Episodes

Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Prime's New Same Day Delivery
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 DeliveryFor the full ...
Fast Five Shorts | Kohl's Tests New Pricing Strategy
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 StrategyFor the full e...
Fast Five Shorts | Target Earnings & Expansion Of Curbside Returns
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 ReturnsFo...
Fast Five | Amazon's Prime Disadvantages, Target’s Curbside Returns & Kohl's Pricing Pitfalls
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...
Ask An Expert | How Smart Retailers Set Vendors Up For Success With SPS Commerce
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...
Fast Five Shorts | Barnes & Noble's New Subscription Program
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 ProgramFor the ...
Fast Five Shorts | Heinen's Grocery Stores Call It Quits With Instacart
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...
Fast Five Shorts | thredUP's New Online Thrift Store 777Thrift
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 777ThriftFor th...
Fast Five Shorts | Instagram Removes Livestream Shopping
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 ShoppingFor the ful...
Fast Five Shorts | What Can We Glean From Walmart and Home Depot Earnings Reports?
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...
Spotlight Series | The 5 Trends Shaping Retail With Shoptalk's Krystina Gustafson & Ben Miller
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...
Fast Five | Walmart Earnings, Barnes & Noble Subscriptions & Why ThredUP Is Betting On Lucky 7
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...
Spotlight Series | Why A Customer Data Platform Is An Essential Component Of Omnichannel Retailing
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 ...
Fast Five Shorts | Fit:Match and Savage X Fenty Reinvent The Fit Process Again
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...
Fast Five Shorts | Wegmans Pilots Smart Carts
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...
Fast Five Shorts | Lidl Moves Toward No More Meat
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...
Fast Five Shorts | UPS Deploys New RFID Warehouse Tech
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...
Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Closes Tech Hubs And Requires Tech Workers To Return To Office
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...
Fast Five | Walmart Forces Staff Back To The Office, UPS Expands RFID, & Wegmans Tries To Get Smart
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...
Ask An Expert | Holiday Retail Winners, Surprises & The Early 2023 Pole Setters
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...
Spotlight Series | Launching An Innovation Lab with SAP's Andre Bechtold
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...
Fast Five Shorts | Gap Inc. Opens Logistics Services For SMBs
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 SMBsFor t...
Fast Five Shorts | Belk Converts Store To Outlet Center
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 CenterFor th...
Fast Five Shorts | Foodcellar Market First To Deploy Instacart Scan & Pay
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...