Chris Walton discusses with Sam's Club CEO Kath McLay the important role Sam's Club Now and concept testing plays in her company's overall strategy.
Anne Mezzenga sits down with the woman who created the line of button-down shirts loved and adored by many, including Angelina Jolie and Meghan Markle. Audrey has had quite the career and she shares it ALL in this podcast: how a call from Oprah resulted in launching her first, full…
Omni Talk's Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Ali Ahmed, CEO and Co-Founder of Robomart to talk about how Ali's company is using autonomous Robomarts to bring stores safely to customers.
In this week’s edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss the plans to reopen malls, Shopify’s new consumer app, Poshmark getting into video commerce, the absurdity of VR retail, and close with a defense of the…
Chris Walton sits down with Sam's Club new CEO Kath McLay to discuss her observations and priorities after the first 100 days on the job and the baptism by fire that is COVID-19. She and Chris talk innovation, culture, and Kath even reveals a couple of secrets that she believes…
Chris Walton of Omni Talk discusses Sam's Club's new "Shop from Your Car" concierge service for elderly and at-risk club members, along with product management theory, the practice of innovation, and the foundational elements of omnichannel retailing.
Eddie Garcia, SVP and Chief Product Officer at Sam's Club, explains the broad definition of his full product management responsibilities to Chris Walton of Omni Talk.
Sam's Club SVP and Chief Product Officer Eddie Garcia relays to Chris Walton of Omni Talk how Sam's Club's new "Shop from Your Car" concierge service works at all 600 of its locations in response to COVID-19. For more on Sam's Club's new service, click here: https://corporate.samsclub.com/business/sams-club-introduces-special-shopping-hours-concierge-service-for-seniors-and-those-at-risk
Omni Talk's Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga had the special pleasure of interviewing the 2020 Insignia Pitch Slam Winners, Dustin and Christina Finkel, Co-Founders of the snack brand, Ka-Pop! as part of this Spotlight Series. Dustin and Christina share some vital lessons for young brands in this episode; from prepping…
Chris Weaver, Head of Brand for Cotton On Kids, joins Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga and a live audience to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on the apparel industry. Chris walks the audience through the plans Cotton On has put in place to try and maintain customer satisfaction and manage…
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…
