Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
In our latest Spotlight Series Podcast, Anne and Chris learn all they can about generative AI from Amanda Saunders, the Senior Manager for Enterprise and Edge AI Product Marketing at NVIDIA.
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, A&M’s Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to discuss NRF’s Back-to-School predictions, Schnucks piloting smart carts with Instacart, H&M selling more third-party products, Signet Jewelers offering resale, and Target’s decision to allow its store employees to wear shorts.
Placer.ai’s SVP of Marketing Ethan Chernofsky is back to give his mid-year report card assessment of which retailers are setting the pace and which ones are lagging behind.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Walmart’s aggressive Back-to-School pricing, Google calling it quits on its shopping marketplace, YouTube leaning into video shopping, Ashley attempting to rebrand itself with in-person marketing events, and Dollar General dipping its toes into Just Walk Out-like technology.
In our latest Spotlight Series episode, Lucky Co-Founders Sneh Parmar and Nafis Azad discuss the new way DTC brands are “going direct” through social media with leading companies like Sephora and Walgreens.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss the new INFORM legislation out of Washington, the Amazon and Ocado rumors, another Amazon Go store closure, DoorDash offering hourly pay to its drivers, and Dollar Tree’s decision to expand into higher price points.
Microsoft General Manager for the US Retail Business, David Leibowitz, and Nuance Director of Intelligent Engagement, Sebastian Reeve discuss how Generative AI can have a significant impact on your retail business.
Anika Vooes, Chief Acceleration Manager, at Rewe Digital, Nitu Kaushal, Managing Director, Cloud First Intelligent Edge Business, Europe Region at Accenture, Andre Bechtold, SVP & Head of Solution & Innovation Experience at SAP, and Guy Yair, Chief Revenue Officer at Trigo, all join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what it takes to deploy computer vision AI inside of a working grocery store.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, A&M’s Chad Lusk and David Schneidman join Chris and Anne to discuss Walmart’s partnership with NBCUniversal, Sweetgreen’s plans to deploy robots in EVERY store, REI opening another store devoted entirely to resale, Shein expanding its marketplace, and Mercedes Benz putting ChatGPT into 900,000 cars.
Anne Mezzenga tests out the new made-to-measure custom women’s suiting process at INDOCHINO. Follow along as she goes from the fitting room to the final fit in this video.
Jason Del Rey joins Chris and Anne to discuss his new book, Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart And The Battle For Our Wallets.
In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, Chris and Anne discuss Nike broadening out its wholesale distribution, Stitch Fix’s new CEO, Walmart piloting AI with employees, Overstock’s bid for Bed Bath, and Uber car sharing.
Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga have asked a trio of experts from Google, Manhattan, and Zebra to discuss what, in their minds, makes a great Unified Commerce Leader.
Chris and Anne discuss the idea of free mobile phone service with Amazon Prime, Walmart radio ads in-store, Petco’s new flagship in NYC, Foxtrot’s biggest store yet, and Instacart using ChatGPT for search.
A&M Consumer and Retail Group’s John Clear discusses how retailers can approach the looming labor shortage and better retain the employees they already have in just five minutes!
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. Know More →
