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.
Jul 31, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Jul 10, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vyrill’s Ajay Bam joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga live from CommerceNext to discuss the growing importance of in-video search for both retailers and brands.
Jun 26, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jason Del Rey joins Chris and Anne to discuss his new book, Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart And The Battle For Our Wallets.
Jun 19, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast A first-of-its-kind Unified Commerce Benchmark Index for Specialty Retail has just been released!
Jun 12, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Avalara’s Meg Higgins and BigCommerce’s Sharon Gee join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the pressures the omnichannel evolution has placed on retailers’ abilities to collect tax accurately at a local level.
Jun 05, 2023•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Openforce CEO Wendy Greenland joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the hidden and messy truths that come with doing last-mile delivery well at scale.
May 29, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of our Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, 1010data’s Chief Product Officer Jonah Ellin joined Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss why dedicating data and AI resources to improve promotional effectiveness may be the smartest decision retailers and CPGs can make right now.
May 01, 2023•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of our Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Buncha Co-Founder and CEO Bharat Pulgam joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss a smarter way to think about last-mile delivery, i.e. giving customers scheduled weekly neighborhood deliveries at a fraction of the cost.
Apr 10, 2023•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Feb 24, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Feb 21, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, SAP’s SVP and Head of Solution & Innovation Experience Andre Bechtold joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what it takes to open up a bona fide retail innovation lab right in the heart of SAP’s NYC headquarters.
Feb 15, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Dematic Market Development Director, Kim Baudry, joins Chris and Anne to discuss the lessons learned from those who invested in microfulfillment early on and what we should expect the big bets to be as retailers shift to new closer-to-consumer strategies that deliver across all channels.
Feb 13, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Celebrus CEO Bill Bruno joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss identity resolution and how integral it is to real-time personalization.
Feb 06, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Shopreme Chief Customer Officer Nico Müller joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss what it takes to make a scan-and-go checkout system really work.
Jan 09, 2023•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, ToolsGroup CEO Inna Kuznetzova joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss how retailers can better align their inventory forecasting and allocation in record time.
Nov 14, 2022•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Volumental’s Chief Marketing Officer Brent Hollowell returns to the show to discuss Chris and Anne’s experience trying out Volumental’s new foot scanner technology at the Fleet Feet store in Chicago.
Oct 11, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Silk’s Chief Technology Officer Derek Swanson joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss why the idea of just “taking your retail operation to the cloud” is much easier said than done.
Oct 10, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, SES-imagotag’s CEO North America Philippe Bottine joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss all the key ingredients that go into building a smart store and why the idea itself is so important to the future of retail.
Oct 03, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special OmniStars edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, brought to you in partnership with Quorso, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Raghu Mahadevan, the Chief Digital Officer at 7-Eleven, to discuss how he and his team continue to set the bar for convenience store innovation.
Sep 26, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Cooler Screens Chief Revenue Officer Lindell Bennett and Microsoft’s Director of Industry Solutions for Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods Robin Laylin join Chris and Anne to discuss how every grocer’s cooler and freezer doors can be turned into a bona fide weapon within one’s retail media network.
Sep 18, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Amperity’s Head of Product Solutions Matt Hallett and Microsoft’s Sr. Director of Business Strategy for Worldwide Retail & Consumer Goods Mike Edmonds join Chris and Anne to discuss how technology can help to clean every grocer’s messy consumer data and thereby bring even more power to one’s retail media network.
Sep 18, 2022•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Microsoft’s Lisa Griego and Ricardo Belmar join Chris and Anne to kickoff Omni Talk Retail’s special Groceryshop Spotlight Podcast Series and to highlight the key trends they see shaping grocery over the next year.
Sep 18, 2022•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Blue Yonder’s Senior Director of Solutions Strategy Erin Halka and Microsoft’s Director of Retail and Consumer Goods Paula Beckel join Chris and Anne to discuss the next generation order management capabilities required to succeed in this new era of omnichannel retailing.
Sep 18, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special Groceryshop edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight series, Flintfox’s Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer Cath Brands and Microsoft’s Director of Worldwide Retail and Consumer Goods Partner Strategy Sue McMahon join Chris and Anne to discuss the massive technological opportunity that exists for CPGs to scale their pricing execution and negotiations.
Sep 18, 2022•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, 1010data’s VP of Marketing Frank Riva gives Chris and Anne a sneak peek into their soon-to-be-released report on Instacart’s performance for the first half of 2022 and the data will blow your mind!
Sep 13, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, accelerate360’s Chief Data Officer Liz Roche joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss the keys to differentiating content across a Retail Media Network.
Sep 12, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special OmniStars edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, brought to you in partnership with Quorso, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Dilip Kumar, Amazon’s current VP of Amazon Web Services Applications and the former VP of Amazon Physical Retail and Technology, to discuss how Just Walk Out technology came to be and where it is going next.
Sep 12, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special OmniStars edition of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, brought to you in partnership with Quorso, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Tractor Supply Company EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer Colin Yankee to discuss how his company continues to deliver great omnichannel results and financial returns that far outpace its peers.
Sep 12, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Cleveron Co-Founder Indrek Oolup returns to discuss with Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga the ins and outs of installing a fully functional parcel robot for package pickup at one of Zara’s busiest locations — it’s new flagship store in Madrid.
Sep 08, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast