Omni Talk Retail

In this episode of Omni Talk Retail Technology Spotlight Series, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga dive deep into the rapidly evolving world of 2D barcodes with experts Carrie Wilkie from GS1 US and Ayub Mohammed of Bitly. Discover how these small squares are reshaping retail, from supply chains to consumer engagement. Key moments include: 0:08 - Introduction to the future of barcoding in retai...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa discuss: Pro Or Con: Petaluma’s City-wide Reusable Cup Pilot With Starbucks? For the full episode head here: https://yo...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa discuss: Buying Or Selling: 2025 As The Year Of The Electronic Shelf Label? For the full episode head here: https://you...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa discuss: If Macy’s Will Finally Get A Break From Being On The Acquisition Block? For the full episode head here: https:...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa discuss: How Long It Will Be Before Walmart Retail Media Dwarves The Competition? For the full episode head h...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa discuss: How Rufus Will Shape Digital Commerce For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/mt_9Rzw3a6g This podcas...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Ownit AI ,  Avalara ,  Mirakl , and  Sezzle , A&M’s Mohit Mohal and Chris Disa, joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Amazon rolling outs it generative AI assistant, “Rufus,” to all shoppers (Source:  Chain Store Age ) Walmart’s wide lead in retail media...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Love It Or Leave It: Walmart Stocking 101 For College Credit? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/wRZQbkcFGrE This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Pro Or Con: Paying For Groceries With Venmo? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/wRZQbkcFGrE This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/pr...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If They're Buying Or Selling: Training Store Employees With Gamified iPads For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/wRZQbkcFGrE This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - ht...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Co-op The First Of Many More Wins For Walmart Commerce Technologies? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/wRZQbkcFGrE This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podco...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Saks & Neimans: Will Two Wrongs Make A Right? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/wRZQbkcFGrE This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.c...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Ownit AI ,  Avalara ,  Mirakl , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: The Saks and Neiman Marcus merger and what to expect from Amazon’s involvement in it (Source:  NPR ) Co-op opting to use “Store Assist” from Walmart Commerce Technologies (Source:&nb...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If They're Buying Or Selling: The Future Of Smart Carts For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/W_w19M1CeVQ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://pod...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If They Would Use BNPL With Tiptop Trade-in For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/W_w19M1CeVQ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/pri...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If We're Really Amidst The ‘Second Barcode Revolution For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/W_w19M1CeVQ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podco...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If Target’s More Aggressive Shoplifting Thresholds Make A Difference? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/W_w19M1CeVQ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: What To Make Of Amazon’s SHEIN And Temu Copycat For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/W_w19M1CeVQ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the  A&M Consumer and Retail Group ,  Ownit AI ,  Avalara ,  Mirakl , and  Sezzle , Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon’s plans to copycat Shein and Temu (Source:  CNBC ) Target lowering its in-store theft threshold from $100 to $50 (Source:  Bloomberg ) Tesco piloting on-pack, scannable Q...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer discuss: Buying Or Selling: Target’s New Shopify Partnership? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/sCbPr56W...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer discuss: If The World Really Needs A $5 Per Month GenAI Alexa? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/sCbPr56...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer discuss: If Unilever's Taken A Quantum Leap Too Far? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/sCbPr56WuxQ This...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer discuss: If They Would Advise Netflix To Build ‘Netflix Houses’ Within Malls? For the full episode head here: https://y...

In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Avalara, Mirakl, Ownit AI and Sezzle Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer discuss: If Target Is Right To Push Gen AI Into Stores? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/sCbPr56WuxQ Th...

In this insightful 5-minute segment, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Chuck Anderson-Weir, Senior Director of Measurement Solutions at Ovative, to discuss the latest EMR (Enterprise Marketing Return) Power Rankings. Link to power rankings:  ovative.com/insights/2024-media-power-rankings/ Discover the marketing trends that are driving incremental revenue, customer acquisition, and...