Episodes

Feb. 20, 2021

Spotlight Series | Driving Revenue Through Fraud Prevention With Indy Guha, CMO Signifyd

In the latest episode of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Indy Guha, Chief Marketing Officer at Signifyd, joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss the topic of fraud prevention and how to think about it not as a cost reduction activity but as a revenue generating opportunity.
Feb. 2, 2021

Spotlight Series | Unlocking the Value of RFID with Marshall Kay & JP Kamel, aka the RFID Sherpas

In the latest episode of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Marshall Kay and JP Kamel, or as those in the know call them, the RFID Sherpas.
Jan. 5, 2021

Spotlight Podcast | Email As A Commerce Platform With Ryth Martin, CEO Skipify

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Skipify CEO and Founder, Ryth Martin.
Jan. 5, 2021

Spotlight Series | Digitizing Apparel Buying with Kristin Savilia, CEO JOOR

In the latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview one of their favorite people in retail technology, Kristin Savilia, CEO JOOR.
Nov. 12, 2020

Spotlight Series | Tony Shan Head of Tmall Americas Talks Tmall’s Overseas Fulfillment Program

Any brand considering business in China should watch this interview — it is a perfect illustration of how to work smarter and not harder.
Nov. 3, 2020

Spotlight Series | Happy Returns CEO David Sobie Discusses New FedEx Partnership

One of Omni Talk’s all-time favorite guests, David Sobie, CEO Happy Returns, returns to the Omni Talk Spotlight Series to update Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga on a couple of major announcements from his company over the last few weeks — specifically, the recently announced partnerships with FedEx and Inmar Intelligence.
Oct. 26, 2020

Spotlight Series | BlackLine Chief Transformation Officer Tammy Coley*

You have probably never thought about accounting as a secret weapon, but it is.
Oct. 19, 2020

Spotlight Series | Stacey Shulman VP IoT Group Intel Corporation*

In our latest episode of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss all things retail and IoT with Stacey Shulman, VP Internet of Things Group & GM Health and Life Sciences and Emerging Technology.
Oct. 12, 2020

Spotlight Podcast | Collaboration & ROI Through Data with Inna Kuznetsova, CEO 1010data*

Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Inna Kuznetsova, CEO 1010 data about the value of data in creating long-term collaborative partnerships across retailers and suppliers.
Oct. 8, 2020

Spotlight Series | Making Malls Shoppable Online with Jesse Michael, Managing Director Adeptmind

Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Jesse Michael, Managing Director Adeptmind, to discuss all things malls and e-commerce in the latest edition of their ever popular Omni Talk Spotlight Series.
Oct. 2, 2020

Spotlight Series | The Ins & Outs of Scan-&-Go Retail with Justin Corbell VP Scandit*

In the latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Justin Corbell, VP Business Development Scandit, to discuss the future of scan-and-go checkout-free retail and the future of in-store operations.
Sept. 29, 2020

Reimagining Shoptalk with Shoptalk CEO Anil Aggarwal

Shoptalk CEO Anil Aggarwal sits down with Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to talk innovation and retail in their latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series episode.
Sept. 15, 2020

Spotlight Series | Store Management As An Agile Product with Quorso CEO Julian Mills

Julian Mills, CEO of Quorso, sits down with Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga for the latest edition of their Omni Talk Spotlight Series, the series that highlights the people, the companies, and the technologies changing the future of retail.
Sept. 11, 2020

Spotlight Series | The Future of Virtual Try-On with FIT:MATCH CEO Haniff Brown

In their latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series interview, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga chat with FIT:MATCH Founder and CEO Haniff Brown.
Sept. 9, 2020

Spotlight Series Podcast | Standard Cognition CEO Jordan Fisher

In our latest Spotlight Series podcast, Anne and I interview Jordan Fisher, CEO of Standard Cognition, about the future of checkout-free retail.
Aug. 26, 2020

Spotlight Series | Walmart’s Tennille Webb on Being First Retailer To Roll-Out Lactation Pods

A new podcast is live — “Spotlight Series: Walmart’s Tennille Webb on Being First Retailer To Roll-Out Lactation Pods”
Aug. 18, 2020

Spotlight Series | FastSensor EVP Kalon Welch Discusses Active Distance Alert Monitoring

A new podcast is live — “Spotlight Series: FastSensor EVP Kalon Welch Discusses Active Distance Alert Monitoring”
Aug. 11, 2020

Spotlight Series | Numerator VP of Retail Sales Sara Batchelder

Our latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series podcast is now live — Numerator VP of Retail Sales Sara Batchelder
July 8, 2020

Spotlight Series | Removing the “Store” from BOPIS with Parcel Pending SVP of Retail Kate Reidel

BOPIS is all the rage right now, but what if the “S” in BOPIS didn’t have to refer to the word “Store?” That is the question Anne and Chris ask Parcel Pending SVP of Retail, Kate Reidel, in the latest episode of their Omni Talk Spotlight Series.
April 30, 2020

Spotlight Series | Sam’s Club CEO Kath McLay & Her First 100 Days Amid COVID-19

In Omni Talk’s latest Spotlight Series podcast, 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 the secrets that she believes (and we agree) make Sam’s Club one of the most innovative retailers in America.
April 29, 2020

Spotlight Series | Ka-Pop! Co-Founders and Insignia Pitch Slam Winners Dustin & Christina Finkel

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 their ongoing Spotlight Series.
April 21, 2020

Spotlight Series: Anonymous Location Tracking & Alert Monitoring with Kalon Welch of FastSensor [Podcast]

A new podcast is live — “Spotlight Series: Anonymous Location Tracking & Alert Monitoring with Kalon Welch of FastSensor”
April 14, 2020

Spotlight Podcast | Basketful Co-Founders Eugene Burd and Jim Lesch

Chris and Anne 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. It’s a technology that could prove super useful right now, and one about which you will want to learn more.
March 31, 2020

Spotlight Podcast: Managing Retail Data Privacy with IntraEdge President, Dan Clarke

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.