Episodes

Fast Five: Amazon Warehouses In Malls Are Just Plain Great For Retail!
Aug. 14, 2020

Fast Five: Amazon Warehouses In Malls Are Just Plain Great For Retail!

In the latest episode of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by FastSensor and Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern take on all the detractors pooh-poohing the rumors of Amazon placing warehouses in Simon ...
Spotlight Series: Numerator VP of Retail Sales Sara Batchelder
Aug. 11, 2020

Spotlight Series: Numerator VP of Retail Sales Sara Batchelder

In the latest edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Sara Batchelder, VP of Retail and QSR for Numerator. Chris, Anne, and Sara discuss Numerator's unique panel data across both o...
Fast Five: Aldi Gets Its Go On, CVS Courts Millennials, & DoorDash Is Now A Retailer
Aug. 7, 2020

Fast Five: Aldi Gets Its Go On, CVS Courts Millennials, & DoorDash Is Now A Retailer

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by FastSensor and Takeoff, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss all the week's top retail news, including DoorDash's new DashMart online store, CVS inking a deal with PayPal and...
Fast Five: Amazon the Benevolent Investor or Shady Inside Man?
July 31, 2020

Fast Five: Amazon the Benevolent Investor or Shady Inside Man?

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern discuss Amazon meeting with startups to then reportedly launch competing products, Sycamore Partners' plan to merge Be...
Fast Five: Panera's Coffee Subscription Goes Gangbusters While We Quote Rhett Butler
July 24, 2020

Fast Five: Panera's Coffee Subscription Goes Gangbusters While We Quote Rhett Butler

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern discuss the explosive growth in Panera's coffee subscription program, Walmart joining forces with Yahoo (yes, you read...
Fast Five: There's No Smart in this Cart, Amazon
July 17, 2020

Fast Five: There's No Smart in this Cart, Amazon

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma Irwin the Intern are joined by guest host Ken Pilot to break down all the week's top headlines in retail. This week they talk Ama...
Spotlight Series: Visual Search and Experiences with Syte VP Marketing, Gal Fontyn
July 15, 2020

Spotlight Series: Visual Search and Experiences with Syte VP Marketing, Gal Fontyn

Omni Talk's Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga turn their podcast spotlight once again on Syte, the intriguing visual AI startup out of Israel. After having Syte founder, Lihi Pinto Fryman, on the show in 2018, this time Chris an...
Fast Five: Walmart's Latest Move to Combat Amazon is a Big Plus
July 10, 2020

Fast Five: Walmart's Latest Move to Combat Amazon is a Big Plus

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma Irwin the Intern welcome guest host Ethan Chernofsky of Placer.ai to talk all the latest news in retail, including Walmart+, Amaz...
Spotlight Series: Removing the "Store" from BOPIS with Parcel Pending SVP of Retail Kate Reidel
July 8, 2020

Spotlight Series: Removing the "Store" from BOPIS with Parcel Pending SVP of Retail Kate Reidel

Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga turn their Omni Talk Spotlight on Kate Reidel of Parcel Pending to discuss the evolving landscape of Buy Online, Pickup in store and how locker pickup could soon change the definitions and the a...
Shopify Balance with Kaz Nejatian VP & GM of Shopify Financial Services
July 8, 2020

Shopify Balance with Kaz Nejatian VP & GM of Shopify Financial Services

Omni Talk's Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss Shopify's latest move in the online payment space, Shopify Balance, and where the company also plans to go next. This podcast uses the following third-party services for anal...
Fast Five: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Is Lululemon the Fairest of Them All?
July 3, 2020

Fast Five: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Is Lululemon the Fairest of Them All?

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma Irwin the Intern love Lululemon's acquisition of Mirror, unanimously applaud Brookfield's Fit:Match experiment, are not quite sur...
Fast Five: Paying for Gas with Your Voice at 7-Eleven & Off-Price Goes Digital
June 26, 2020

Fast Five: Paying for Gas with Your Voice at 7-Eleven & Off-Price Goes Digital

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma Irwin the Intern discuss the sweeping changes in the world of social commerce by way of Snapchat and Instagram, how Tanger Factor...
Fast Five: Walmart & Shopify Could Be A Match Made In Heaven
June 19, 2020

Fast Five: Walmart & Shopify Could Be A Match Made In Heaven

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma Irwin the Intern discuss Walmart's new partnership with Shopify, Staples using Instacart, a cool startup called Branch, Dick's Sp...