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Omni Talk Retail
Omni Talk Retail provides news, analysis, and commentary on the latest trends and issues in the retail industry. Created by a retailer, Chris Walton, for retailers, Omni Talk Retail covers a wide range of topics related to retail, including e-commerce, technology, marketing, and consumer behavior. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
Episodes
Omni Talk RetailFrom 24/7 Chaos to Successful Exit | Investor Perspectives With Brett Striker
In this episode of Investor Perspectives on Retail & the Consumer, Brett Striker, former founder of Maddy and Maize popcorn and professional EOS Implementer…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Fanatics for Babies, Dating by Zip, and the Mayo Debate | Fast Five Shorts
This lightning round segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and…
Omni Talk RetailShein Goes Physical in France | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, covers…
Omni Talk RetailShipt's AI Shopping Assistant | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines…
Omni Talk RetailBed Bath & Beyond's Franchise Fiasco | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, tackles…
Omni Talk RetailPayPal's BNPL Cash Back Revolution | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon's Budget Grocery Gamble | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines…
Omni Talk RetailWhat Will You Do When E-Commerce No Longer Requires A Website? | Ask An Expert
Are you ready for commerce without websites? In this Omni Talk Expert Series conversation, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Jon Cleaver (CTO…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon’s Private Label Push, Shein Stores & The #1 Worst Idea In The History Of The Show | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, Chris and Anne…
Omni Talk RetailThe Now, Next & Future Of AI's Impact On Warehouse Operations With Dematic's John Mabe | Spotlight Series
In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode, John Mabe, Product Manager at Dematic, joins Omni Talk to break down the real applications of AI in…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Dew Goes Dirty, Vegas Transport Showdown & QR-Code TP | Fast Five Shorts
This lightning round segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso…
Omni Talk RetailDoorDash Goes Full Service | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores…
Omni Talk RetailSprouts Brews Up a New Strategy | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, covers Sprouts…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon Exits UK Grocery: What It Means | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines Amazon's…
Omni Talk RetailCostco's Executive Hours: The Data Is In | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, analyzes early…
Omni Talk RetailOpenAI Goes Shopping: The E-Commerce Revolution Begins | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores OpenAI's…
Omni Talk RetailGroceryshop 2025 Key Takeaways
Omni Talk’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga join Groceryshop’s Rocquan Lucas and Ben Miller for the official key takeaways session live from the state at…
Omni Talk RetailThreedium | 🏆 September's Retail Tech Startup of the Month
🏆 September's Retail Tech Startup of the Month: Threedium AWS's Daniele Stroppa joins Omni Talk to reveal how Threedium is improving retail media networks and…
Omni Talk RetailOpenAI Announces An Etsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Change To E-Commerce | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, Chris and Anne…
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Good Food Holdings CEO Neil Stern: Smart Stores, Changing Consumer Behavior & Beating Agentic AI
Neil Stern, CEO of Good Food Holdings, returns to share why smart stores must solve operational problems first, how to change 50 years of consumer behavior…
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Migros Retail CEO on Pioneering Online Grocery & The Cultural Differences in Grocery Shopping
Mustafa Bartin, CEO of Migros Turkey, shares his journey from launching online grocery in 1997 as a 23-year-old engineer to leading an $8.5 billion grocer…
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Loblaw's Lauren Steinberg On Multi-Agent AI, In-Store Screens & The Search Revolution in Grocery
Lauren Steinberg, EVP and Chief Digital Officer at Loblaw, reveals how Canada's largest grocer is using multi-agent AI architecture, conversational search, and…
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Albertsons' Liz Roche On Full-Funnel Retail Media, Matched Markets & Moving Beyond Vanity Metrics
Liz Roche, VP of Media and Measurement at Albertsons Media Collective, reveals how the retail media giant is expanding into full-funnel activation and using…
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Heritage Grocers COO: Regional Grocery Consolidation, Fresh Theater & From-Scratch Tortillas
Prabash Coswatte,, COO of Heritage Grocers Group, reveals the operational secrets behind running four regional grocery banners and why consolidation is the…
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Justin Weinstein On The Rationale Behind Giant Eagle's $100M "Because It Matters" Investment
Justin Weinstein, EVP and Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at Giant Eagle, reveals the 95-year-old family-owned grocer's massive $100 million "Because…
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Lidl US CEO Joel Rampoldt On Where Lidl US Is Now And Where It Is Going Next
Joel Rampoldt, CEO of Lidl US, makes his first appearance on Omni Talk to reveal how the European discount grocery powerhouse is approaching the American…
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Why Sam's Club MAP's Retail Media Strategy Is All About Experience
Harvey Ma, VP and GM of Retail Media at Sam's Club MAP, reveals how the company is pioneering the retail experience network (RXN) - moving beyond traditional…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Nike x Skims, Luxury Directors & AI Hash Browns | Fast Five Shorts
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan…
Omni Talk RetailKroger's Nostalgic Strategy | Fast Five Shorts
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan…
Omni Talk RetailSephora's Creator Platform Launch | Fast Five Shorts
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan…
Omni Talk RetailGoogle's AI Integration Push | Fast Five Shorts
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon's Grocery Expansion Strategy | Fast Five Shorts
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan…
Omni Talk RetailWalmart's Pharmacy Game-Changer | Fast Five Shorts
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan…
Omni Talk RetailThe One And Only Groceryshop Must-See Tech Preview
Join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga for an exclusive preview of the most innovative grocery technologies showcased at Groceryshop 2025. From AI-powered price…
Omni Talk RetailThe Agentic Wars Have Begun: Why AI Agents Will Disrupt Retail Like E-Commerce In The 1990s
In this 5 Insightful Minutes episode, David Dorf, Global Head of Retail Industry Solutions at AWS, joins Omni Talk to break down the explosive growth of…
Omni Talk RetailKroger Revives Paper Coupons, Sephora Caters To Creators & Walmart Makes A Big Rx Move | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: French Pastries, Emperor Face-Offs & Metro Showdowns | Fast Five Shorts
The lightning round from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, features…
Omni Talk RetailThe AI Search Revolution | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores survey…
Omni Talk RetailPacSun's Youth Advisory Council | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, analyzes PacSun's…
Omni Talk RetailStarbucks' Vision for Efficiency | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, examines…
Omni Talk RetailWalgreens' Party Supply Power Play | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, explores…
Omni Talk RetailKroger's Automation Reckoning | Fast Five Shorts
This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, dives into…
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Sam's Club CXO On Redesigning The Membership Experience One Exit Arch At A Time
EXCLUSIVE: Sam's Club's Chief Experience Officer Diana Marshall reveals how "exit arches" use computer vision to eliminate receipt checks chainwide, plus…
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KIKO Milano CEO on Global Expansion, One-Handed Lipstick & US Market Entry
EXCLUSIVE: Kiko Milano's CEO Simone Dominici reveals how customer feedback led to breakthrough one-handed lipstick innovation and shares ambitious US expansion…
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Carrefour's Helene Labaume on Innovation at Scale: From Computer Vision to AI Product Formulation
EXCLUSIVE: Carrefour's Innovation Director Helene Labaume reveals how one of the world's largest retailers (90+ billion revenue) manages breakthrough…
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Why Gen Z Knows More About Beauty Products Than 25-Year Industry Veterans | Douglas Group CCO
EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Group's Chief Customer Officer Philipp Andrée reveals how teenagers are revolutionizing premium beauty with product expertise that shocks…
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REWE Digital's Anika Vooes on Lighthouse Projects & Making Tomorrow's Money Through Innovation
EXCLUSIVE: REWE Digital's Anika Vooes discusses how REWE successfully iterated autonomous store experimentation into success by moving technology interactions…
Omni Talk RetailKroger’s Automation Reset, Starbucks & Why There Ain’t No Party Like A Walgreens Party | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, Chris and Anne…
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How & Why Dunkin' Benelux Is Investing In & Fueling Growth With "Flavor"
EXCLUSIVE: Dunkin' Benelux's Nacho Carnes reveals how they transformed bankruptcy into rapid growth through flavor-focused strategy and data-driven…
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Innovation In Practice | How MC Sonae Manages 100+ Tech Experiments Per Year
EXCLUSIVE: MC Sonae's Head of Tech Experimentation, Rafael Pires, reveals how Portugal's leading retailer has been pioneering retail innovation for 9 years…
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Instacart VP of Commercial Partnerships Ryan Hamburger on Affordability, Expansion & Agentic AI
EXCLUSIVE: Instacart's VP of Commercial Partnerships Ryan Hamburger breaks down the metrics that matter and reveals how the company is preparing for an agentic…
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NRF's Matt Shay on Trade Policies and Retail's Future at NRF Europe
EXCLUSIVE: NRF President & CEO Matt Shay reveals what topics are dominating every retail boardroom conversation and shares his outlook for the industry's…
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Fashion for All: Brandon Maxwell & Walmart’s Denise Incandela On Why Walmart Belongs At NYFW
Go behind the scenes at Walmart’s New York Fashion Week pop-up with Denise Incandela, EVP of Fashion at Walmart, and designer Brandon Maxwell, Creative…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: AI Movies, Ariana Grande’s Star Power & NY Fashion Week | Fast Five Shorts
The lightning round covers fashion films, Ariana Grande's talent level, and AI-generated movies, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo…
Omni Talk RetailOffice Depot's 15-Minute Pickup Promise | Fast Five Shorts
Office Depot launches a nationwide 15-minute pickup promise with $15 guarantees, brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital…
Omni Talk RetailKroger's Deli Dreams Of The Future | Fast Five Shorts
Kroger unveils its "deli of the future" in a new Kentucky marketplace store, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios…
Omni Talk RetailAlbertsons Doubles Down on Retail Media | Fast Five Shorts
Albertsons introduces three new retail media channels with investment matching programs, brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo…
Omni Talk RetailGap Inc. Beauty Expansion: Smart or Risky? | Fast Five Shorts
Gap Inc. announces a major beauty and accessories expansion across all brands, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios…
Omni Talk RetailSam's Club's Global Intent Revolution | Fast Five Shorts
Sam's Club has rolled out a major app redesign featuring global intent centers, brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital…
Omni Talk RetailGap’s Beauty Play, Kroger’s ‘Deli Of The Future’ & Sam’s Club’s Next Level App Redesign | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, Chris and Anne…