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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 RetailHarps’ First AI Leader Comes From Meat & Seafood | Fast Five Shorts
This week we come to you live from Las Vegas at Groceryshop 2026. Omni Talk contributor and the host of GrocerTalk, Ben Miller, joins me for this week's Fast…
Omni Talk RetailCostco Goes On-demand: Adds DoorDash + Uber Eats Nationwide | Fast Five Shorts
This week we come to you live from Las Vegas at Groceryshop 2026. Omni Talk contributor and the host of GrocerTalk, Ben Miller, joins me for this week's Fast…
Omni Talk RetailWalmart+ Fuels Up: 17,000+ Gas Stations Now Covered | Fast Five Shorts
This week we come to you live from Las Vegas at Groceryshop 2026. Omni Talk contributor and the host of GrocerTalk, Ben Miller, joins me for this week's Fast…
Omni Talk RetailGroceryshop 2026 Takeaways | Live
What a few days at Groceryshop 2026. If you weren’t in Las Vegas for the show, this conversation is about as close as you can get to catching up on what…
Omni Talk RetailWHSmith North America’s Katie Blackburn on Travel Retail, Retail Media and Airport Shopping | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller connects with Katie Blackburn, Vice President - Commercial…
Omni Talk RetailDanone’s Arthur Sylvestre on Media Digital Strategy and the Future of Grocery | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller sits down with Arthur Sylvestre, VP of Media & Digital at Danone…
Omni Talk RetailHy-Vee CEO Jeremy Gosch on the Future of Grocery and What’s Next for the Retailer | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller sits down with Jeremy Gosch, Chairman & CEO of Hy-Vee, following…
Omni Talk RetailWhat’s Actually Worth It? The New Consumer Food Mindset | 5IM
In this edition of 5 Insightful Minutes, Chad Lusk, Partner and Managing Director at A&M Consumer and Retail Group, joins Omni Talk live from Groceryshop 2026…
Omni Talk RetailRetail Daily Minute | McDonald's Bets $8.5B on a Restaurant Overhaul, Instacart Teams With Airbnb & Sam's Club Personalizes Offers at Checkout
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailFruitist’s Jim Trahanas on Applying AI Across the Entire Value Chain | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller welcomes Jim Trahanas, Chief Technology Officer at Fruitist, to…
Omni Talk RetailMondelēz’s Andrew Lederman on Digital Grocery Growth Search Discovery and Agentic Commerce | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller welcomes Andrew Lederman, VP of Global Digital Commerce at Mondelēz…
Omni Talk RetailAlbert Heijn’s Sjoerd Holleman on AI Shopping Assistants and the Future of Grocery CX | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller connects with Sjoerd Holleman, Chief Product and AI Officer at…
Omni Talk RetailAhold Delhaize USA’s Bobby Watts on the Next Phase of Retail Media | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller sits down with Bobby Watts, SVP and Executive Lead of AD Retail…
Omni Talk RetailWalmart+ Fuels Up, Costco Goes On-Demand & Toys R Is Back (Again) | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris…
Omni Talk RetailInstacart’s Ryan Hamburger on AI Affordability and What Retailers Need Next | Groceryshop 2026
Breaking news from Groceryshop 2026: Dollar General is joining the Instacart Marketplace, a new partnership exclusively revealed to Omni Talk Retail by Ryan…
Omni Talk RetailSam’s Club’s Myron Frazier on Value Private Brands and the Power of a Curated Assortment | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Chris Walton sits down with Myron Frazier, Chief Merchandising Officer at Sam’s Club, to…
Omni Talk RetailRetail Daily Minute | Amazon Blocks Meta's Muse AI Shopping Agent, Best Buy Launches TikTok Shop & Sam's Club Debuts Predictive Ad Targeting
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailCostco’s Mark Williamson on Retail Media Membership and the Rise of AI Shopping Agents | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Chris Walton catches up with Mark Williamson, AVP of Retail Media at Costco, to discuss…
Omni Talk RetailKroger’s Yael Cosset on AI Shopping Assistants and the Road to Autonomous Retail | Groceryshop 2026
Fresh off the Groceryshop 2026 mainstage, Ben Miller sits down with Yael Cosset, EVP & Chief Digital Officer at Kroger, live from the Vusion podcast studio at…
Omni Talk RetailAlbertsons Media Collective’s Brian Monahan on Retail Media Beyond Ad Revenue | Groceryshop 2026
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Chris Walton sits down with Brian Monahan, SVP of Retail Media at Albertsons…
Omni Talk RetailUnwanted Robots, Disappearing Red Bull, and Shoppers to Light Up Morrisons | GrocerTalk
In this episode, sponsored by Instacart Enterprise, Portager, Vusion, and Sifter Solutions, Ben Miller is joined by Lauren Livak Gilbert, Executive Director of…
Omni Talk RetailRetail Daily Minute | J.C. Penney Loses Ground as Sales Slide, Wegmans Bets $110M on Supply Chain & Presto Powers Toast's Drive-Thru AI
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailRetail Daily Minute | Kroger Pulls Red Bull, Toys R Us Opens 120 Stores & Albertsons Upgrades Ad Measurement
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailScaling Retail Marketplaces and Platform Business Models with Justin Samakow of Mirakl | Ask An Expert
The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks…
Omni Talk RetailClosing the Off-Site Media Attribution Gap with Oliver Leigh of Portal | Ask An Expert
The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks…
Omni Talk RetailStreamlining Merchant Negotiations with Daniel Duty and Alex Kopplin of Portager | Ask An Expert
The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks…
Omni Talk RetailPutting AI to Work in Retail Operations with Daniel Slowe of Quorso | Ask An Expert
The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks…
Omni Talk RetailCapturing Real-Time Customer Feedback at Checkout with Georgina Nelson of TruRating | Ask An Expert
The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Sports Authority, AI Coffee & Airport Etiquette | Fast Five Shorts
It’s lightning round time, and Chris Walton and guest host Josh Hahn tackle some of life's most pressing questions, from choosing whether Sports Authority or…
Omni Talk RetailKroger Trims Its Sales Outlook | Fast Five Shorts
Kroger has trimmed its full-year same-store sales outlook even as digital e-commerce and retail media continue to see strong double-digit growth. Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailSKIMS Taps DoorDash for On-Demand Delivery | Fast Five Shorts
SKIMS has teamed up with DoorDash for its first-ever on-demand delivery partnership, making thousands of styles available from select U.S. stores in under an…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon Turns Prime Video Into a Storefront | Fast Five Shorts
Amazon has significantly expanded its Prime Video shopping features, growing its "Shop the Show" tool from 1,300 titles to more than 8,000 while adding new…
Omni Talk RetailIs Macy's Turnaround for Real? | Fast Five Shorts
Macy’s has posted its fifth consecutive quarter of comparable-sales growth, beating Wall Street estimates and raising its full-year guidance as CEO Tony…
Omni Talk RetailWalmart Adds Papa Johns to Express Delivery | Fast Five Shorts
Walmart has added Papa Johns to Walmart Express Delivery, making it the first national restaurant brand fulfilled entirely from locations outside of Walmart…
Omni Talk RetailMaking Space – Real Time: Inside Michaels’ New Format, TJX’s Rare Miss, and Target’s Beauty Play
Welcome to the very first episode of Making Space Real Time, a new show from Chris Niesen, presented by the Association of Retail Consumer Professionals (ARC)…
Omni Talk RetailLandmark Group's Shailesh Jain on AI, Personalization & Smarter Business Decisions | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller sits down with Shailesh Jain, Chief Customer & Analytics Officer at…
Omni Talk RetailOmni Talk’s Fall Conference Season “Must See” Tech Preview | Ask An Expert
The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks…
Omni Talk RetailMediaMarktSaturn’s Bastian Sehnert on Scaling AI, Governance & Real Retail Value | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail’s Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller is joined by Bastian Sehnert, Head of Data & AI Initiative Office at…
Omni Talk RetailHow to Maximize Your Investment in Digital Shelf-Edge Technology | 5IM
Grocers are investing heavily in electronic shelf labels, but what happens when the hardware is in place and the software can't keep up with the complexity of…
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Retail Daily Minute | Carter's Rebrands for a New Generation, Costco Supersizes Uber Eats & JCPenney Downsizes Out of a Dying Mall
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailA Macy's Comeback, A Kroger Reset & Better Pizza, Better Delivery At Walmart | Fast Five
In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq, and R&S Logistics, Chris…
Omni Talk RetailREMA 1000's Øistein Burøy Olsen on Hyper-Personalization, Scan & Go & AI | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Chris Walton sits down with Øistein Burøy Olsen, Head of Digital Customer…
Omni Talk RetailContinente’s Guilherme Cardoso on Profitable E-Commerce, Quick Commerce & AI | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller sits down with Guilherme Cardoso, Head of E-Commerce at Continente…
Omni Talk RetailRetail Daily Minute | DoorDash Buys Into Wonder's Grubhub Campus Business, Meta Lab Doubles Its Store Count & Target Hires a New CMO
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailUnlimitail's Alexis Marcombe on Cracking In-Store Measurement, aka Retail Media's Next Frontier | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller sits down with Alexis Marcombe, CEO of Unlimitail, the retail media…
Omni Talk RetailNRF's Matthew Shay on Global Retail Growth, Consumer Confidence & 2026's Holiday Outlook | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion Podcast Studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Omni Talk's Chris Walton sits down with Matthew Shay, President and CEO of the…
Omni Talk RetailAl-Futtaim's Eric Meulien on Building the Data Foundation Behind Agentic Commerce | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller sits down with Eric Meulien, General Manager of Digital Retail at…
Omni Talk RetailBolt Food's Audrey Ceuppens on Quick Commerce, Reliability & What's Next in Grocery Delivery | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller is joined by Audrey Ceuppens, Global Head of Grocery and Retail at…
Omni Talk RetailDesigual's Aleksandra Olszewska on Reinventing a Brand, Bridging Digital and Store & What's Next With AI | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion Podcast Studio at NRF's Big Show Europe in Paris, Omni Talk's Chris Walton sits down with Aleksandra Olszewska, Global Commercial and…
Omni Talk RetailLush's Ruth Andrade on Ethics, Employee Ownership & Walking Away from Social Media | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller sits down with Ruth Andrade, environmental partner at Lush, for a…
Omni Talk RetailPets at Home's Mariusz Kwiatkowski on Modernizing Supply Chain, AI Hype vs. Reality & Breaking Down Silos | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion podcast studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Ben Miller sits down with Mariusz Kwiatkowski, Head of Supply Chain…
Omni Talk RetailVitamin Shoppe's Andy Laudato on AI-Powered Shopping, GLP-1s & "Stop Starting, Start Finishing" | Live from Paris
Live from the Vusion Podcast Studio at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, Omni Talk's Chris Walton sits down with Andy Laudato, EVP and COO of The Vitamin…
Omni Talk RetailKroger’s Q2 Reality Check, AI Shopping Assistants & The Changing Grocery Landscape | GrocerTalk
In this episode, sponsored by Instacart Enterprise, Portager, Vusion, and Sifter Solutions, Ben Miller is joined by Chris Walton, President and CEO of Omni…
Omni Talk RetailRetail Daily Minute | Kohl's Doubles Down on Babies R Us as Sephora Falters, Walmart+ Adds CITGO & Harps Names First AI Director
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailRetail Daily Minute | Kroger Cuts Its Sales Outlook, Amazon Makes Prime Video Shoppable & Planalytics Flags an Early Fall Chill
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics, ZenlineAI, and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Super Bowl Picks, Genie vs. Samantha & Adam Sandler | Fast Five Shorts
It’s lightning round time, and Chris Walton and Shelley Huff are making some very important decisions, from their Super Bowl picks to choosing between Genie…
Omni Talk RetailWhat Should Be on Sprouts’ New CEO Nick Konat’s Agenda? | Fast Five Shorts
Sprouts has named Nick Konat as its next CEO, with the leadership transition set to take effect in January 2027. Chris Walton and Shelley Huff discuss what…
Omni Talk RetailSephora’s Making Monthly Drops on TikTok Shop | Fast Five Shorts
Sephora is testing monthly exclusive product drops on TikTok Shop, giving the beauty retailer another way to create demand and build community around new…
Omni Talk RetailCostco Quietly Kills Costco Next Marketplace | Fast Five Shorts
Costco has quietly shut down Costco Next, its member-only online marketplace that connected shoppers with products from outside brands. Chris Walton and…
Omni Talk RetailDoes Ulta Need to Get the Flock Out of Here? | Fast Five Shorts
Ulta is facing backlash over its use of Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader technology, raising bigger questions about transparency, communication…