Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
In the latest Ask An Expert Series, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Firework’s Head of Commerce and Partnerships Eva Wang to discuss how retailers can offer their customers best-in-class, in-video shopping all on their own digital channels.
Roy Horgan, SES-imagotag’s Group SEVP Strategy, Marketing & Communications, joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what retail stores will look like in the future as they become “smarter.”
In today’s Fast Five podcast, Chris and Anne discuss the implications of Amazon inking its first Just Walk Out technology licensing deal with a U.S. grocer, Macy’s deploying FIT:MATCH’s mobile fit technology, Walmart claiming mounting theft could shutter some of its stores, Dropit’s new concierge shopping service at the Galleria Mall in Houston, and McDonald’s new concept store that delivers mobile order ahead orders via conveyor belt.
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Walmart winning the battle for Black Friday online searches, Target rolling out Starbucks curbside pickup to 250 stores, an AWS retail technology product launch onslaught, Rite Aid’s new small format store concept, and Claire’s opening up shop-in-shops inside of Macy’s.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Sam’s Club aggressively price cutting hot dogs, Best Buy’s virtual store concept, Amazon releasing its Cyber Monday deals early, Shop Premium Outlet expanding its brand portfolio, and Sweetgreen going full-on robotic.
In our latest 5 Insightful Minutes, the A&M Consumer & Retail Group’s Hemant Kalbag shares what strategies retailers should be putting into practice as they head into what could be a very rough Holiday season.
A&M’s Jonathan Sharp and Billy Christensen stop by to discuss Target’s recent struggles along with its new larger format store, Gap opening a store on Amazon, TikTok piloting in-app commerce, Victoria’s Secret’s new fit tech partnership, and Nike’s launch of .Swoosh.
Microsoft’s David Leibowitz and Ricardo Belmar join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss the latest tech trends impacting retail.
ToolsGroup CEO Inna Kuznetzova joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss how retailers can better align their inventory forecasting and allocation in record time.
In today’s Fast Five, live from Lululemon at the Mall of America, Chris and Anne discuss the Kohl’s CEO heading to Levi’s, Etsy’s visual search, Amazon’s digital ads in store and its new partnership with Planet Fitness, and Luxer One’s new public locker system.
The Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group’s John Clear gets hit with tough questions from Omni Talk Retail, as he shares the most important insights from his company’s latest white paper on the pros and cons of Just Walk Out technology adoption in just five minutes!
In this week’s Fast Five, Chris and Anne discuss Aldi’s new e-commerce plans, Walmart’s short-term leasing to small businesses, Amazon adding music benefits to Prime, Abercrombie & Fitch’s new pickup locations, and union troubles at Starbucks and Amazon’s combo store in NYC.
Alicia LeBeouf, Head of Industry for Retail & Grocery at Meta, joined Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga for the latest installment of their Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series to give her experienced perspective on how best to equip retailers and brands within a mobile-first world.
The A&M Consumer & Retail Group’s June DeFabio and Joanna Rangarajan join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to share their expert consultant opinions on what other retailers should takeaway from Zara’s newest flagship store in Madrid.
A&M’s Chad Lusk and Patricia Hong stop by to discuss the Albertsons-Kroger merger, the NFL’s plan to broadcast is first-ever Black Friday football game via Amazon, P&G getting more aggressive with its advertising, Shein doing resale, and what Veeve’s latest funding round says about the future of smart carts.
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