Veloq, and SmartScout Chris Walton welcomes back resident talent expert Jenn Hahn, founder and CEO of J Recruiting Services. And the timing couldn’t be better. With retail layoffs, AI reshaping hiring decisions, and the holiday shopping season already underway, Chris and Jenn have plenty to unpack about where retail is…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and new Fast Five sponsor SmartScout, Chris Walton welcomes his good friend Richard McKenzie into the guest hosting chair for the very first time. And Richard came prepared. Very prepared.…
In this week’s OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton takes on the Fast Five solo for the first time, with Producer Ella stepping in to put him on the spot with questions from the…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton is joined by Omni Talk contributor and GrocerTalk host Ben Miller for another round of Fast Five fun, recorded live from the Vusion podcast studio…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by J Recruiting Services’ Josh Hahn to break down Walmart’s latest delivery expansion with Papa John’s, Macy’s fifth straight quarter of comparable-sales growth,…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by Shelley Huff, former CEO of Serta Simmons Bedding and former Walmart executive, to break down Amazon’s Labor Day grocery push, Ulta’s backlash…
the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by guest host Joe Laszlo, US Head of Content & Insights at Shop Talk, to break down Target’s full-year outlook raise, Home Depot’s nationwide express delivery push, JCPenney’s off-price "Retail Regret" marketing…
In this week’s OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by Jenn Hahn of J Recruiting Services to break down Kroger’s new chief e-commerce officer, Best Buy’s smaller-format strategy, Ahold Delhaize’s savings kiosks,…
In this week's OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by Josh Hahn of J Recruiting Services (formerly Meijer and Sports Authority) to break down the week's biggest retail stories, from Gap turning…
In this week's OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris Walton was joined by Alex Brakebill and Brandon Pezely of the A&M Consumer and Retail Group to break down the week's biggest retail stories, from DoorDash's…
In this week's OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by Shelley Huff, CEO + Co-Founder of The Interval, and Chris Niesen, Founder of Peloton One Consulting and author of the Retail in Real Time…
In this week's OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by recurring Fast Five favorite Ben Miller, independent retail analyst and former VP of Content at Shoptalk, to discuss how AI, grocery consolidation, and evolving…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by J Recruiting Services Founder and CEO Jenn Hahn for a Fast Five that explored what it really takes for retailers to keep pace…
In this week’s OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by retail analyst Ben Miller for a discussion on the biggest stories shaping retail today. The episode opens with Ben reflecting on his departure from…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by Gartner analyst Chap Achen to unpack a Fast Five lineup centered on the future of discovery, delivery, and the growing role of AI…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by former Serta Simmons CEO and The Interval co-founder Shelley Huff to unpack a Fast Five lineup that offered a clear glimpse into where…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by Laura Kennedy, retail strategist formerly of CB Insights and Kantar, for a Fast Five episode centered around one of retail’s biggest questions right…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Quorso, Ocampo Capital, and Veloq, Chris Walton was joined by A&M Consumer and Retail Group's Kelly Carey and Chad Lusk for one of the most wide-ranging and thought-provoking Fast Five episodes yet. Coming…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton and special guest Kathryn Mazza, former Chief Marketing Officer at Hy-Vee, former President of RedMedia, and now Chief Growth Officer at Barrows Connected Store, discussed: Coming…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton and special guest Jenn Hahn, Founder & CEO of J Recruiting Services and host of Candid with Candidates, discussed: Coming out of a week packed with…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton and special guest Shelley Huff, former CEO of Serta Simmons Bedding, former Walmart executive, and current co-founder of The Interval community, discussed: Recorded from opposite…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, recorded live from the floor of the Retail Technology Show 2026 in London, Chris Walton is joined by Shoptalk’s Ben Miller to break down a packed slate of headlines after a marathon day of interviews with retail leaders across the show, in…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton is joined by Jennifer Meyers and John Benson of the A&M Consumer and Retail Group to unpack the week’s biggest retail stories and what they…
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso and Veloq, Chris Walton is joined by guest host Laura Kennedy, Retail Strategist and Analyst, to break down the latest shifts in global commerce. From Bed Bath and Beyond's…