Season 7
June 14, 2025
Walmart's AI Assistant "Sparky" Could Compete with Amazon and Google - Here's Why
Walmart introduced "Ask Sparky," an AI assistant that helps customers find products, synthesize reviews, and get personalized recommendations through natural language searches. The company plans to evolve Sparky into agentic ...
June 14, 2025
Walmart's Genius "Who Knew?" Campaign: Walton Goggins Exposes What You're Missing vs Amazon
Walmart launched a strategic "Who Knew?" advertising campaign featuring actor Walton Goggins to highlight its transformation into a comprehensive Amazon competitor with over 500 million items and superior membership benefits....
June 14, 2025
🥗 Kerry’s Juan Aguiriano on Redesigning Food Systems with AI & Impact | CGF 2025 🌍
In this final CGF 2025 interview recorded live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio, Juan Aguiriano, Group Head of Sustainability at Kerry Group, joins Omni Talk Retail to share how Kerry is helping transform global food syste...
June 13, 2025
🥕 Ahold Delhaize CSO Alex Holt on Scaling Sustainability & AI in Retail | CGF 2025 🌍
In this wide-ranging conversation recorded live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at CGF 2025, Alex Holt, Chief Sustainability Officer at Ahold Delhaize, explains how the grocery giant is making sustainability simple and sc...
June 13, 2025
🌍 Aldi Süd CEO Christoph Schwaiger on Global Grocery Growth | CGF 2025
Live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at the Consumer Goods Forum 2025 in Amsterdam, Aldi Süd CEO Christoph Schwaiger shares how one of the world’s most influential grocers is leaning into AI and sustainability to better s...
June 13, 2025
💡 Metro AG CFO Eric Riegger on AI, Cybersecurity & Wholesale Growth | CGF 2025
Live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at the Consumer Goods Forum 2025, Eric Riegger, Group CFO of Metro AG, breaks down how one of Europe’s largest wholesalers is investing in tech, AI, and cybersecurity to meet rising cu...
June 13, 2025
CGF Head of North America Wesley Wilson on Health, AI & Consumer Values | Live From CGF 2025
In this thoughtful interview recorded live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at CGF 2025, Wesley Wilson, Head of North America for the Consumer Goods Forum, discusses how global retailers and brands are navigating rapid con...
June 13, 2025
🥛 AI, Health & Growth with Danone European President Pablo Perversi | CGF 2025 Interview
In this energetic interview recorded live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at CGF 2025 in Amsterdam, Danone Eurozone President Pablo Perversi sits down with Omni Talk to explore how the brand is transforming food systems a...
June 13, 2025
🧀 Babybel to Big Data: Bel Group CEO on AI, Sustainability & Food Innovation | CGF 2025
In this inspiring conversation recorded live from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at CGF 2025 in Amsterdam, Bel Group CEO Cecile Béliot-Zind takes Omni Talk inside the company’s mission to balance performance and sustainabilit...
June 13, 2025
🔁 Circular Economy in Action: Ellen MacArthur CEO Jonquil Hackenberg on Retail’s Role | CGF 2025
In this live interview recorded from the VusionGroup Podcast Studio at the Consumer Goods Forum 2025 in Amsterdam, Jonquil Hackenberg, CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, shares how retailers and brands can embrace circula...
June 12, 2025
How FairPrice is Building the AI-Powered Grocery Store of the Future with CEO Vipul Chawla
Live from the Consumer Goods Forum and the VusionGroup Podcast Studio in Amsterdam, Omni Talk Retail sits down with Vipul Chawla, CEO of FairPrice Group, to dive into the cutting-edge technologies shaping the future of grocer...
June 12, 2025
Danone’s 100-Year Mission to Redefine Health Through Food 🌱 | Ayla Ziz Interview at CGF 2025
Omni Talk Retail sits down with Danone Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, Ayla Ziz, to explore how one of the world’s most trusted food companies is evolving its health mission in today’s fast-paced digital and consumer-c...
June 12, 2025
The Future of Food Retail? PwC’s Harold Dutzler Breaks It Down 🍎📉 | Live at CGF 2025
Omni Talk Retail sits down with Harold Dutzler, PwC's Global Sector Leader for Consumer Goods, live at the Consumer Goods Forum at the VusionGroup Podcast Studio in Amsterdam to unpack insights from PwC’s newest global consum...
June 12, 2025
WWF Expert Pete Pearson on Food Waste & What Can Be Done About It | Live from CGF 2025
Join Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton as they interview Pete Pearson, Vice President Food, Food Loss and Waste at WWF, live from the Consumer Goods Forum and the VusionGroup Podcast Studio in Amsterdam. This eye-opening convers...
June 11, 2025
Peloton Resale, Dollar General's Home Line & Who Knew Walmart Could Be So Sparky? | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Simbe , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and ClearDemand , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s new “Who knew?” advertising campaign...
June 7, 2025
Lightning Round Chaos: Dum-Dums, Snack Wars & Sydney Sweeney Celebrity Soap ⚡🧼👔
This week’s Lightning Round delivers a sugar rush of retail absurdity — from Mondelez pulling products over pricing beef with Aldi, to mistakenly buying 70,000 lollipops, and Sydney Sweeney selling out her soap line. Retail’s...
June 7, 2025
Will David’s Bridal’s New Diamonds & Pearls Store Concept Work?
David’s Bridal is getting glam with its new Diamonds & Pearls store concept, complete with upgraded fittings and a full glam squad. Thanks to our always fabulous sponsors — A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo...
June 7, 2025
Buy Or Sell: Aldi’s New Virtual Work Experience For Teenagers?
Aldi is making early career access easier with a new virtual retail work experience program designed for teens aged 13 and up. This forward-thinking discussion was made possible thanks to the innovation-minded sponsors of the...
June 7, 2025
Victoria’s Secret Gets Hacked?! 💻🚨
Victoria’s Secret faced a major website outage this week, raising big questions about cybersecurity readiness in retail. Brought to you by the Fast Five sponsors: A&M CRG, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDeman...
June 7, 2025
Is Rhode Worth $1B? E.L.F. (and Anne) Think So 👀
E.l.f. is betting big on Hailey Bieber’s skincare brand, Rhode, with a $1 billion acquisition that could reshape the beauty M&A landscape. This coverage is powered by Omni Talk's Fast Five sponsors: A&M Consumer and Retail Gr...
June 7, 2025
Will Walmart’s Medicare Advantage Play Succeed?
Walmart is piloting a digital badge to help Medicare Advantage members identify "food-as-medicine" eligible items — a move blending AI, healthcare, and retail. As always, this segment is brought to you by our friends at the A...
June 6, 2025
📦 Supply Chain AI: What’s Real vs. Hype? | 5 Insightful Minutes With Eugene Amigud Of Infios
In this 5 Insightful Minutes episode, Eugene Amigud Chief Innovation Officer at Infios, joins Omni Talk to separate AI fact from fiction when it comes to transforming the supply chain. From predictive analytics to agentic AI,...
June 5, 2025
Shoptalk Europe 2025: TikTok Shop Dominates, AI Gets Agentic & Store Teams Win Big
Fresh from the buzzing halls of Shoptalk Europe in Barcelona, the Omni Talk team delivers a rapid-fire breakdown of the biggest retail trends shaping the future live from the conference stage with Shoptalk's very own Ben Mill...
June 4, 2025
Walmart Presses Its ‘Advantage,’ ALDI Recruits Teens & E.L.F. Goes Down A New Rhode | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Simbe , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , and ClearDemand , Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart helping Medicare Advantage members ide...