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: Bed Bath & Beyond's Rebirth With Overstock For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/fzEsJJKP0yc
Aug 07, 2023•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discuss: - Overstock going live with its Bed Bath & Beyond rebranding - The ridiculous hyperbole surrounding Amazon's "biggest grocery overhaul since Whole Foods" - Poshmark adding visual search to its mobile app - Clevon embarking on multi-parcel autonomous last-mile delivery in Texas - And closed with some skepticism surrounding Gap's new CEO hire There’s all t...
Aug 03, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Together they discuss: – What makes generative AI "generative" – The size and the scope to which generative AI will impact retail – The three approaches retailers can take to harness generative AI's value – And, most importantly, real examples and case studies that highlight generative AI in actual practice ...
Jul 31, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler discuss: Target Allowing All Employees To Wear Shorts For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/r4lIf_4-3fk Music By HookSounds.com
Jul 25, 2023•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler discuss: Signet Jewelers Trialing Jewelry Rental For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/r4lIf_4-3fk Music By HookSounds.com
Jul 25, 2023•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler discuss: H&M Selling More Third-Party Products For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/r4lIf_4-3fk Music By HookSounds.com
Jul 25, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler discuss: NRF Predicting A Big Back-to-School For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/r4lIf_4-3fk Music by hooksounds.com
Jul 25, 2023•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler discuss: Fast Five Shorts | Schnucks Throwing Instacart A Caper Cart Lifeline For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/r4lIf_4-3fk Music by hooksounds.com
Jul 24, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M's Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to debate: - The level of hyperbole in NRF’s predictions surrounding “unparalleled” Back-to-School sales - Why in the world Schnucks would throw Instacart a Caper Cart lifeline? - H&M’s move to sell more third-party products - Whether getting into fine jewelry resale is a smart move for Signet Jewelers - And closed wi...
Jul 20, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you are in retail, cover retail, or even just like to wow your friends with your retail knowledge at cocktail parties, then you are going to want to listen to this! Placer.ai’s SVP of Marketing Ethan Chernofsky is back to give his mid-year report card assessment of which retailers are setting the pace and which ones are lagging behind. Music by hooksounds.com
Jul 18, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 General Piloting A Checkout-Free Store For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/x9gAOLEvv1s
Jul 18, 2023•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: Ashley Furniture's New Marketing Tactics For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/x9gAOLEvv1s
Jul 18, 2023•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: YouTube Expanding In-Video Shopping For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/x9gAOLEvv1s
Jul 18, 2023•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: Google Kills Its Online Shopping Marketplace For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/x9gAOLEvv1s
Jul 17, 2023•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Keeping Back-to-School Pricing Same As Last Year For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/x9gAOLEvv1s
Jul 17, 2023•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Anne and Chris: - Tipped their caps to Walmart for marketing its Back-to-School pricing as the same as last year - Discussed whether Google made the right decision in killing its online shopping marketplace - Lauded YouTube (aka Google) for placing more of an emphasis on video commerce - Argued over whether Ashley using experiential marketing events to rebrand itself is the bes...
Jul 13, 2023•44 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. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with Sneh and Nafis on: – The gap (and sometimes duplicative efforts) between brands and retailers in reaching customers on TikTok and Instagram – The new wholesale-like channel that is about to emerge to help brands and retailers collaboratively attack DTC social media commerce via technolog...
Jul 10, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Microsoft General Manager for the US Retail Business, David Leibowitz, and Nuance Director of Intelligent Engagement, Sebastian Reeve as they discuss with Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga how Generative AI can have a significant impact on your retail business. From personalized product recommendations to enhanced visual merchandising, generative AI can help you reimagine your retail business by improving customer experience, optimizing operations, and driving growth. *Sponsored Content*
Jun 29, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Anne and Chris: - Discussed why the new INFORM legislation to curb organized retail theft is a necessary first step but nowhere near enough - Questioned the veracity of the report that Amazon is interested in acquiring Ocado - Highlighted why Amazon Go as a store concept had a flawed experimentation plan from the get-go - Predicted what the ramifications of DoorDash going to gu...
Jun 29, 2023•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Digitizing the physical store” is one of those buzzword phrases pundits like to say but knowing how to do it is a different matter entirely. So Omni Talk is pleased to announce we assembled a top notch panel of real experts who are actually going about such work and can walk the walk. Anika Vooes, Chief Acceleration Manager, at Rewe Digital, Nitu Kaushal, Managing Director, Cloud First Intelligent Edge Business, Europe Region at Accenture, Andre Bechtold, SVP & Head of Solution & Innovation Exp...
Jun 27, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Chad Lusk and David Schneidman discuss: Mercedes-Benz Adding ChatGPT Functionality to New Cars For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/22/fast-five-walmart-media-rei-resale-sweetgreen-goes-full-robot/
Jun 27, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Chad Lusk and David Schneidman discuss: REI Launching Another Physical Resale Store For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/22/fast-five-walmart-media-rei-resale-sweetgreen-goes-full-robot/
Jun 27, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Chad Lusk and David Schneidman discuss: SHEIN Expanding Its Marketplace To Include Home And Electronics Products For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/22/fast-five-walmart-media-rei-resale-sweetgreen-goes-full-robot/
Jun 27, 2023•7 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. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with Ajay on: – Video's growing impact on e-commerce conversion – Why video reviews are more trustworthy than text reviews – How in-video search helps brands find video insights for marketing campaigns and also helps shoppers find answers to product questions by returning search results as video c...
Jun 26, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Chad Lusk and David Schneidman discuss: Sweetgreen Going "Full Robot" Within 5 Years For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/22/fast-five-walmart-media-rei-resale-sweetgreen-goes-full-robot/
Jun 26, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Anne Mezzenga and guest hosts from the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group Chad Lusk and David Schneidman discuss: Walmart and NBCUniversal Teaming Up For Legendary RMN Offering For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/22/fast-five-walmart-media-rei-resale-sweetgreen-goes-full-robot/
Jun 26, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M’s Chad Lusk and David Schneidman joined Anne and me to discuss: - The impact of Walmart’s new partnership with NBCUniversal - Why in the world Sweetgreen would publicly announce its plans to deploy robots across all its locations over the next five years - Shein’s decision to sell home appliances and cast a wider marketplace net - REI opening its second Re/Supply store dedi...
Jun 22, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's #fastfive Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, discuss their thoughts on: Uber Moving Into Car Sharing Catch their full analysis, and the entire #fastfive episode made possible by our sponsors: Microsoft, Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff Technologies, Inc., Sezzle, and Silk here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/15/fast-five-video-nike-just-does-wholesale-walmart-employees-try-ai-bed-bath-is-overstocked/
Jun 20, 2023•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's #fastfive Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, discuss their thoughts on: Overstock's Bid For Bed Bath & Beyond Catch their full analysis, and the entire #fastfive episode made possible by our sponsors: Microsoft, Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff Technologies, Inc., Sezzle, and Silk here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/15/fast-five-video-nike-just-does-wholesale-walmart-employees-try-ai-bed-bath-is-overstocked/
Jun 20, 2023•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's #fastfive Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, discuss their thoughts on: Walmart Building A GenAI Playground For Employees Catch their full analysis, and the entire #fastfive episode made possible by our sponsors: Microsoft, Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff Technologies, Inc., Sezzle, and Silk here: https://omnitalk.blog/2023/06/15/fast-five-video-nike-just-does-wholesale-walmart-employees-try-ai-bed-bath-is-overstocked/
Jun 20, 2023•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast