Episodes
June 5, 2023
Spotlight Series | Why Sales Tax Collection Is Only Going To Get More Complicated
Avalara’s Meg Higgins and BigCommerce’s Sharon Gee join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the pressures the omnichannel evolution has placed on retailers’ abilities to collect tax accurately at a local level.
May 29, 2023
Spotlight Series | Revealing The Untold Truths Of Last-Mile Delivery
Openforce CEO Wendy Greenland joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the hidden and messy truths that come with doing last-mile delivery well at scale.
May 1, 2023
Spotlight Series | Why Promotions May Be The Smartest Place To Invest In Data & AI
In the latest episode of our Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, 1010data’s Chief Product Officer Jonah Ellin joined Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss why dedicating data and AI resources to improve promotional effecti...
April 10, 2023
Spotlight Series | A Better Way To Make Last-Mile Deliveries
In this latest episode of our Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Buncha Co-Founder and CEO Bharat Pulgam joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss a smarter way to think about last-mile delivery, i.e. giving customers s...
Feb. 24, 2023
Spotlight Series | The 5 Trends Shaping Retail With Shoptalk’s Krystina Gustafson & Ben Miller
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Shoptalk’s Krystina Gustafson and Ben Miller join Chris and Anne to discuss what they believe are the five trends most shaping retail right now and how they pla...
Feb. 21, 2023
Spotlight Series | Why A Customer Data Platform Is An Essential Component Of Omnichannel Retailing
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Treasure Data Industry Principals Irene Sibaja and Danica Konetski join Chris and Anne to discuss how retailers and CPGs can best leverage a CDP (Customer Data ...
Feb. 15, 2023
Spotlight Series | Launching An Innovation Lab With SAP’s Andre Bechtold
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, SAP’s SVP and Head of Solution & Innovation Experience Andre Bechtold joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what it takes to open up a bona fide retai...
Feb. 13, 2023
Spotlight Series | Why Microfulfillment May Be The Wrong Word With Dematic’s Kim Baudry
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Dematic Market Development Director, Kim Baudry, joins Chris and Anne to discuss the lessons learned from those who invested in microfulfillment early on and wh...
Feb. 6, 2023
Spotlight Series | Real-Time Identity Resolution With Celebrus CEO Bill Bruno
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Celebrus CEO Bill Bruno joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss identity resolution and how integral it is to real-time personalization.
Jan. 9, 2023
Spotlight Series | How To Do Scan-&-Go The Right Way With Shopreme CCO Nico Müller
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Shopreme Chief Customer Officer Nico Müller joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what it takes to make a scan-and-go checkout system really work.
Nov. 14, 2022
Spotlight Series | Closing The Forecasting & Allocation Gap With ToolsGroup CEO Inna Kuznetsova
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, ToolsGroup CEO Inna Kuznetzova joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss how retailers can better align their inventory forecasting and allocation in reco...
Oct. 11, 2022
Spotlight Series | The Fit Tech At Fleet Feet With Volumental CMO Brent Hollowell
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Volumental’s Chief Marketing Officer Brent Hollowell returns to the show to discuss Chris and Anne’s experience trying out Volumental’s new foot scanner technol...
Oct. 10, 2022
Spotlight Series | Why Going To Cloud Is Easier Said Than Done With Silk’s Derek Swanson
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Silk’s Chief Technology Officer Derek Swanson joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss why the idea of just “taking your retail operation to the cloud” i...
Oct. 3, 2022
Spotlight Series | Decoding The Smart Store With SES-imagotag’s Philippe Bottine
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, SES-imagotag’s CEO North America Philippe Bottine joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the key ingredients that go into building a smart store an...
Sept. 26, 2022
2022 OmniStars Spotlight | Raghu Mahadevan Chief Digital Officer 7-Eleven
In this special OmniStars edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, brought to you in partnership with Quorso, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Raghu Mahadevan, the Chief Digital Officer at 7-Eleven, to di...
Sept. 18, 2022
Groceryshop Spotlight | Grocery Tech Trends With Microsoft’s Lisa Griego & Ricardo Belmar
Microsoft’s Lisa Griego and Ricardo Belmar join Chris and Anne to kickoff Omni Talk Retail’s special Groceryshop Spotlight Podcast Series and to highlight the key trends they see shaping grocery over the next year.
Sept. 18, 2022
Groceryshop Spotlight | Why Clean Data Is Essential For Every Retail Media Network With Amperity
In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Amperity’s Head of Product Solutions Matt Hallett and Microsoft’s Sr. Director of Business Strategy for Worldwide Retail & Consumer Goods Mike Edmo...
Sept. 18, 2022
Groceryshop Spotlight | Improving Inventory Visibility At The Front Of The Funnel With Blue Yonder
In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Blue Yonder’s Senior Director of Solutions Strategy Erin Halka and Microsoft’s Director of Retail and Consumer Goods Paula Beckel join Chris and An...
Sept. 18, 2022
Groceryshop Spotlight | Next Generation CPG Pricing At Scale With Flintfox
In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Flintfox’s Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer Cath Brands and Microsoft’s Director of Worldwide Retail and Consumer Goods Partner Strategy Sue Mc...
Sept. 18, 2022
Groceryshop Spotlight | Bringing A Retail Media Network To Life In Store With Cooler Screens
In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Cooler Screens Chief Revenue Officer Lindell Bennett and Microsoft’s Director of Industry Solutions for Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods Robin La...
Sept. 13, 2022
Spotlight Series | The Latest Data On Instacart With 1010data’s Frank Riva
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, 1010data’s VP of Marketing Frank Riva gives Chris and Anne a sneak peek into their soon-to-be-released report on Instacart’s performance for the first half of 2...
Sept. 12, 2022
2022 OmniStars Spotlight | Colin Yankee Chief Supply Chain Officer Tractor Supply Company
In this special OmniStars edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, brought to you in partnership with Quorso, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Tractor Supply Company EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer Col...
Sept. 12, 2022
2022 OmniStars Spotlight | Dilip Kumar VP Amazon Web Services Applications
In this special OmniStars edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, brought to you in partnership with Quorso, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Dilip Kumar, Amazon’s current VP of Amazon Web Services Appli...
Sept. 12, 2022
Spotlight Series | Supercharging A Retail Media Network With accelerate360 CDO Liz Roche
In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, accelerate360’s Chief Data Officer Liz Roche joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss the keys to differentiating content across a Retail Media Network.