Retail Technology Spotlight Series

Retail Technology Spotlight Series

Omni Talk Retail Hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with the people and the companies building technology that will shape the future of retail.

Recent Episodes

The First Real-Time Grocery Price Comparison App? Inside Grocery Dealz’ National Expansion
Feb. 24, 2026

The First Real-Time Grocery Price Comparison App? Inside Grocery Dealz’ National Expansion

In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode from Omni Talk Retail, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga welcome back Grocery Dealz co-CEOs Matt Goynes and Micheal Waldroup to unpack the rapid national expansion of their real...
Why Your Retail AI Strategy Is Probably Wrong (And How to Fix It)
Feb. 9, 2026

Why Your Retail AI Strategy Is Probably Wrong (And How to Fix It)

In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode, Chris Walton sits down with Experion Technologies' Mahesh Vijayaraghavan (VP of Retail & Consumer Goods) and Siraj Alimohamed (Global Head of Data & AI) to cut through the A...
Agentic Commerce At NRF & The Real AI Takeaways Microsoft Thinks Retailers Need Now
Jan. 19, 2026

Agentic Commerce At NRF & The Real AI Takeaways Microsoft Thinks Retailers Need Now

In this Retail Technology Spotlight episode, Amy Vener, Global Retail & Consumer Goods Marketing Director for Commercial Cloud & AI at Microsoft, joins Omni Talk to unpack the main takeaways from NRF and where retailers shoul...
Handheld vs. Overhead RFID Debate: The Final Countdown For More Exact Inventory Counts
Dec. 15, 2025

Handheld vs. Overhead RFID Debate: The Final Countdown For More Exact Inventory Counts

Specialty retailers keep asking us: handheld scanners or overhead readers? So we settled it the only way we know how: with a knockdown, dragout debate between two RFID experts. In this Retail Technology Spotlight, Anne Mezzen...
Physical AI: What It Is & How IoT Will Combine With AI To Make Retail Operations Self-Aware
Dec. 9, 2025

Physical AI: What It Is & How IoT Will Combine With AI To Make Retail Operations Self-Aware

In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode, Doron Hazan, Director of Data, Product, and AI at Wiliot, joins Omni Talk to discuss the concept of "physical AI" and how it ultimately improve retail operations from the gr...
How Wiliot's Nationwide Walmart Rollout Could Prevent Millions In Food Waste
Nov. 10, 2025

How Wiliot's Nationwide Walmart Rollout Could Prevent Millions In Food Waste

In this Retail Technology Spotlight episode, Nick Matthews, VP of Solutions and Architecture at Wiliot, joins Omni Talk to reveal how Walmart is deploying Bluetooth-enabled IoT technology across all 4,600 U.S. stores and 40 d...