Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
This week Chris, Anne, 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 🙂
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
There were almost too many headlines for this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five!
Prime Day is official, Walmart and Levi’s have new store designs, and Poshmark is going public — but none of these stories even made it into the top five.
Anne Mezzenga is joined by fashion experts Anne Cashill and Janice Sullivan to recap what happened with Fashion Week 2020 plus all the impacts it will have on the future of the industry. They discussed how everyone from startup/DTC brands to luxury department stores and brands is trying to pivot their models toward more sustainable businesses amidst the pandemic.
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.
Omni Talk’s Anne Mezzenga interviews Jill Renslow EVP Business Development Mall of America in her ongoing Women’s Retail Collective interview series.
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 this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern break down Apple’s big fitness subscription news, Sam’s Club’s Scan & Go at the pump, Amazon’s suburban warehouses and new luxury play, and poke a little much needed fun at made up retail holidays and all the PR hype around the latest one — 10/10.
Chris Walton interviews Sam’s Club Chief Product Officer Eddie Garcia about Sam’s Club’s new Scan & Go at the pump functionality, along with all the other innovations Sam’s Club has introduced over the past six months, like concierge shopping for seniors, curbside pickup, and shipping from store.
In what may be our most important retail technology podcast of the pandemic, Quorso CEO Julian Mills sits down with Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the ways retailers can power managers to drive better performance.
In their latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series interview, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga chat with FIT:MATCH Founder and CEO Haniff Brown.
In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, Carl Boutet joins Chris, Anne, and Emma the Intern to talk the Amazon and Kohl’s grocery partnership, JCP’s buyout, Instacart and 7-Eleven, Ikea in downtown San Francisco, Walmart, drones, and shepherds.
In an Omni Talk exclusive, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton get a live video demo store tour of Giant Eagle’s new GetGo checkout-free convenience store with Grabango Chief Business Officer Andy Radlow.
Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Jordan Fisher, CEO of Standard Cognition, about the future of checkout-free retail.
AI Computer vision-based checkout-free retail is all the rage right now, and Standard Cognition, with over $80 million in VC funding to date, is right at the center of that conversation, and especially in light of its recent announced plans with Circle K.
Chris and Anne discuss the origin of the company, where the technology is now and where it is going, and why deciding whether or not to retrofit physical store footprints is one of the key questions that will determine future retailer adoption.
In an Omni Talk exclusive, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton get a live demo store tour of Giant Eagle’s new GetGo checkout-free convenience store with Grabango Chief Business Officer Andy Radlow.
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