Season 7
Dec. 20, 2025
Lightning Round: Ryan Reynolds at NRF, Puppy Yoga & Rob Reiner's Greatest Hits | Fast Five Shorts
This segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, features Chris and Anne tackle the fun side of retail as we head into NRF 2026. Ryan ...
Dec. 20, 2025
Ashley Furniture Goes All-In on Agentic Commerce | Fast Five Shorts
This segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Ashley Furniture's groundbreaking partnership with Perplexity that enables c...
Dec. 20, 2025
Breaking Down Target's New SoHo Concept Store | Fast Five Shorts
This segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, analyzes Target's new permanent Soho store featuring "The Drop" rotating seasonal sty...
Dec. 20, 2025
Online Grocery Breaks Records Despite Budget Constraints | Fast Five Shorts
This segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, unpacks November's stunning $12.3 billion in online grocery sales—the second time mon...
Dec. 20, 2025
Are Instacart's Pricing Experiments Inflating Your Grocery Bill? | Fast Five Shorts
This segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Consumer Reports' investigation revealing Instacart's AI-powered pricing exp...
Dec. 20, 2025
Inside Amazon's Leaked Rush Pickup Service Plans | Fast Five Shorts
This segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores Amazon's reported plans to launch a Rush pickup service enabling one-hour or...
Dec. 18, 2025
AWS's David Dorf On Why LLMs Have Peaked & What's Coming Next In 2026
In this 5 Insightful Minutes episode, David Dorf, Head of Retail Industry Solutions at AWS, joins Omni Talk to cut through the AI hype and reveal what's actually coming for retail in 2026. From LLM limitations to agentic comm...
Dec. 17, 2025
Target SoHo, Amazon Rush & The Instacart Dynamic Pricing Brouhaha | 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: Amazon’s planned “rush” pickup service for one-hour order c...
Dec. 15, 2025
Handheld vs. Overhead RFID Debate: The Final Countdown For More Exact Inventory Counts
Specialty retailers keep asking us: handheld scanners or overhead readers? So we settled it the only way we know how: with a knockdown, dragout debate between two RFID experts. In this Retail Technology Spotlight, Anne Mezzen...
Dec. 13, 2025
THE RETAIL 2026 PREDICTION FORECAST | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group close with bold 2026 predictions sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chad predicts OpenAI will launch its o...
Dec. 13, 2025
Most Laughable Headline - What Made No Sense? | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group call out 2025's most ridiculous retail headlines in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Anne d...
Dec. 13, 2025
Best Partnership - Which Collaboration Won 2025? | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group debate 2025's smartest retail partnerships in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chad highlig...
Dec. 13, 2025
Best Strategic Turnaround - Who Pivoted Successfully? | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group recognize 2025's best retail turnarounds in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Both Anne and ...
Dec. 13, 2025
Best Movie Material - Which Headline Deserves Hollywood? | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group pitch their retail movie ideas in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chris envisions "Shein: ...
Dec. 13, 2025
Most Overhyped Technology - What Failed to Deliver? | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group call out 2025's most overhyped retail technologies in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Anne...
Dec. 13, 2025
CEO of the Year - Who Led Best in 2025? | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group crown their CEO of the Year in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chad surprises with Fidji S...
Dec. 13, 2025
Technology of the Year - What Innovation Won 2025? | Fast Five Shorts
Chris, Anne, and Chad reveal their Technology of the Year picks in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chad champions pricing transparency tools like Grocer...
Dec. 13, 2025
Headline of the Year - What Announcement Mattered Most? | Fast Five Shorts
Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Chris, and Anne debate 2025's most significant retail headline sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chris picks Walmart's Ch...
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 ...