In this week's Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern talk DSW and Hy-Vee, Google's free product listings, Facebook and text commerce, 7-Eleven again ahead of the curve, and Kroger's safety guidelines. To learn more about Trigo, visit: https://www.trigo.tech/
In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia Systems, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss the week's news live on Zoom, including Walmart's continued community-first approach, buying groceries at McDonald's and Subway, Amazon's dark store in LA, autonomous vehicles, and Best…
Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Basketful Co-Founders Jim Lesch and Eugene Burd about the origin story of their Basketful concept, a platform that brands, CPG's, grocers, and big-box stores throughout the country can use to allow shoppers to go from Pinterest recipe to purchase and delivery-to-home in seconds.…
In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia Systems, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss Gap's order canceling, the postponement of made up retail holidays like Way Day and Prime Day, grocers metering and not metering traffic (seriously, Publix?), another dubious…
Omni Talk's Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with GrocerKey CEO Jeremy Neren to talk about the current state of our nation's grocery stores. They cover everything from technology in stores, labor challenges, workplace safety, and how grocers are quickly pivoting their models to adapt to the rapid pace…
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia Systems, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern praise Walmart’s actions amid the coronavirus, discuss Kroger’s pickup only store and why more grocers need to move in that direction, plexiglass placebos, goPuff being there for healthcare…
Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview IntraEdge President Dan Clarke to learn about how its Truyo platform helps retailers handle customer data so that they can be compliant with the ever changing regulations surrounding consumer data privacy, and specifically GDPR and CCPA. Dan discusses how the Truyo platform, codeveloped with…
In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia Systems, the full crew of Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss the tragic comedy that is Dillard's, Costco refusing to take returned TP, Fenty and Tik Tok, HEB's new grocery delivery for seniors,…
Laura Heller is not only an influential woman in the retail industry but as the former Editor for Retail Dive and many other industry publications, she has also been responsible for finding and telling the stories behind the rapid changes it's seen. Laura started her career in trade magazines, writing…
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga chat with Anna Farberov of PepsiCo Labs. Anna Farberov and her team at PepsiCo Labs source the best and brightest start-ups across multiple sectors of the retail industry to ensure that PepsiCo is on the…
In this week's Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss Kohl's hilarious new partnership with Lands' End, Starbucks' decision to go pickup-only, Amazon and C9, the bleak bleak future of malls and department stores, and what the next two weeks could look like for…
In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss why Amazon may finally be showing some dangerous and uncharacteristic hubris, Fleet Feet's cool new store concept, IKEA selling on Tmall, Burlington exiting e-commerce, and the canary in the coal mine that…
As part of our ongoing Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton sits down with Rigado's Chief Revenue Officer and fellow Stanford alum Kevin Tate to learn about edge computing, bluetooth connectivity, and the many use cases across retail where it all can be applied. Sometimes the simplest answers can often…
In this week's episode of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia Systems, the gang delivers one of the funniest episodes yet. Carter questions verb choices, Anne gets really emotional about coffee, and Chris even confuses 7-Up for 7-Eleven. Yet, somehow, it all comes together as they…
In this week's Fast Five podcast, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia Systems, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga broadcast from their Omni Talk headquarters at eTail West (aka an Airbnb) and talk Walmart's new health hub initiative, Amazon's new 10,000 square foot grocery store and microfulfillment center partnership with Dematic, Libra…
In this latest episode of the Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss Walmart's tough earnings report and what it could portend for the future, Bed Bath & Beyond's new turnaround plan, one of the worst promotions ever from…
Chris Walton sits down with Bill Stenger, Director of Food Solutions at Knapp, to discuss Knapp's long history with robotics, the changing e-grocery landscape and varying options for delivery, and the how and why Knapp will be a central player in the evolution of hyperlocal microfulfillment by way of its…
Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen and Emma the Intern are together again, in this week's edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five sponsored by Trigo, to discuss the end of Brandless and Fourpost, Pinterest upping its e-commerce game, Starbucks' new plans for airports, and one of the biggest WTF's…
In this week's episode of the Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern are all together to discuss Macy's impending store closures and layoffs, a Target & Casper deal gone bad, the new Amazon Echo Show, Staples' new store, and 7-Eleven opening…
In this week's episode of the Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern debate the merits of J.Crew's new CEO hire, the sexiness of Amazon's new pop-up stores, Carvana's expansion, Vitamin Shoppe getting hot and sweaty with LA Fitness, and a random story Anne…
Chris Walton shows his loyal Omni Talk followers how easy it is and what a great customer experience it is to pick up your order at Starbucks new pickup only store in Penn Plaza, New York City.
Chris Walton of Omni Talk stops by Starbucks' new Pickup Only Store in New York City to see what all the fuss is about. Even the Starbucks lights are bright in New York City!
In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Carter Jensen, and Emma the intern discuss the top weekly headlines from the world of retail, while Anne Mezzenga is on vacation in sunny Florida. This week the gang talks Google's new shopping features, Intel and Area 15,…
