Season 7
Dec. 13, 2025
Retailer of the Year - Who Dominated 2025? | Fast Five Shorts
Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Chris, and Anne debate Retailer of the Year in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chad champions Aldi's unpre...
Dec. 10, 2025
Our 2025 Retail Awards Show!
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris and Anne teamed up with Chad Lusk from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail...
Dec. 10, 2025
Digital Store Survival Kit: Realities, Roadmaps, & Resources For 2026 | Ask An Expert
Store digitization promises to transform retail operations, but most retailers struggle to move beyond pilots and buzzwords. In this Omni Talk Ask An Expert episode, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Troy Siw...
Dec. 10, 2025
Physical AI: What It Is & How IoT Will Combine With AI To Make Retail Operations Self-Aware | Spotlight Series
In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode, Doron Hazan, Director of Data, Product, and AI at Wiliot, joins Omni Talk to discuss the concept of "physical AI" and how it ultimately improve retail operations from the gr...
Dec. 9, 2025
Walmart's Secret B2B Weapon & How Ashley Hubka Is Refining a Business Platform Millions Already Use | 5IM
In this 5 Insightful Minutes episode, Ashley Hubka, Senior Vice President of Walmart Business, joins Chris and Anne to reveal how Walmart is shaping B2B e-commerce for businesses, nonprofits, and government entities. From dis...
Dec. 6, 2025
Lightning Round: Advent Calendars, Slop Bowls & Mariah’s $60M Holiday Reign | Fast Five Shorts
Advent calendars are the hot holiday trend...from Skims to fishing lures to ice cream. Chris reveals his dream: 28 days of Nikes. Sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. In ...
Dec. 6, 2025
Amazon Now: The 30-Minute Delivery Service | Fast Five Shorts
Amazon is testing "Amazon Now," a new 30-minute delivery service in Seattle and Philadelphia, repurposing former Amazon Fresh sites into rapid delivery hubs. But is this innovation or desperation? This segment, sponsored by t...
Dec. 6, 2025
Are Smart Glasses Ready for a 2026 Breakthrough? | Fast Five Shorts
McKinsey and Business of Fashion report predicts smart glasses are set for a breakthrough year in 2026, with Ray-Ban Meta glasses already the top-selling product in 60% of EMEA stores. But Chris and Anne aren't buying it. Thi...
Dec. 6, 2025
Walmart's Brilliant Move: Bringing Ads to AI Shopping | Fast Five Shorts
Walmart is quietly testing a new ad format called "sponsored prompts" inside its Sparky AI shopping engine and both Chris and Anne agree this is exactly the right move. This segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail G...
Dec. 6, 2025
ChatGPT Shopping Research: Revolution or Just Better Search? | Fast Five Shorts
ChatGPT just launched shopping research that does the product hunting for you, but should retailers be worried or relieved? This segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quo...
Dec. 6, 2025
Black Friday Hits RECORD $11.8 Billion in Online Sales | Fast Five Shorts
Black Friday 2025 just hit $11.8 billion in online sales... up 9.1% from last year. But Chris questions whether AI's 805% traffic surge is actually impressive or concerningly slow compared to other tech adoption curves. This ...
Dec. 3, 2025
AI Hits Black Friday, Amazon Tests 30-Minute Groceries & Walmart Adds Ads To Sparky | Fast Five
In this Fast Five episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga break down the biggest retail stories from Black Friday 2025, includin...
Nov. 29, 2025
Lightning Round: Turkey Day Hot Takes, Black Friday Hauls & Fashion Buzz | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, gets personal with the Omni Talk crew's Thanksgiving and Bl...
Nov. 29, 2025
Bath & Body Works Plans Amazon Launch | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Bath & Body Works' decision to launch on Amazon early next year. W...
Nov. 29, 2025
Richard Dickson's Gap Revival Continues | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , celebrates Gap's 7% comparable sales surge after its viral "Better in ...
Nov. 29, 2025
Kroger's $2.6 Billion Automation Retreat | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , analyzes Kroger's decision to shut down three automated fulfillment ce...
Nov. 29, 2025
Target Bets Black Friday on ChatGPT Shopping | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores Target's bold move to enable shopping through ChatGPT just days be...
Nov. 29, 2025
Target's Four-Year Sales Stagnation | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , dives into Target's disastrous Q3 earnings. While Walmart, TJX, Ross, ...
Nov. 27, 2025
SymphonyAI | 🏆 November’s Retail Tech Startup of the Month
For this month's Retail Tech Startup of the Month, AWS's Daniele Stroppa returns to spotlight SymphonyAI, a groundbreaking computer vision solution that's improving how retailers tackle the costly out-of-stock problem. Sympho...
Nov. 26, 2025
Target's ChatGPT Gamble, Kroger's $2.6B Pivot & Gap's Viral Comeback | Fast Five
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and Quorso , Chris and Anne discussed: A roundup of the latest retail earnings announcements Targe...
Nov. 25, 2025
Confessions of Supply Chain Executives | The Brutal Truth About Retail Out-of-Stocks
In this inaugural episode of Confessions of a Supply Chain Executive, host Chris Walton teams up with Richard Stewart (EVP of Product & Industry Strategy) and Eugene Amigud (Chief Innovation Officer) from Infios to conduct a ...
Nov. 22, 2025
Lightning Round: Holiday Hacks, Hot Cocoa & Dick Van Dyke at 100 | Fast Five Shorts
The lightning round brings holiday cheer and nostalgia to close this episode! Sponsored A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chris reveals he'll use "Santa GPT" (ChatGPT for holiday shopp...
Nov. 22, 2025
Target and Starbucks Create Exclusive Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate | Fast Five Shorts
Target and Starbucks have partnered to create an exclusive frozen peppermint hot chocolate available only at Starbucks cafes inside Target stores nationwide. This episode, Sponsored A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocam...
Nov. 22, 2025
Can Google's AI Shopping Revolution Challenge ChatGPT and Perplexity? | Fast Five Shorts
Google is rolling out major AI shopping features including conversational search, agentic checkout, and an AI that calls stores for you. This episode, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, In...