"If you still start building your #firstpartydata system today, it will take you a good two years...we have less than about eight or nine months for the deprecation of #thirdpartycookies." Many #DTC, #retail, and #brand #marketing teams have been SO busy (i.e., surviving a #pandemic) they've not started building #firstpartydata…
"Back in the 80s you could drive big improvement by getting a thousand stores to do the same three things every day. But now, the next wave of improving opportunities are #local to the store." Julian Mills CEO of #Quorso sat down with Chris Walton for his latest #askanexpert series…
Did you include "Swiss Army Knife Skills" in your last #storeops job description? Probably not. Increased demand for #storefulfillment has forced #stores to become Swiss Army Knives and their #employees masters at operating them. Quorso CEO Julian Mills explains in this clip how they're helping #retailers build #agilestores by providing…
As NetElixir CEO and Founder Udayan Bose says, Chief Marketing Officers and e-commerce marketing teams have been running on a treadmill at 10 mph since the pandemic began. And, now just when they don't need another wrench thrown into things, iOS updates have eliminated third-party cookies, turning up the heat…
Procrastinators, and #malls or #retailers who cater to procrastinators, Rejoice! 🙌 Once your #mall is fully operational online, your last-minute customers can do things like can purchase goods from multiple #mallretailers and have them gift-wrapped, and delivered #curbside by mall concierge that same day, all in one transaction. Sound too…
A few years ago, Adam Siegel came to Omni Talk and said he was leaving his position at RILA to found a startup he believed could revolutionize resale by giving brands a new way for their existing customers to resell the products they had previously purchased from them online and…
In our latest #askanexpert series, Chris Walton and Adeptmind Managing Director Jesse Michael sit down to talk about how their platform is bringing the (entire) #shoppingmall online. In this clip, Jesse Michael outlines how Adeptmind is working with #mall owners to future-proof their #shoppingcenters and the variety of ways to…
n 2020, Adeptmind made headlines with plans to make Centennial Mall properties fully shoppable online, and just last month this plan became a reality. Consumers can now shop over 2.0 million skus across a bevy of retailers at Centennial’s MainPlace mall for both delivery and pickup. That's 2.0 million plus…
Natalie Williams shares in this clip the million-dollar question NielsenIQ's new Omni Shopper platform is answering for #CPGs and #retailers. Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sat down with Natalie Williams and Liz Buchanan of NielsenIQ last week to discuss how #retailers and #brands can use Omni Shopper to maintain a…
In this clip from the latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Liz Buchanan shares with Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga how NielsenIQ's new Omnishopper Solution now provides merchants and category managers visibility into their market performance via online data in ways they never had at their fingertips before. To watch the…
NielsenIQ recently unveiled its new Omnishopper solution to enhance the industry’s understanding of omnishopping consumer behavior across the U.S. marketplace. In the latest edition of their Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss the launch with Liz Buchanan and Natalie Williams of NielsenIQ and learn how the…
Kristin Kohler Burrows Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group tells Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga #retailers and #brands should be making these changes to their business NOW. Find out what they are in this clip, and for the full interview with Kristin Kohler Burrows and David…
David Ritter Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal coming through in the clutch in this latest #askanexpert series where he shares with Chris Walton & Anne Mezzenga the biggest thing retailers should be paying attention to, but aren't. Catch this clip to get his answer and for the full interview…
We saved one of our best for last. Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga caught up with Fetch Rewards, Inc. CEO & Founder Wes Schroll and were absolutely amazed by all that Wes and his team can do with the #fetchrewards platform. From bridging the data gap between #physical and #digital…
#grocers - Want to increase monthly store trips x4 AND reduce food waste? The answer should be a resounding YES! Flashfood Chief Marketplace Officer Eric Tribe fills Chris Walton & Anne Mezzenga in on how #flashfood makes it possible for #grocerystores to increase revenue and gain customers while solving big…
"If you could clean my store that deeply, why wouldn't you?" Peter Veloz CEO of UltraViolet Devices, Inc. and Tim Rowland CEO of Badger Technologies tell Chris Walton & Anne Mezzenga in this clip why #retailexecutives need to plan for maintaining a safety standard in-store on a permanent basis and…
"There are no average customers." This is why having real-time customer data at your fingertips is so important for #retailers, and especially #grocers in this new world of constantly evolving customer expectations. Chris Walton and 1010data Chief Product Officer Jonah Ellin discuss how #groceryretailers, #bigboxretail, and others can modify their…
This clip features Tim Rowland CEO of Badger Technologies & Peter Veloz CEO of UltraViolet Devices, Inc. Robots and UV cleaning, oh my! Tim Rowland explains why robots are the best automatons for the "4 D's," jobs that are dirty, dangerous, dull, and difficult, and that includes #disinfecting #grocerystores. For…
We promised a solid lineup for #groceryshopmeetup and here it is! In this clip, Lindon Gao, CEO at Caper, shares with Chris Walton & Anne Mezzenga why Kroger chose the #retailstartup for their first #KroGO cart, and how Amazon's Fresh stores helped accelerate the market for #smartcarts like theirs. For…
Between February-April 2020 - Instacart gained 19 share points, and it appears that the sky's the limit for the #lastmiledelivery provider. Chris Walton dug deep into the last year of grocery stats (you can also access them here: https://omnitalk.blog/1010-state-of-grocery-report-march-2021/) as part of his #askanexpert series with Jonah Ellin Chief Product…
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. "Adulting," as Wes puts it, and living on his own during college, Wes couldn't understand why retailers and brands asked consumers to jump…
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=burdDUj6f6w). Much has been said over the great smart cart debate of…
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. Did you know 30-40% of all food ends up in a landfill? That is the origin story behind Flashfood, the fast growing startup whose…
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). Coming off the success of its robotics implementations with Stop & Shop, the…