Be The Wrong Word With Dematic's Kim Baudry
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Dematic Market Development Director, Kim Baudry, joins Chris and Anne to discuss the learning lessons from large sellers who invested in microfulfillment early ...
Feb. 13, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Giant Eagle To Discontinue Mailed Circulars
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: Giant Eagle To Discontinuing Mailed Circulars
For ...
Feb. 13, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Fresh Pauses US Store Openings
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: Amazon Fresh Pausing US Store Openings
For the ful...
Feb. 10, 2023
Fast Five | Amazon’s Pregnant Pause, Instacart Deploys Scan-And-Go & Gap One Ups American Eagle
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 discussed:
- What Amazon’s recently announced “pause” of its Amazon Fresh rollout ...
Feb. 9, 2023
Live From Manifest | Quiet Platforms President Shekar Natarajan
Live from Manifest The Future of Logistics Conference In Las Vegas, Omni Talk Retail's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with a man who is known now by one name, and that is Quiet Platform's President, Shekar.
Shekar k...
Feb. 9, 2023
Live From Manifest | Dollar Shave Club Chief Supply Chain Officer Justin Brown
Live from Manifest The Future of Logistics Conference In Las Vegas, Omni Talk Retail's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Dollar Shave Club's Chief Supply Chain Officer Justin Brown to get his thoughts on the future...
Feb. 9, 2023
Live From Manifest | Pepsico Labs Global GM Anna Farberov
Live from Manifest The Future of Logistics Conference In Las Vegas, Omni Talk Retail's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Pepsico Labs GM Anna Farberov to find out what tech she and her team are looking for at Manif...
Feb. 9, 2023
Live From Manifest | Luxer One President Josh Middlebrooks
Live from Manifest The Future of Logistics Conference In Las Vegas, Omni Talk Retail's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Luxer One and Harbor Lockers By Luxer One President Josh Middlebrooks to discuss a first-of-i...
Feb. 9, 2023
Ask An Expert | 3 Steps Retailers Can Take To Become More Resilient In 2023
Resilience is the hallmark of any great retailer. It is what separates those with staying power from the flash in the pans that garner so much unwarranted media attention.
Smart and steady always wins the race.
So Omni Talk...
Feb. 7, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Lowe's Launches Project Unlock Using RFID To Combat Retail Theft
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: Lowe's Launching Project Unlock Using RFID To Comba...
Feb. 7, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Lures Marketplace Sellers With 90-Day Discounted Trial
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: Walmart Luring Marketplace Sellers With 90-Day Disc...
Feb. 7, 2023
Fast Five Shorts | Sam's Club To Open 30 New Stores
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: Sam's Club To Open 30 New Stores
For the full epi...
Feb. 6, 2023
Spotlight Series | Real-Time Identity Resolution With Celebrus CEO Bill Bruno
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Celebrus CEO Bill Bruno joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss identity resolution and how integral it is to real-time personalization.
Chris and Ann...