Retail Technology Spotlight Series

In a special NRF edition of The Omni Talk 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 discuss instant delivery.

In a special NRF edition of The Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Leap Co-founder and CEO Jared Golden to talk about how his company’s proprietary platform helps retailers and brands take the “leap” in licensing the soup to nuts operations of their physical stores.

In a special NRF edition of The Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by Cleveron, Firework, and Scandit, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Takeoff CEO and Co-Founder Max Pedró to discuss his company’s leadership position in hyperlocal microfulfillment.

In a special NRF edition of The Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by Cleveron, Firework, and Scandit, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Firework President & Chief Business Officer Jason Holland.

Yes, you read that right. Best Buy recently cut a hole in the front of one of its stores and installed lockers to enable a 24/7 pickup experience for their customers.

When people hear the word “scanning,” some immediately think of a scanner in the checkout lane or a barcode reader in an app, but there are many use cases for scanning technology, especially as retailers gear up for the changes ahead in 2022.

In the latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series podcast, Anne Mezzenga sits down with ciValue VP of Marketing Pearl Lieberman to talk about Retail Media Networks and why many retailers and brands already have all the data they need to get them started.

Omnichannel retailing during the pandemic has placed one hell of a premium on inventory accuracy in stores and throughout the supply chain.

In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  Cleveron  and  UntieNots , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down to chat with FRONTdoor CEO and Co-Founder Dan Bourgault.

In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  Cleveron  and  UntieNots , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Shipt Chief Business Officer Rina Hurst about Shipt’s new partnership with Visa that gives free Shipt memberships to Visa card holders.

In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  Cleveron  and  UntieNots , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down to chat with Cooler Screens Founder and CEO Arsen Avakian.

In this special Groceryshop edition of our Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  Cleveron  and  UntieNots , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down to chat with one of Omni Talk’s favorite guests, the always mellifluous Indy Guha, the CMO at Signifyd.

Quit sending all your customers all the same promotions, and while you’re at it, make it fun!

It’s been a trend throughout the pandemic, but BOPIS, Click-and-Collect, whatever you’d like to call it, is here to stay. It’s time to get a solid solution, and unfortunately, it’s not as simple as setting up lockers inside or outside your store. In this interview, Anne Mezzenga and Cleveron Co-Founder Indrek Oolup dive deep into the complete strategy required to set your enterprise or SME retail...

There have been a lot of shifts happening as a result of the pandemic: people have new shopping behaviors, they’re discovering product differently, engaging with retailers in new places, on new channels, and in new ways that are requiring brands and retailers to evolve their thinking around talking to their customers.

As NetElixir CEO and Founder Udayan Bose says, Chief Marketing Officers and e-commerce marketing teams have been running on a treadmill at 10 mph since the pandemic began. And, now just when they don’t need another wrench thrown into things, iOS updates have eliminated third-party cookies, turning up the heat and forcing them to come up with new ways to attract customers.

In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  1010data , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Caper CEO Lindon Gao hot off his company’s new smart cart pilot implementation with Kroger (see video here:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=burdDUj6f6w ).

In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  1010data , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Wes Schroll, Founder and CEO Fetch Rewards.

In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  1010data , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Tim Rowland, CEO of Badger Technologies, and Peter Veloz, CEO UltraViolet Devices Inc. (or UVDI for short).

In the latest Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, sponsored by  1010data , Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Eric Tribe, Chief Marketplace Officer Flashfood.

In the latest episode of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Indy Guha, Chief Marketing Officer at Signifyd, joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss the topic of fraud prevention and how to think about it not as a cost reduction activity but as a revenue generating opportunity.

In the latest episode of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Marshall Kay and JP Kamel, or as those in the know call them, the RFID Sherpas.

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview Skipify CEO and Founder, Ryth Martin.

In the latest Omni Talk Spotlight Series, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga interview one of their favorite people in retail technology, Kristin Savilia, CEO  JOOR .

Any brand considering business in China should watch this interview — it is a perfect illustration of how to work smarter and not harder.