Episodes
March 8, 2021
Spotlight Series | Smart Cart Confessions With Caper CEO Lindon Gao
In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by 1010data, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Caper CEO Lindon Gao hot off his company’s new smart cart pilot implementation with Kroger (see video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=burdDUj6f6w).
March 8, 2021
Spotlight Series | Reimagining Loyalty With Fetch Rewards CEO Wes Schroll
In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by 1010data, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Wes Schroll, Founder and CEO Fetch Rewards.
March 6, 2021
Spotlight Series | How Robots Will Soon Disinfect Grocery Stores With Badger Technologies & UVDI CEOs Tim Rowland & Peter Veloz
In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by 1010data, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Tim Rowland, CEO of Badger Technologies, and Peter Veloz, CEO UltraViolet Devices Inc. (or UVDI for short).
March 6, 2021
Spotlight Series | Reducing Grocery Waste With Flashfood Chief Marketplace Officer Eric Tribe
In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by 1010data, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Eric Tribe, Chief Marketplace Officer Flashfood.
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.