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

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Sept. 7, 2026

The Future-Proof Warehouse Rethinking Logistics for What’s Next | Spotlight Series

In this Retail Technology Spotlight series, Chris Walton sits down with Julian Sellan, Senior Supply Chain Engineer at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, and Nick Cianfarani, Senior Account Manager at Dematic, to explore one of the biggest questions facing supply chain leaders today: How do you decide when it's time to upgrade your logistics network and when is it smarter to start over? Through the lens of Southern Glazer's ongoing network transformation, Julian and Nick break down what goes into
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Aug. 31, 2026

Welcome to the Age of "Supervised Automation"

In this Retail Technology Spotlight series, Chris Walton sits down with Antons Sapriko, Founder and CEO of Scandiweb, to explore just how far AI has already gone in running the operational layers behind retail and what happens when employees shift from doing the work to supervising the systems doing it for them. Antons breaks down the evolution from AI assistance to what Scandiweb calls "supervised automation," where AI increasingly handles everything from personalization and pricing logic to p
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June 29, 2026

Radios Are Dead and Here Is What Comes Next for Retail Store Ops

In this Retail Technology Spotlight series, Chris Walton sits down with Soroosh Seyhoon, Chief Revenue Officer at Zello, to explore how capturing and analyzing frontline voice data is transforming the way retailers understand and manage store operations. From AI-powered in-ear assistants to real-time operational intelligence, Soroosh explains why the conversations happening on the sales floor represent an untapped goldmine of data that most retailers are completely ignoring. Drawing from deploy
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May 26, 2026

GLP-1s and SNAP Changes Are Rewriting Grocery Merchandising | Spotlight Series

In this Retail Technology Spotlight episode, Chris Walton sits down with Kevin Billings, Vice President of Business Development at Sifter Solutions, to unpack how GLP-1 medications, SNAP legislation, and nutrition focused merchandising are reshaping the future of grocery retail. From state-by-state SNAP restrictions to hyper personalized shopping experiences powered by nutrition data, Kevin explains why retailers can no longer afford to treat food intelligence as a niche capability. Drawing fro
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May 18, 2026

Retail AI Is Moving Fast. Most Companies Aren’t Ready

In this Retail Technology Spotlight episode, Judah Berger, AI Product Manager at Unframe.ai, joins Omni Talk to explore one of the biggest questions facing retail leaders today: how do you actually implement AI across an organization without creating operational chaos? Judah works directly with enterprises to turn AI from an exciting concept into scalable systems that solve real business problems, helping companies identify inefficiencies, design AI powered workflows, and deploy solutions employ
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April 20, 2026

Half Your Ads Don't Work, So Here's How to Know Which Half Will

In this Retail Technology Spotlight episode, Armen Mkrtchyan, CEO and co-founder of Extuitive, joins Omni Talk to tackle one of the oldest problems in advertising and to show how AI is finally cracking it. John Wanamaker famously said, "Half of my ads don't work. I just don't know which half." Nearly 200 years later, that problem hasn't gone away. It's actually gotten worse. Armen breaks down how Extuitive's AD Intelligence Engine uses a fusion of real consumer panel data (150,000 people, compl