Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
One of Omni Talk’s all-time favorite guests, David Sobie, CEO Happy Returns, returns to the Omni Talk Spotlight Series to update Chris and Anne on the major announcements from his company over the last weeks — specifically, the new partnerships with FedEx and Inmar Intelligence.
Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern welcome special guest Oliver Banks to talk all things Shopify, Amazon, Happy Returns, robots, and English cinema.
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with BlackLine Chief Transformation Officer Tammy Coley to discuss how thinking differently about one’s accounting systems and processes can make a big difference in both strategy and operational efficiency.
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.
In the October 15th, 2020 edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern talk Prime Day, Walmart, Dollar General, Standard Cognition, Gamestop, GoPuff and more.
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.
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.
This week Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern go Gen Z talking Venmo, cooler screens, Gucci and the RealReal, Instagram, and Walmart’s Medicare plans — well, maybe that last one isn’t all that Gen Z 🙂
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.
The Omni Talk gang talks Amazon’s new pay with your palm tech, Walmart+, Alibaba, Instacart, and Kroger’s latest effort to downsize its Ocado investments on the best weekly breakdown of the top headlines in retail.
Chris and Anne interview Shoptalk CEO Anil Aggarwal and ask him what to expect from Shoptalk Meetup in October 2020.
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern get warm and fuzzy talking Jeff Bezos and his new preschool, Walmart Plus Up, Mall of America’s new space dedicated to local businesses, GOAT’s funding round, and the future of online marketplaces.
In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by FastSensor and Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern break down Apple’s big fitness subscription news, Sam’s Club’s Scan & Go at the pump, Amazon suburban warehouses and its new luxury play, and poke a little much needed fun at made up retail holidays and all the PR hype around the newest one — 10/10.
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.
Quorso first caught Omni Talk’s attention a few months ago, right when the pandemic hit. As former store-level and HQ-level retail executives, Chris and Anne have always wondered if there were better ways for both sides of a retail organization to connect and to optimize performance around clearer priorities, and COVID-19 has only brought that question to the forefront even more.
While many decisions in retail get made by the loudest voices in the room or just trickle down from the top, they could and should, especially during a crisis, come from all directions and be prioritized around what matters most, iteratively, over time.
In reality, as Julian elucidates, retail management, especially at the store level, should be no different from agile software development. It is just that retailers have never had the tools to help them run a store in this manner before.
Julian shares how Quorso’s weekly performance platform works, how it prioritizes decisions, and how it helps leaders drive accountability and personal attachment through real-time metrics monitoring and feedback down through every level of an organization.
This just may be the most important retail technology podcast of the entire pandemic or at least one that will get you thinking differently. For, without leadership, accountability, and shared goals, not even the best of the best technology matters.
In their latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series interview, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga chat with FIT:MATCH Founder and CEO Haniff Brown.
Haniff shares his unique background and inspiration for FIT:MATCH, a startup that is making waves in the virtual try-on space. With implementations already in the books at a number of Brookfield Properties’ sites, Haniff and his team are attempting to change the way consumers shop for clothes.
Walk into any one of their virtual fitting rooms and within moments consumers can expect to have detailed view of their fit and body type as well as understand what products are right for them across a myriad of apparel retailers.
This podcast will challenge your thinking about everything from online personalization to what the roles and looks of physical stores and fitting rooms may actually be in the future.
Omni Talk is the retail blog for retailers, written by retailers. Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga founded Omni Talk in 2017 and have quickly turned it into one of the fastest growing blogs in retail. Know More →
