Fast Five | Toys R Us Is Back And Macy’s Does Something Out Of Character
In this week’s podcast, Chris and Anne talk the past week’s sales results, the return of TRU, Macy’s NFTs, Boxed, and how to put a stop to smash and grab retail crime.
Fast Five | We’re Jaded About Target But Geeked Up For Amazon Go Starbucks
In this week’s podcast, Chris and Anne discuss the many Amazon Go related announcements of the past week, get conflicted over Target’s Thanksgiving plans, examine Kroger and Google’s relationship, and throw shade at Best Buy.
Five Insightful Minutes With A&M’s Jonathan Sharp
A&M’s Jonathan Sharp gets hit with tough questions as he shares the most important insights from the A&M Consumer & Retail Group’s Fall 2021 Consumer Sentiment Survey in just five minutes!
Fast Five | A&M Stops By To Talk Casper, Retail Media Networks, & The Delivery Wars
In this week’s podcast, A&M’s Chad Lusk and Abhinav Chandra join Chris and Anne to discuss Casper going private, Albertsons’ new media network, and the latest from Getir, Instacart, and GoPuff.
Spotlight Series | Inventory Accuracy Got You Down? RFID Is An Easy Way to Cure What Ails You
Avery Dennison’s Kris Barton and Detego’s Umesh Cooduvalli join Chris Walton to discuss why RFID will soon be a centerpiece technology for omnichannel retailing excellence.
Ask An Expert | Microsoft’s 5 Retail Technologies To Bet On In 2022
Microsoft’s Chris Dieringer and Ricardo Belmar sit down with Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss the Top 5 Retail Tech Trends Microsoft Would Bet On For 2022.
Fast Five | Amazon To Take Venmo, Bezos Flexes For Leo, & Nike Cozies Up With Dick’s
In this week’s podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Amazon taking Venmo, Sobey’s new flex store, NFTs for Singles’ Day, Nike and Dick’s, YouTube commerce, and the craziest picture of Jeff Bezos you have ever seen!
Fast Five | Bottoms Up To The Metaverse, Thumbs Down To Bed Bath & Kroger
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five podcast, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga break down the week’s top retail news, including Kroger and Bed Bath, Nike and the metaverse, Uber Eats, Amazon Fresh, and the latest checkout-free noise from Circle K.
Fast Five | ‘Backup’ Target There’s A New Amazon Pickup Option In Town
In this week’s podcast, the A&M Consumer & Retail Group’s David Ritter and David Brown join Chris and Anne to talk Target’s new same-day options, Amazon Local Selling, PayPal acquiring Pinterest and much, much more!
Fast Five | Tesco Takes On Amazon Go While Instacart Jumps The Shark With Caper
In this week’s podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Tesco and Trigo’s new checkout-free store in London, the foolishness of Instacart’s Caper acquisition, Best Buy piloting Scan-&-Go, GoPuff in NYC, and the always unimaginative Walmart+.
Ask An Expert | Revisiting The Case For Resale With Recurate VP Brand Success Cynthia Power
Omni Talk Expert Cynthia Power, Recurate VP Brand Success, joins Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the various approaches retailers and brands can take to attack the resale market.
Fast Five | If Macys.com Gets Overvalued By An Irrational Investor, Does It Make A Noise?
In this week’s Fast Five, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss a Macy’s e-commerce spinoff, Simon and Klarna, Kroger making moves in the Northeast, Facebook pop-ups, and drive-thru grocery.
Ask An Expert | How To Save The Drowning Store Employee with Quorso CEO Julian Mills
Omni Talk expert Julian Mills of Quorso joins Chris Walton to discuss all the ways agile store operations can help already very overworked retail store employees
Ask An Expert | Making The Mall Of America Shoppable Online With Jesse Michael & Grant Buntje
Jesse Michael, Managing Director at Adeptmind, returns to the Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series with Mall of America’s VP Marketing Grant Buntje to discuss all that it takes to make the Mall of America shoppable online.
Fast Five | Amazon Wins Black Friday Again With New Gift Giving Feature
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, Chris and Anne talk Target’s holiday price matching policy, Amazon’s new gift-giving feature, Gopuff’s new store concept, Aldi Nord’s new checkout-free store, and Sunbasket now on Instacart.
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.