Episodes

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding discussed: A 50% SKU Reduction Is Quite Drastic – What’s The Rationale? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/UJ5nNgAF7Eo This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.co...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding discussed: If Bank Loyalty Programs An Untapped Gold Mine For Retail Media Networks? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/UJ5nNgAF7Eo This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding discussed: If There's Anything Noteworthy About Dealworthy? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/UJ5nNgAF7Eo This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Ch...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding discussed: Why Walmart Would Acquire Vizio? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/UJ5nNgAF7Eo This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https:...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Why in the world Walmart would acquire Vizio (Source: CNBC) Whether Target’s new brand, “dealworthy,” is actually noteworthy (Source: PR Newswire) Starbucks new loyalty partnership with Bank of America (Source: Chain Store Age) Hasbro’s drastic decision to cut 50% of its skus (Sour...

Dematic’s Market Development Director Kim Baudry is back once again to help Chris and Anne kick off 2024 as part of their ongoing live Ask An Expert Interview Series on LinkedIn. Chris and Anne go in depth with Kim as she discusses the big trends that are shaping retailers’ and manufacturers’ approaches to supply chain network development, including: Why retailers are moving their investments into smaller facilities with more flexible automation Why manufacturers are going in the opposite dir...

Shoptalk's Krystina Gustafson and Joe Laszlo joined Anne and Chris to field pointed questions about this year's Shoptalk 2024 agenda. In this podcast, Chris and Anne put Krystina and Joe on the spot about: How they plan to cover and present the topic of AI How important omnichannel or "unified commerce" fundamentals will be in this year's track session design Whether employee safety and shrink will be a more overt focus of this year's show How Shoptalk plans to focus on helping store level ...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: What The Outlook Is For Robots In Grocery Stores For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/fVXIRk9VGqg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Why Tanger Outlet Is Looking More And More Beautiful Everyday For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/fVXIRk9VGqg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Safeway's receipt check at checkout For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/fVXIRk9VGqg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Gen AI Search Makes More Sense For Home Furnishings Than Other Categories? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/fVXIRk9VGqg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: The Walmart Pluses And Minuses Of A Paid Membership At Target For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/fVXIRk9VGqg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

To help you get ready for the major tax changes in 2024 that will impact omnichannel retailers, Chris and Anne sat down with Avalara’s Senior Director of Global Strategic E-commerce & Marketplace Partnerships, Kris Rabideau, for the latest installment of their 5 Insightful Minutes Series. Watch and learn about the tax compliance complexity of omnichannel commerce, marketplace facilitator requirements, warehousing inventory, the new concept of a “delivery fee” tax, the emergence of recommerce, a...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Avalara’s Kris Rabideau stopped by for 5 Insightful Minutes on 2024 tax changes, and Chris and Anne discussed: The rumors that Target will roll out a paid membership program (Source: Bloomberg) If IKEA’s use of generative AI indicates that generative AI-based search may be more applicable to home furnishings shopping than to other categories (Source: Chain S...

Get an inside look at the grocery store of the future, from the firsthand perspective of John Clear and David Schneidman of the A&M Consumer and Retail Group. This video explores the latest retail technologies being implemented at Schnucks' grocery stores, including shelf-scanning robots, computer vision, electronic shelf labels for dynamic pricing, mobile ordering, GS1 barcodes to reduce food waste, and smart carts. Together with Chris and Anne, John and David provide their expert opinions as t...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Manifest: The Future Of Logistics Conference and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If People Really Need Starbucks From GoPuff In The Middle Of The Night? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/nLwypI0f9wg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - http...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Manifest: The Future Of Logistics Conference and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Apple Vision Pro Is A Flash In The Pan Or Idea With Staying Power? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/nLwypI0f9wg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https:...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Manifest: The Future Of Logistics Conference and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Zac Posen Is A Good Or Bad hire For The GAP? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/nLwypI0f9wg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privac...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Manifest: The Future Of Logistics Conference and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: The Significance Of ALDI's Partnership With Grabango For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/nLwypI0f9wg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/p...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five live from Manifest: The Future Of Logistics Conference and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Wiliot, TGW-Logistics and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Amazon Launching Rufus, Its New AI Shopping Assistant For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/nLwypI0f9wg This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne were live from Manifest as they discussed: Amazon’s new AI-assistant Rufus Grabango’s large scale autonomous store installation with Aldi near Chicago Gap Inc.’s hiring of Zac Posen Lowe’s and J. Crew's recent Apple Vision Pro endeavors And closed with a look at Starbucks new late night delivery partnership with Gopuff There’s all that, pl...

LIVE FROM Manifest: The Future of Supply Chain & Logistics 2024 Omni Talk Retail's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton with Mars VP of Global Supply Chain Kristen Daihes. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Jeff Barry, Chief Innovation Officer at Dot Foods, joins us to share how the wholesale food redistributor is driving innovation across its supply chain operations and business models. Listen as Jeff explains Dot Foods' approach to piloting new AI capabilities for fuel procurement optimization, predictive truck maintenance, and more. We also discuss how large companies can enable startup-like innovation cultures, the role of innovation labs, and Dot Foods' expanding portfolio of innovation pilots...

Bhavani Subramaniam, Chief Supply Chain Officer at mattress manufacturer Serta Simmons, joins us to discuss the complexities of managing a made-to-order supply chain. He explains how they build resilience through dual sourcing, nearshoring, and an intense focus on supply chain visibility, along with how his team uses data analytics and AI for insights across supply chain operations like new product launches. We also talk about the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion, with Bhavani emph...