Ask An Expert With NVIDIA GM Azita Martin | The Most Immediate Use Cases For AI In Retail
Chris Walton goes deep with NVIDIA’s Azita Martin to learn where AI will impact retail the most within the next few years.
Fast Five | JCP Loses Its CEO & We Play ‘Do We Care If They Go Away’
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern discuss JCP getting rid of its CEO, Macy’s naming a new Chief Merchant Officer, Afterpay’s ridiculous holiday results, the latest Amazon news, and close by playing everyone’s favorite new retailer bankruptcy game, “Do We Care If They Go Away?”
Spotlight Podcast | Email As A Commerce Platform With Ryth Martin, CEO Skipify
Ryth Martin, CEO Skipify, joins Omni Talk’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to talk email as a commerce platform and “differentiating the inbox.”
Spotlight Series | Digitizing Apparel Buying with Kristin Savilia, CEO JOOR
Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss with Kristin Savilia, CEO JOOR, how she and her company are moving the buying and planning experience from countless spreadsheets, in person showroom events, and endless sampling to simple, real-time digital interactions that make buying easier.
Fast Five | 2020 Omni Talk Retail Awards Show
Omni Talk’s Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern hand out their annual retail awards for 2020.
Fast Five | Amazon, Please Scan My Body
We talk Walmart’s new legion of TikTokers, Bed Bath’s sale of Cost Plus World Market, DoorDash’s IPO, ‘store hailing,’ and Amazon’s new custom t-shirt program.
Fast Five | The Jig Is Up On The Walmart VR Charade
We talk Walmart’s VR experiments, WhatsApp Shopping, Stripe Banking, Amazon’s Chicago Fresh store, and say good-bye to the IKEA Catalog.
Fast Five | Kohl’s Just Got A Lot Prettier
Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern talk the new partnership between Kohl’s and Sephora, Best Buy, Cyber Monday, HungryPanda, and Amazon’s 4th full-scale grocery store.
Fast Five | Target & Ulta Raises More Questions Than It Does Answers
Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern talk Target and Ulta, direct-to-consumer beer and liquor, Alibaba’s Singles Day, autonomous delivery, J.C. Penney, and movies with Laurence Olivier.
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… Continue Reading
Special Report | JLL Head of Retail Research James Cook
Omni Talk’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga recently combined forces with special guest, James Cook, Director of Retail Research for JLL Americas to provide a breakdown of retail and real estate heading into the holidays.
Fast Five | Walmart Lab Stores & The Great Meal Kit Debate Of 2020
Chris, Anne, & Emma the Intern throw down this week as they debate the longevity of meal kits, Walmart’s lab stores, Pier 1’s relaunch, Postmates, and more as they try to take their minds off the election.
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 and Anne on the major announcements from his company over the last weeks — specifically, the new partnerships with FedEx and Inmar Intelligence.
Fast Five | Why Shopify Can Do No Wrong With Guest Host Ollie Banks
Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern welcome special guest Oliver Banks to talk all things Shopify, Amazon, Happy Returns, robots, and English cinema.
Spotlight Series | BlackLine Chief Transformation Officer Tammy Coley*
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.
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.