Episodes
Sept. 16, 2021
Spotlight Series | More Than A Locker With Cleveron CEO Indrek Oolup
It’s been a trend throughout the pandemic, but BOPIS, Click-and-Collect, whatever you’d like to call it, is here to stay. It’s time to get a solid solution, and unfortunately, it’s not as simple as setting up lockers inside o...
Sept. 16, 2021
Spotlight Series | UntieNots Co-Founders Zyed Jamoussi & Cédric Chéreau
Quit sending all your customers all the same promotions, and while you’re at it, make it fun!
In this live recording of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with UntieNots co-founders, Zyed...
Sept. 9, 2021
Fast Five | Go Go Amazon Go In Whole Foods
In today's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff and the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Chris and Anne:
- Debate the significance and many angles to consider in the momentous announcement by Amazon to put its Just Walk Out...
Sept. 9, 2021
Spotlight Series | The Secret To Post-Pandemic Digital Marketing: Customer First, Not Channel
There have been a lot of shifts happening as a result of the pandemic: people have new shopping behaviors, they’re discovering product differently, engaging with retailers in new places, on new channels, and in new ways that ...
Sept. 3, 2021
Fast Five | An Amazon Reaffirmation, Ikea Resale, and the Allbirds IPO
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group and Takeoff, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga:
- Praise Amazon for its Affirm partnership and once again setting the table years ah...
Sept. 2, 2021
Ask An Expert | The Impact Of Retail Fraud w/Signifyd SVP Operations & Client Development Bennett
In the latest Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Signifyd SVP of Operations and Client Development, Bennett, in a conversation you may need to hear for yourself to believe.
Bennett ...
Aug. 26, 2021
Fast Five | Chris Returns To Rant About Amazon, Walmart, and Toys R Us
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group and Takeoff, Chris Walton rejoins Anne Mezzenga on the show after a long medical absence to discuss:
– Amazon's move into departm...
Aug. 25, 2021
Special Report | Retail's Big Short With Shlomo Chopp Of Case Equity Partners & RetailOS
In this Omni Talk Special Report Anne Mezzenga and Shlomo Chopp Managing Partner of Case Equity Partners & Founder of RetailOS, dive into a conversation about the state of malls and retail real estate and why the current mode...
Aug. 24, 2021
Women's Retail Collective Podcast | Forrester VP & Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali
In the latest Women's Retail Collective Podcast brought to you by Parcel Pending by Quadient, host Anne Mezzenga sits down with Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali.
This is a special one, in particular, becau...
Aug. 20, 2021
Fast Five | Can’t Stop Won’t Stop — Target, Walmart, And Ikea Take Retail To 11
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff and the A&M Consumer & Retail Group Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts Mohit Mohal and Hemant Kalbag of the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group discuss:
...
Aug. 6, 2021
Fast Five | Sweaty Betty, Square, And A Better Butter Beer
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff and the A&M Consumer & Retail Group Anne Mezzenga and guest host James Cook Americas Director of Retail Research for JLL and host of the podcast Where We ...
Aug. 3, 2021
Ask An Expert | Lowes Foods E-Commerce VP Chad Petersen
In the latest Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series Anne Mezzenga sits down with Lowes Foods E-commerce VP Chad Petersen to hear about the strategy they're putting together for the next year in grocery.
Lowes Foods is no stranger ...
July 30, 2021
Fast Five | Buying NFTP On Twitter With Shopify’s Shop Pay
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff and the A&M Consumer & Retail Group Anne Mezzenga and guest host Najla Kayyem of Pacific Retail Capital Partners discuss:
-Twitter, better late than neve...
July 23, 2021
Fast Five | Madewell Uber Foxtrot
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, and Takeoff Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts David Ritter and Kristin Kohler Burrows of the A&M Consumer & Retail Group discuss:
-U...
July 20, 2021
Women's Retail Collective Podcast | EyeBuyDirect CEO & President Sunny Jiang
Sunny Jiang started at then startup EyeBuyDirect right out of university as a financial controller. Like many of her coworkers at the online eyewear retailer, she has remained with the company almost 15 years later. Unlike ma...
July 16, 2021
Fast Five | Just Shippin’ It With Sam’s Club
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, and Takeoff Anne Mezzenga and guest host Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali discuss:
-Instacart’s powerhouse mo...
July 9, 2021
Fast Five | Doctors At Dollar General, Bloomie’s, and Billionaire Space Battles
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, and Takeoff Anne Mezzenga and returning guest host Steve Dennis:
-Dive into Dollar General’s big announcements they’re getting i...
June 29, 2021
Ask An Expert | Scaleable Checkout-Free Stores With Trigo VP Business Development Yair Holtzer
In this Omni Talk Ask An Expert Interview, Anne Mezzenga sits down with Yair Holtzer VP of Business Development at Trigo to talk about Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision (AICV).
The AICV space is heating up with retaile...
June 25, 2021
Prime Day, Indochino Pop-Ups, and Reebok Pumps.
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, Takeoff, and BrightSign, Anne Mezzenga and returning guest host Oliver Banks:
-Recap rather muted Prime Day results, how the eve...
June 21, 2021
Ask An Expert | Sam's Club Chief Technology Officer Vinod Bidarkoppa
"You know great omnichannel retailing when you don’t see it."
Omni Talk’s Chris Walton is joined by Sam’s Club Chief Technology Officer Vinod Bidarkoppa in this special edition of the Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series to share ...
June 18, 2021
Fast Five | Lose Yourself In A Full-Size, Checkout-Free Amazon Fresh
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, Takeoff, and BrightSign, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts David Ritter and Mohit Mohal of the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Gro...
June 14, 2021
Women's Retail Collective Podcast | The GIANT Company Division VP Sepideh Burkett
Sepideh Burkett knew at an early age that she was ready to take on big things. At 17, she left her family in Dubai with a one-way ticket to the US to start work on her engineering degree.
After being "beaten into submission...
June 11, 2021
Fast Five | No Robux Required for Walmart+ RX
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, Takeoff, and BrightSign, Anne Mezzenga and guest host Carl Boutet:
-Discuss their admiration for Walmart’s newest plan to plus u...
June 9, 2021
Ask An Expert | Connecting With Consumers Post Purchase with 1010data VP Of Marketing Frank Riva
Did you know 58% of consumers never return after making an initial purchase?
And that is because loyalty is fast and fleeting, especially in today’s complex and competitive eCommerce environment. Only focusing on a consumer'...