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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 Venmo, the rumors that Aldi is getting into the checkout-free technology game, 7-Eleven…

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July 30, 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 Belk and JC Penney, Neiman Marcus calling it quits at Hudson Yards, all of retail closing…

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July 23, 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 that right), LL Bean's decision to broaden its distribution, Domino's new 'fortressing' strategy, and Amazon…

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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 Amazon's new Dash Smart Shopping Cart, Klarna's Gen-Z shopping event,…

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July 14, 2020

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

Omni Talk's Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga turn their video 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 and Anne sit down with Syte VP of Marketing Gal Fontyn to…

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July 9, 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+, Amazon Prime Day moving to October, Harrod's getting into the outlet business, Instagram's new…

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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.

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July 2, 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 sure what to make of Walgreens' new small format tests, rave about Nike building smaller store footprints, and…

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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 Factory Outlets is taking off-price digital, while TJX continues to sit on the…

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June 18, 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 Sporting Goods' new store formats, and Chris goes on a rant for the ages about how…

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June 15, 2020

Eddie Garcia of Sam's Club Discusses the Foundational Elements Omnichannel Innovation

SVP and Chief Product Officer for Sam's Club, Eddie Garcia, discusses the importance of service based architecture and cloud commerce with Chris Walton of Omni Talk.

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June 12, 2020

The Future Of Couponing And Media With DIGITS CEO, David Glaza

Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Third Haus member and former Target Carthweel Lead and now CEO/Founder of DIGITS, David Glaza. They discuss everything surrounding digital couponing, who the players are to watch in the space, what brands and retailers can be doing right now to stay on top of…

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June 12, 2020

Fast Five: Zara Closes Stores & We Say Good-Bye to Carter

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern send Carter Jensen off in his style for his last show before heading to a big new job. We talk Zara's store closures, Klarna's new loyalty program, Canada Goose tightening its distribution,…

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June 5, 2020

Walmart & ThredUP Is Walmart's Best Digital Move Of Recent Memory

Walmart and thredUP announced their partnership this week, which places 750,000 thredUP products on Walmart.com and provides customers the option to return ThredUP products at participating Walmart locations. Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and the Omni Talk team discuss why the move could be pure brilliance.

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June 2, 2020

Looking Great From Head To Waist with Expert Stylist Ann Marshik

Part II in the Omni Talk Series Looking Great From Head To Waist With Expert Stylist Ann Marshik. You can follow Ann at @annmarshikstyle on Instagram or reach out at annmarshik.com. For a list of the products highlighted in this video, leave a note in the comments. Tips: Emergency... have…

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May 29, 2020

Fast Five: Walmart Threds UP and a Special Guest Appearance by Steve Dennis

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff and Trigo, Steve Dennis stops by to talk Gucci reframing the fashion calendar, while Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss what Chris thinks is huge news surrounding Walmart and ThredUP, the team's collective thumbs down…

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May 22, 2020

Looking Great From Head To Waist On Zoom With Beauty Expert Sal Rodriguez

This is Omni Talk's first part in a two-part series, Looking Great From Head To Waist. In this first segment, Anne Mezzenga speaks with Beauty Expert, Sal Rodriguez, on the 3 things you can do to get your face ready for a last-minute zoom call, plus other tips and tricks…

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May 21, 2020

Fast Five: Facebook Shops & The Great Amazon/JCP Debate

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five podcast, sponsored by Takeoff and Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss Facebook Shops, dining booking platforms in retailing, Shopify's new banking tools, Walmart and Target's latest earnings releases, and hold one of the all-time great Fast Five…

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May 15, 2020

Fast Five: Pepsi the Choice of a New COVID Generation?

In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern talk Pepsi getting its DTC game on with the launch of snacks.com, Shipt and Quotient putting the numerator over the denominator in the world of digital couponing, Target's interesting acquisition…

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May 15, 2020

May the 4th be with you - A Special May 4th Edition of the Omni Talk Top Talk.

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May 7, 2020

Fast Five: Walmart Express is Unanimously Tone Deaf

In the latest Omni Talk Fast Five podcast, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss an ill-timed delivery move by Walmart, the zany feud between JCP and Sephora, J.Crew filing for bankruptcy, a licensing move from Gap that will do absolutely nothing for…

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May 7, 2020

Special Report: American Dream Co-CEO Mark Ghermezian

Omni Talk's Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview American Dream Co-CEO Mark Ghermezian to discuss his strategy for launching what he calls the country's newest, not shopping mall, but "experience center." Mark shares how he and the American Dream team are preparing for re-opening in a post-COVID world, what role…

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May 6, 2020

Sam's Club CEO Kath McLay Plays How Millennial Are You?

We couldn't let Kath get out of the interview without playing our favorite game at Omni Talk -- How Millenial Are You? She does a stellar job and be sure to stay until the end when she shares her favorite guilty Instagram follows.

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May 6, 2020

Sam's Club CEO Shares Her Company's 'Delightful' Secret Sauce

Chris Walton gets Sam's Club CEO Kath McLay to admit that her company's product mindset is quite possibly one of the "delightful" special ingredients that makes Sam's Club so special.

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