Omni Talk Retail

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: - How crazy it is to think that our first-party shopping data at Best Buy is that valuable to Roku - Rewe’s now fourth and largest autonomous grocery store, powered by Trigo - H-E-B’s new partnership with Thumbtack that offers their grocery shopp...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Shef C2C Meals Platform Expanding With New Funding For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/10/fast-five-video-amazon-gos-pull-back-dollar-trees-grocery-push-the-walmart-doctor-will-see-you-now/ This podcas...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Uber Converting Drivers To Shoppers With App Updates For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/10/fast-five-video-amazon-gos-pull-back-dollar-trees-grocery-push-the-walmart-doctor-will-see-you-now/ This podc...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Dollar Tree Expanding Fresh And Private Label Grocery For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/10/fast-five-video-amazon-gos-pull-back-dollar-trees-grocery-push-the-walmart-doctor-will-see-you-now/ This pod...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Amazon Closing Several AmazonGo Stores For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/10/fast-five-video-amazon-gos-pull-back-dollar-trees-grocery-push-the-walmart-doctor-will-see-you-now/ This podcast uses the f...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Opening More Health Clinics For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/10/fast-five-video-amazon-gos-pull-back-dollar-trees-grocery-push-the-walmart-doctor-will-see-you-now/ This podcast uses the foll...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: – All there is to love about Walmart’s plan to double its health centers by 2024. – Why Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech, in the wake of more Amazon Go store closures, may be forever relegated to licensing opportunities. – Dollar Tree’s sure-to-win la...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Men's Warehouse Lures New Customers With Snap Mirror AR Tool For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/02/fast-five-video-amazons-prime-disadvantages-targets-curbside-returns-kohls-pricing-pitfalls/ This pod...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Instacart's "New-ish" Store Offerings For Retailers For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/02/fast-five-video-amazons-prime-disadvantages-targets-curbside-returns-kohls-pricing-pitfalls/ This podcast uses...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Amazon Prime's New Same Day Delivery For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/02/fast-five-video-amazons-prime-disadvantages-targets-curbside-returns-kohls-pricing-pitfalls/ This podcast uses the following...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Kohl's Testing New Pricing Strategy For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/02/fast-five-video-amazons-prime-disadvantages-targets-curbside-returns-kohls-pricing-pitfalls/ This podcast uses the following t...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Target Earnings & Expansion Of Curbside Returns For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/03/02/fast-five-video-amazons-prime-disadvantages-targets-curbside-returns-kohls-pricing-pitfalls/ This podcast uses the...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: - Discussed Target's recent earnings announcement and what we think of Target taking Drive Up Returns to all stores this year. - Begged Kohl's not to follow through on new CEO "Burlington" Tom Kingsbury's claim that Kohl's is reevaluating its pricing strat...

You’re only as good as the products that are on your physical and digital shelves and if you aren’t setting your vendors up for success, you definitely won’t satisfy your customers. We wanted to find out how best-in-class retailers are investing in foundational tech to ensure their vendors are following protocol and, most importantly, that they have visibility into how they’re performing in a reta...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Barnes & Noble's New Subscription Program For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/02/23/fast-five-video-walmart-earnings-barnes-noble-subscriptions-why-thredup-is-betting-on-lucky-7/ This podcast uses the fol...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Heinen's Grocery Stores Call It Quits With Instacart For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/02/23/fast-five-video-walmart-earnings-barnes-noble-subscriptions-why-thredup-is-betting-on-lucky-7/ This podcast u...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: thredUP's New Online Thrift Store 777Thrift For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/02/23/fast-five-video-walmart-earnings-barnes-noble-subscriptions-why-thredup-is-betting-on-lucky-7/ This podcast uses the f...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Instagram Removing Livestream Shopping For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/02/23/fast-five-video-walmart-earnings-barnes-noble-subscriptions-why-thredup-is-betting-on-lucky-7/ This podcast uses the follow...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: What Can We Glean From Walmart and Home Depot Earnings Reports? For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/02/23/fast-five-video-walmart-earnings-barnes-noble-subscriptions-why-thredup-is-betting-on-lucky-7/ Thi...

In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Shoptalk's Krystina Gustafson and Ben Miller join Chris and Anne to discuss what they believe are the five trends most shaping retail right now and how they plan to cover them at Shoptalk 2023. Chris and Anne go deep with Krystina and Ben on: – The ever-involving innovations around better shopper engagement – The new emerging growth...

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris and Anne: - Tried to read the tea leaves in Walmart and Home Depot’s latest earnings reports - Lauded ThredUP’s new online store, 777Thrift, where everything is on sale for under $7. - Discussed Instagram calling it quits on live shopping and what it means for Meta’s...

In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Treasure Data Industry Principals Irene Sibaja and Danica Konetski join Chris and Anne to discuss how retailers and CPGs can best leverage a CDP (Customer Data Platform) in this new era of omnichannel retailing. Chris and Anne go deep with Irene and Danica on: – All the pain points a CDP helps to resolve – How a good CDP can be a spr...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group Joanna Rangarajan and Chad Lusk discuss: Fit:Match and Savage X Fenty Reinventing The Fit Process Again For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.bl...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group Joanna Rangarajan and Chad Lusk discuss: Wegmans Piloting Smart Carts For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/02/17/fast-five-video-walm...

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Trigo, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga along with special guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group Joanna Rangarajan and Chad Lusk discuss: Lidl Moving Toward No More Meat For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/02/17/fast-five-video-w...