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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 RetailConfessions Of Supply Chain Executives | 2026 Is the Year Supply Chain Technology Stops Being a Prediction and Starts Being a Mandate
In this episode of Confessions of Supply Chain Executives, host Chris Walton sits down with Amir Khoshniyati, Vice President at Wiliot, to break down the five…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Fashion Week Trends, 2016 Throwbacks, Robert Duvall & Curling | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and…
Omni Talk Retail5,200 Stores Turn to AI Voice | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, looks at…
Omni Talk RetailAmerican Eagle Scales Micro-Influencers | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, examines American…
Omni Talk RetailAre ChatGPT Ads the Next Retail Channel? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, dives into Target…
Omni Talk RetailIs Pay Transparency the New Standard? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores Co-op…
Omni Talk RetailNike’s Brand Reset Hits Converse | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, examines Converse…
Omni Talk RetailOur 2026 Retailers To Watch | Ask An Expert
Retail’s future winners aren’t defined by hype. They are defined by where consumers actually go. In this Omni Talk Ask An Expert episode, hosts Chris Walton…
Omni Talk RetailWhat Retailers Actually Think About Agentic Commerce With Stripe's Maia Josebachvili | 5IM
In this 5 Insightful Minutes episode, Maia Josebachvili, Chief Revenue Officer of AI at Stripe, joins Omni Talk to break down what retailers are really saying…
Omni Talk RetailConverse In Crisis, Target Trials ChatGPT Ads & C-Stores Push The In-Store AI Envelope | Fast Five
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, guest host and…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Luxury Hotels, Valentine’s Spending & McNugget Caviar | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and…
Omni Talk RetailSpotify Is Now Selling Physical Books? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores Spotify’s…
Omni Talk RetailAlbertsons Wants to Measure Your Dwell Time | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
Omni Talk RetailAnthropic’s $8M Shot at OpenAI | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores…
Omni Talk RetailInside Target’s 500 Job Decision | Fast Five shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, examines Target’s…
Omni Talk RetailCan Greg Foran Transform Kroger? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores Kroger’s…
Omni Talk RetailKroger's New Boss, The AI Ad War & Target's Smoke-Filled Plans To Reinvest In Stores | Fast Five
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, Shoptalk's Joe…
Omni Talk RetailWhy Your Retail AI Strategy Is Probably Wrong (And How to Fix It) | Spotlight Series
In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode, Chris Walton sits down with Experion Technologies' Mahesh Vijayaraghavan (VP of Retail & Consumer Goods)…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Olympic Style, Comfort Food Rules & Kelly Clarkson | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and…
Omni Talk RetailBJ’s Shrinks the Club | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, looks at BJ’s…
Omni Talk RetaileBay Draws the Line on AI | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, examines eBay’s…
Omni Talk RetailWalmart Goes Global with Marketplace Shipping | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
Omni Talk RetailWhy 19% Changes Everything for Grocers | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores why grocery…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon Pulls the Plug on Palm Payments | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down Amazon’s…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon Exits Fresh, E-Grocery Booms & eBay Bans AI Bots | Fast Five
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, A&M's Ken Cochran…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Netflix AI, Rotisserie Chicken & Mushroom Coffee | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and…
Omni Talk RetailAmerican Eagle’s Logistics Gamble | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
Omni Talk RetailGrocery’s Quiet Lunch Takeover | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, looks at why…
Omni Talk RetailInside Amazon’s Layoffs and What Culture Has to Do With It | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, unpacks Amazon’s…
Omni Talk RetailIs Rural America Dollar General’s Secret Weapon Against Amazon? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, examines Dollar…
Omni Talk RetailIs Walmart’s AI Reset the Future of Retail Leadership? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
Omni Talk RetailWalmart's Big Shake-Up, The Lunch Rush & What We Think About Amazon's Layoffs | Fast Five
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris and guest…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Love Letters, Wedding Drama & Magic Mike | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and…
Omni Talk RetailIs Tally 4.0 the Future of the Connected Store? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down Simbe’s…
Omni Talk RetailFanatics vs. Gap: Who Wins the Retail Entertainment Race? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down why…
Omni Talk RetailCan Walmart Win High-Income Home Shoppers? | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
Omni Talk RetailKroger Bets on Uber for Grocery Delivery at Scale | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
Omni Talk RetailChatGPT Enters the Ad Game | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
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Inside Simbe’s Strategy for Retail Robotics at Scale with SVP Benjamin Bond | FMI 2026
Recorded live at FMI 2026, Omni Talk Retail hosts Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton wrap up their conference coverage with Benjamin Bond, SVP, Strategy & Client…
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Giant Eagle Is Reinvesting in Stores and Sharpening Value | FMI 2026
Recorded live at FMI 2026, Omni Talk Retail hosts Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Justin Weinstein, EVP, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer…
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Alyssa Vescio on Quality, Purpose, and Growth at The Fresh Market | FMI 2026
Recorded live at FMI 2026, Omni Talk Retail hosts Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton sit down with Alyssa Vescio, Chief Merchandising Officer at The Fresh Market…
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Lei Duran on Turning Lowes Foods Into a Crave Worthy, Entertainment Led Grocery Brand | FMI 2026
Recorded live at FMI 2026 from the Simbe booth, Omni Talk Retail interviewed with Lei Duran, SVP at Lowes Foods, to discuss how a regional grocer is redefining…
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RELEX’s Madhav Durbha on Building an AI-First Mindset in Grocery | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 in San Diego at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton connected with Madhav Durbha, Group Vice…
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The DiaLogic Group’s Take on Retail Robotics, Shelf Accuracy & the 2026 Inflection Point | FMI 2026
Live from FMI 2026 in San Diego, Omni Talk Retail’s Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Thom Blischok, Chairman and CEO of The Dialogic Group, at the…
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Former Loblaw & Sobeys CIO Bruce Burrows on AI, Buy vs Build, and Smart Stores | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 in San Diego at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Bruce Burrows…
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What WMU’s Food Marketing Program Teaches About Grocery’s Future | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 in San Diego at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Russell Zwanka…
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How Shelf Intelligence Is Evolving, with Simbe CEO Brad Bogolea | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Brad Bogolea, Co-founder and CEO…
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Accenture on AI, GLP-1s, and the Future of Grocery Retail | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Karen Fang Grant, Managing…
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Why In Store Media Is the Next Growth Lever for Retail Media, from Albertsons Media Collective VP of Sales | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga speak with Julian Mintz, VP of Sales at…
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Albertsons Media Collective’s SVP Shares Why In-Store Media Matters Now | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Brian Monahan, SVP of…
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Schnucks’ Tim Horton on Center Store Strategy, Health Trends, and Store Execution | FMI 2026
In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from FMI 2026 at the Simbe booth, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Tim Horton, Vice President of…
Omni Talk RetailChatGPT Goes Ad-Supported, Gap Goes Hollywood & Walmart Goes Upscale In Home | Fast Five
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris and Anne…
Omni Talk RetailConfessions Of Supply Chain Executives | Why 2025 Became Retail’s “Vanilla” Year
In this episode of Confessions of Supply Chain Executives, host Chris Walton sits down with Kim Baudry, Market Development Director at Dematic, to unpack why…
Omni Talk RetailAgentic Commerce At NRF & The Real AI Takeaways Microsoft Thinks Retailers Need Now | Spotlight Series
In this Retail Technology Spotlight episode, Amy Vener, Global Retail & Consumer Goods Marketing Director for Commercial Cloud & AI at Microsoft, joins Omni…
Omni Talk RetailLightning Round: Banana Water, Dirty Sodas & Golden Globes | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the OmniTalk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and…
Omni Talk RetailWalmart’s Drone Delivery Expands to 270 Stores | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, dives into Walmart’s…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon Buy for Me Sparks Merchant Backlash | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, covers growing…
Omni Talk RetailCircle K Turns Store Data Into Daily Action | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores Circle K’s…
Omni Talk RetailGoogle’s Plan to Power AI Shopping Everywhere | Fast Five Shorts
This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, breaks down…
Omni Talk RetailAmazon Goes Full Big-Box Retail | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, examines Amazon’s…