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In our final podcast from eTail West, brought to you by Sezzle and Stylitics, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton speak with David Spector of ThirdLove. While Victoria’s Secret is crumbling, ThirdLove is one of the hottest brands in the category. Anne and Chris discuss his company’s reach in Middle America, how it came to be, and why physical stores could be an important part of the company’s future.
In our continuing coverage of eTail West, sponsored by Sezzle and Stylitics, and in one of our all-time favorite podcasts, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton chat with Poshmark CMO Steven Tristan Young. They talk everything from Steven’s background, to Poshmark and social commerce, all the way to how we should expect customer affinity with credit cards and transactions to change.
In the latest Omni Talk Spotlight, sponsored by Sezzle and Stylitics, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Dynamic Yield VP’s Chris Feroli and Oded Leiba. Recently acquired by McDonald’s, Dynamic Yield is looking to change how retailers aggregate and analyze the various streams of data available to them and what doing it well could mean for creating great customer experiences of the future.
In our third podcast from eTail West, sponsored by Sezzle and Stylitics, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton talk data, product curation, and online fashion outfitting and styling with the founder of Stylitics himself, Zach Davis. You will learn from Zach how the company got its start cataloging closets and then quickly transformed itself into a platform to help retailers increase online conversion with relative ease.
In our latest podcast from eTail West, sponsored by Sezzle and Stylitics, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Eoin Comerford, CEO of Moosejaw and GM Outdoor at Walmart eCommerce, to discuss his nearly 20 years of omnichannel expertise from the standpoint of a brand heavy into e-commerce, his unique approach to branding, and, yes, even his favorite liquid!
In the first of many Omni Talk Spotlight series podcasts from eTail West, sponsored by Sezzle and Stylitics, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Heather Craig of ThredUP to talk one of the hottest trends in retail right now — reselling — and what separates her company from all the other digitally native pure plays out there. No doubt ThredUP will be a force to be reckoned with in the years to come.
In this latest episode of the Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo and Insignia, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern discuss Walmart’s tough earnings report and what it could portend for the future, Bed Bath & Beyond’s new turnaround plan, one of the worst promotions ever from IKEA, a Pier 1 no one will miss, and Amazon’s move into healthcare.
Chris Walton sits down with Bill Stenger, Director of Food Solutions at Knapp, to discuss Knapp’s long history with robotics, the changing e-grocery landscape and varying options for delivery, and the how and why Knapp will be a central player in the evolution of hyperlocal microfulfillment by way of its work alongside Takeoff Technologies.
In this week’s podcast, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen and Emma the Intern are together again to discuss the end of Brandless and Fourpost, Pinterest upping its e-commerce game, Starbucks’ new plans for airports, and the one of the biggest WTF’s of all time — Dirty Lemon is now in Walmart?
In this week’s episode of the Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen, and Emma the Intern are all together to discuss Macy’s impending store closures and layoffs, a Target & Casper deal gone bad, the new Amazon Echo Show, Staples’ new store, and 7-Eleven opening a new checkout-free concept store.
Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with PackIt Founder & CEO, Melissa Kieling to discuss how her company plans to make last-mile order picking and delivery more cost efficient through the use of its patented reusable and refreezable storage totes. Give this podcast a listen and you will immediately say to yourself, “Gosh, everything Melissa just said makes so much sense!”
In this week’s episode of the Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma the Intern debate the merits of J.Crew’s new CEO hire, the sexiness of Amazon’s new pop-up stores, Carvana’s expansion, Vitamin Shoppe getting hot and sweaty with LA Fitness, and a random story Anne loves about a Fleet Farm in Wisconsin.
Alicia Howell is well-known for her position as Chief Accounting Officer at 7-Eleven, but after hearing this podcast, you’ll see the critical role she plays in helping innovation teams there get the financial backing and continued support to keep their industry-first concepts coming to market. In this podcast Alicia shares her career journey, what it takes to manage the books of thousands of 7-Eleven franchisees, plus the song she puts on in the car to get her motivated to come to work every morning.
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Carter Jensen, and Emma the intern discuss the top weekly headlines from the world of retail, while Anne Mezzenga is on vacation in sunny Florida. This week the gang talks Google’s new shopping features, Intel and Area 15, CVS expanding its health hubs, Walgreens getting even more hot and heavy with Kroger, and a controversial headline from H&M regarding high-tech recycling bins.
Carlos Castelan and Toopan Bagchi of the Navio Group are back for 2020 to discuss the Gap/Old Navy spin off being cancelled, respond to a fictional letter to them from Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass, muse about the Sleep Economy, as well as give their take on Bed Bath & Beyond’s latest results.
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