Episodes
Dec. 4, 2021
Ask An Expert | The Now, Next and Future of BNPL with Paul Paradis President Of Sezzle
There is quite possibly no trend hotter right now than the Buy Now, Pay Later space.
So Omni Talk invited Sezzle’s very own Paul Paradis to join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga for the latest installment of their Omni Talk As...
Dec. 3, 2021
Fast Five | Toys R Us Is Back And Macy's Does Something Out Of Character
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
– Discuss what to make, if anything, of the retail sales results from the past week.
...
Nov. 25, 2021
Fast Five | We're Jaded About Target But Geeked Up For Amazon Go Starbucks
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Discuss the dangers of Sainsbury opening a checkout-free store in London that levera...
Nov. 23, 2021
5 Insightful Minutes With A&M's Jonathan Sharp
A&M's Jonathan Sharp gets hit with tough questions as he shares the most important insights from the A&M Consumer & Retail Group's Fall 2021 Consumer Sentiment Survey in just five minutes!
To read the full survey, head here:...
Nov. 19, 2021
Fast Five | A&M Stops By To Talk Casper, Retail Media Networks, & The Delivery Wars
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chad Lusk and Abhinav Chandra of the A&M Consumer & Retail Group join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to talk:
- Casper...
Nov. 18, 2021
Spotlight Series | Inventory Accuracy Got You Down? RFID Is An Easy Way to Cure What Ails You
Omnichannel retailing during the pandemic has placed one hell of a premium on inventory accuracy in stores and throughout the supply chain.
But so much of the legacy store level and DC level infrastructure is not equipped to...
Nov. 17, 2021
Ask An Expert | Microsoft's 5 Retail Technologies To Bet On In 2022
2022 is right around the corner, so who better than Microsoft to tell us all on what retail technology trends they would place their bets in the upcoming year!
So Omni Talk is pleased to announce that Microsoft’s very own Ch...
Nov. 13, 2021
Fast Five | The Bezos Flex, Amazon Takes Venmo, & Nike Finds A New Loyalty Partner
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Explore Amazon's Venmo partnership.
- Praise Sobeys' new "flex store" concept.
- Deb...
Nov. 12, 2021
Fast Five | Amazon & Venmo, Bezos Flexes For Leo, & Nike's New Loyalty Partner
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Explore what Amazon taking Venmo means for the future.
- Praise Sobeys for its new "...
Nov. 5, 2021
Fast Five | Bottoms Up To The Metaverse, Thumbs Down To Bed Bath & Kroger
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Question the strategic rationale behind the Kroger and Bed Bath & Beyond partnership...
Oct. 29, 2021
Fast Five | 'Backup' Target There's A New Amazon Pickup Option In Town
This week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, David Ritter and David Brown of the A&M Consumer & Retail Group join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to talk:
- Target's n...
Oct. 21, 2021
Fast Five | Tesco Takes On Amazon Go While Instacart Jumps The Shark With Caper
This week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, was chock full of 10 out of 10 headlines.
Every story this week was big, some might even say, HUGE.
We have the first-ev...
Oct. 18, 2021
Ask An Expert | Revisiting The Case For Resale With Recurate VP Brand Success Cynthia Power
"How do you sell snowflakes?" - Andy Reuben CEO of Trove
In this case, snowflakes = resale product, and to figure out the answer to that question we had to call in an expert in the circular economy and resale.
In the latest...
Oct. 15, 2021
Fast Five | If Macys.com Gets Overvalued By An Irrational Investor, Does It Make A Noise?
This week's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, was a cornucopia of headline delights, a veritable hodgepodge of topics on everything from outright lunacy to some downrig...
Oct. 14, 2021
Ask An Expert | How To Save The Drowning Store Employee with Quorso CEO Julian Mills
Your store teams shouldn't be spending time on anything that isn't driving sales or reducing costs.
But too much of their day is wasted on less impactful actions and convoluted processes, which oftentimes results in them fee...
Oct. 8, 2021
Ask An Expert | Making The Mall Of America Shoppable Online With Jesse Michael & Grant Buntje
Jesse Michael, Managing Director at Adeptmind, returns to the Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series with Mall of America's VP Marketing Grant Buntje to discuss all that it takes to make the Mall of America shoppable online.
When Om...
Oct. 8, 2021
Fast Five | Amazon Wins Black Friday Again With New Gift Giving Feature
In today's Fast Five Video, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Question the real motives behind Target's holiday price adjustment promise.
- Love, love, ...
Oct. 1, 2021
Fast Five | $1,000 for Whole Foods Delivery? Not A Chance!
In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff and the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Do the math on what a $10 delivery fee at Whole Foods means annually (the number will ...
Sept. 24, 2021
Fast Five | Groceryshop Highlights Plus Amazon Dressing Rooms & Walmart Health Labeling
In today's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff and the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Recap their biggest lessons learned from Groceryshop through the lens of the explosion of recent ann...
Sept. 20, 2021
Spotlight Series | FRONTdoor Collective CEO & Co-Founder Dan Bourgault
In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by Cleveron and UntieNots, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down to chat with FRONTdoor CEO and Co-Founder Dan Bourgault.
When Chris and Anne...
Sept. 20, 2021
Spotlight Series | Shipt Chief Business Officer Rina Hurst Discusses New Visa Partnership
In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by Cleveron and UntieNots, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Shipt Chief Business Officer Rina Hurst about Shipt's new partnership with V...
Sept. 19, 2021
Spotlight Series | Signifyd CMO Indy Guha (Groceryshop Special Report)
In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by Cleveron and UntieNots, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down to chat with one of Omni Talk's favorite guests, the always mellifluous Indy ...
Sept. 19, 2021
Spotlight Series | Cooler Screens CEO Arsen Avakian (Groceryshop Special Report)
In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by Cleveron and UntieNots, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down to chat with Cooler Screens Founder and CEO Arsen Avakian.
Cooler screens, a...
Sept. 16, 2021
Fast Five | Amazon And The War On Wages
In today's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff and the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, A&M's David Ritter and Kristin Kohler Burrows join Chris and Anne to debate:
- What Amazon's latest moves to increase wages and offer ...