Spotlight Video | The Practical Use Cases Of Visual AI With ViSenze CCO Brendan O’Shaughnessy
ViSenze CCO Brendan O’Shaughnessy joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss the most practical applications of Visual AI within retail.
Fast Five | Amazon’s Pawns, Lululemon’s New Shoes, & Why Ryan Cohen Is Our New Favorite Activist
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, Chris and Anne break down Amazon closing 68 stores, Lululemon getting into footwear, Dollar General becoming a bank, Walmart’s new fit technology, and the latest activist noise at Bed Bath & Beyond.
Ask An Expert Video | Microsoft & Adobe Set Us Straight On The Post-Pandemic Customer
Sure, the pandemic has “accelerated digital trends” throughout retail, but what the heck does that phrase really mean? While it… Continue Reading
Ask An Expert Video | Taking BNPL In Store With Sezzle VP of Growth Chris Bixby
To help us understand how fast and just how easy it is to allow retail customers to pay in-store with BNPL, Sezzle’s very own Chris Bixby joined Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga for the latest installment of their Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series.
Fast Five Video | Starbucks Curbside At Target, Amazon Go At Whole Foods, & DoorDash Brazenly Goes Rogue
In this week’s Fast Five, Chris & Anne discuss Target’s new curbside plans, Amazon’s JWO tech in Whole Foods, Nike’s impact on Foot Locker, Kroger entering another state virtually, and DoorDash going rogue.
Fast Five Video | DoorDash’s Big Mac Attack, Amazon’s Ads, & Macy’s Pretzels
A&M’s David Brown and Chad Lusk join Chris and Anne to discuss Amazon’s ads, DoorDash’s negotiations with McDonald’s, GrubHub & 7-Eleven, airport just walk out convenience, and pretzels at Macy’s.
Fast Five Video | Starbucks Unionization, Aldi’s New Store Plans, & Why Domino’s Can Keep The Tip
In this week’s Fast Five podcast, Chris & Anne discuss Domino’s tipping customers, Aldi’s growth, unions at Starbucks, the growing outcry against instant delivery, & mall ghost kitchens.
Ask An Expert Video | An Open Discussion On IT Security With Qualcomm Global Head Of Retail IoT Art Miller
New Omni Talk Expert, Art Miller, Global Head of Retail IoT at Qualcomm, joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what to do in the face of this situation and to ensure insecure technologies don’t open up security holes which could result in breaches, exposure of customer data and negatively impact your brand.
Women’s Retail Collective Video | Kroger Director Principal Research Engineer Victoria Uti, PhD
Anne Mezzenga sits down with Kroger Director, Principal Research Engineer, Victoria Uti, PhD to hear her career story that begins in Nigeria as a young, self-taught computer programmer and entrepreneur, to her current role leading the development of AI technology for the largest grocer in the US.
Fast Five Video | Chris Has Covid, Walmart Has RFID, & Why The WSJ Has It Wrong About Instant Delivery
In this week’s podcast, Chris & Anne debate the WSJ report of huge losses for the instant delivery startups, Albertsons’ Afresh partnership, Petco and Lowe’s, and Walmart’s new store design and why its RFID push could be the most important retail headline of 2022.
Fast Five Video | Amazon Style? Suburban Amazon Go? How’s A Vertical Farm Like Walmart To Keep Up?
In this week’s Fast Five, Chris and Anne discuss Amazon Style and Amazon Go in suburbia, Kohl’s annoying activist investors, 7-Eleven’s new subscription delivery program, Walmart’s vertical farms, and Instagram’s creator subscription pilot.
Ask An Expert Video | Combatting Online Return Fraud With Signifyd SVP Bennett
Signifyd SVP Bennett joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss how to combat the growing problem of online return fraud.
Fast Five Video | Aldi Turns Up The Heat On The Race To Checkout-Free Retail
In this week’s podcast, David Ritter and Jonathan Sharp of the A&M Consumer & Retail Group join Chris and Anne to debate the checkout-free retail war, Walmart porch delivery, Gopuff getting into private label, voice ordering, and a hot new trend called Save Now, Buy Later.
Spotlight Video | Instant Delivery With Gopuff Co-CEO & Co-Founder Rafael Ilishayev
Spotlight Series, sponsored by Cleveron, Firework, and Scandit, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Gopuff Co-CEO and Co-Founder Rafael Ilishayev to talk the future of instant delivery.
Spotlight Video | Leading The Way In Grocery Microfulfillment With Takeoff CEO Max Pedró
In a special NRF edition of The Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Takeoff CEO Max Pedró to discuss grocery microfulfillment.
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