Omni Talk Retail Hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with the people and the companies building technology that will shape the future of retail.
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RetailTechNews Brings A Weekly Podcast Discussing the Latest Retail Technology Trends
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Fashion Is Your Business is a weekly show about FASHIONTECH, the intersection of fashion business and fashion technology. Guests include the world's foremost fashion technology and retail technology pioneers, discussing everything from textiles to retailtech to e-commerce, and everything in between. We cover business news from startups to conglomerates, with a fun and accessible morning radio vibe. FIYB is produced by MouthMedia Network, a premium business podcast production company in New Y ...
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What’s happening with retail automation in 2025? Investment in supply chain technology appears to be flattening out as retailers shift focus from large new projects to optimizing existing infrastructure. Anne and Chris sit down with Kim Baudry from Dematic to explore what this means for AI in logistics, warehouse automation, and the future of retai…
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The Future Of Retail Robotics: How Simbe's Tally Is Transforming Store Operations With Simbe CEO Brad Bogolea
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Join Chris and Anne as they interview Simbe Robotics CEO Brad Bogolea for an in-depth discussion about how retail robotics are revolutionizing store operations. Learn how Simbe's Tally robot reduces out-of-stocks by 60%, improves inventory accuracy, why both store associates and customers are embracing the use of robotics, and discover why 2025 cou…
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In this episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series Podcast, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga dive into the world of private brands with special guests Brandon Warren and Bethany Davis of the Barcode Group. Discover why private brands are crucial to retail growth, who’s winning the private label game, and how retailers like Costco, Walmart…
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In this episode, Chris and Anne sit down with Pam Simon, EVP and Conference Chair of Manifest , to discuss the must-attend event for global supply chain and logistics professionals. Learn about the exciting lineup of startups, investors, shippers, and innovative technologies that will take center stage at the Venetian in Las Vegas, February 10-12, …
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How RFID & GreyOrange’s gStore Are Transforming Retail: Interview With Troy Siwek - Omni Talk Retail
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In this Omni Talk Retail podcast episode, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga talk with Troy Siwek, GM and Partner at GreyOrange, to discuss how RFID technology is transforming retail. Key topics covered include: 0:08 – Opening: Discussing RFID’s impact on retail and the recent H&M store experience. 0:28 – Introducing Troy Siwek, GM and Partner at GreyO…
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In this Omni Talk Retail podcast episode, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga talk with Troy Siwek, GM and Partner at GreyOrange, to discuss how RFID technology is transforming retail. Key topics covered include: 0:08 – Opening: Discussing RFID’s impact on retail and the recent H&M store experience. 0:28 – Introducing Troy Siwek, GM and Partner at GreyO…
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Get ready for the holiday rush with this special Omni Talk Retail Spotlight episode! Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Natalija Pavic, the Senior Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce Commerce Cloud and host of the Commerce Cloud Innovations podcast, and Melissa Dallmeyer, the Global Leader of Enterprise & Mid-market Partnerships at Av…
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Join us for our insightful conversation with Morgan Seybert, Chief Business Officer and Head of Retail at Tredence, as we explore the cutting-edge dynamics of AI-driven data analytics in retail, and, most importantly, how retailers can actually make money from them. Key moments: [0:54] Introduction to Tredence and Morgan Seybert's background [4:01]…
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Join Chris and Anne for an eye-opening discussion on how how to make retail supply chains more sustainable! Our experts from Dematic, DeAnn Hargis and Danielle Dakin, dive deep into how leading companies are prioritizing their distribution centers for a greener future. Key moments include: 0:08 – Introduction and history of sustainability efforts a…
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In this episode of Omni Talk Retail Technology Spotlight Series, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga dive deep into the revolutionary world of 2D barcodes with experts Carrie Wilkie from GS1 US and Ayub Mohammed of Bitly. Discover how these small squares are reshaping retail, from supply chains to consumer engagement. Key moments include: 0:08 - I…
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In yet another one of those, "Holy Cow! That is so cool!" episodes of the Omni Talk Retail Technology Spotlight Series, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga explore the groundbreaking potential of generative AI in the retail industry. Sravanth Aluru, the Founder and CEO of Avataar, alongside Avataar’s SVP of Creative AI, Jane Rawnsley, share insigh…
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How To Achieve 99%+ Inventory Accuracy And Real-Time Tracking With PervasID | Spotlight Series
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In this mind-blowing interview, Sabesan Sithamparanathan, the founder and president of PervasID, shares groundbreaking insights on how new breakthroughs in RFID technology (that are already being implemented at a major global apparel retailer) will soon radically change the retail landscape. Learn how PervasID’s cutting-edge RFID solution, powered …
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Discover how AI is impacting practically impacting retail inventory planning and allocation through the eyes of Desigual. Join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga from Omni Talk as they interview James Theuerkauf, CEO of Syrup Tech, and Carla Roger Casacuberta, Head of Merchandising at Desigual. Learn how Desigual leveraged Syrup Tech's AI optimization …
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Chris and Anne chat with Chris Stoyles, CEO of Last Yard, about how electronic shelf labels (ESLs), price optimization, and data-driven retail promotions can come together to transform today's in-store retail experiences. Learn how retail data can be used to enhance retail marketing, and streamline retail operations to build shopper trust and drive…
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In this insightful Retail Technology Spotlight Podcast, Akshay Madhani, CEO and Co-Founder of Scrollmark, shares how their innovative social media automation platform is transforming the way brands approach social media marketing. Discover how Scrollmark's powerful features, such as direct response marketing, influencer marketing, and social media …
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In this exclusive and candid interview with Omni Talk, Dilip Kumar, Amazon's VP of AWS Applications, sets the record straight on the future of the company's groundbreaking Just Walk Out technology and its Amazon Dash Carts. Kumar discusses the decision to pull Just Walk Out from Amazon Fresh stores, explaining how Dash Carts are the foundational pl…
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Victoria's Secret CCO Chris Rupp On Transforming CX With Tech: RFID, Fitting Rooms, Loyalty & More
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In this exclusive interview from recorded live on Shoptalk TV, and brought to you with the help and support of Meta, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga of Omni Talk Retail sit down with Chris Rupp, Chief Customer Officer at Victoria’s Secret, to discuss the brand’s digital transformation and innovative strategies for enhancing the customer experience. …
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Alex Galkin, CEO and founder of Competera, delves into the complex world of AI-powered retail pricing. Discover how machine learning and Big Data are revolutionizing price optimization, enabling retailers to move beyond price elasticity and embrace contextual, personalized pricing strategies. Galkin shares insights with Chris and Anne on the five l…
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Thaddeus Segura, Vice President of Data Products & Algorithms at Wiliot joins Chris and Anne for the latest installment of their Retail Technology Spotlight Series to discuss how Wiliot’s Bluetooth-connected tags provide real-time inventory management, freshness monitoring, and omni-channel fulfillment solutions, offering advantages over traditiona…
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Ovative’s Beth McKigney and Troy Neidermire join Chris and Anne for the latest installment of their Retail Technology Spotlight Series to discuss how shifting to unified marketing measurements, like Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), can help retailers and brands optimize budget allocation, incrementality, and overall business outcomes. In this pod…
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Digital Attribution Made Easy: Connecting Banking & Retail Through Payments Media With SnippMedia's Tom Burgess
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Tom Burgess, the President of SnippMedia, joined Anne and Chris to share his thoughts on how CPGs can attribute in-store retail purchases by leveraging banks’ loyalty programs, and how retailers can also plug these same loyalty programs into their retail media networks. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with Tom on: The history of bank card l…
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Shoptalk's Krystina Gustafson and Joe Laszlo joined Anne and Chris to field pointed questions about this year's Shoptalk 2024 agenda. In this podcast, Chris and Anne put Krystina and Joe on the spot about: How they plan to cover and present the topic of AI How important omnichannel or "unified commerce" fundamentals will be in this year's track ses…
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Eagle Eye CEO and former Tesco executive Tim Mason joined Anne and Chris to share his thoughts on how retailers can leverage customer data, personalized promotions, and new technologies to strengthen loyalty and drive incremental sales. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with Tim on: The history of Tesco’s clubcard Omnichannel personalization …
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Onebeat VP of Retail Strategy, Greg Arthur, joined Chris and Anne to share how leveraging AI for inventory optimization can help retailers maximize sell-through rates and profitability. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with Greg on: Self-adjusting, short-term algorithms for granular inventory level predictions Allocating the right inventory …
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In this episode of the Omni Talk Retail Technology Spotlight Series, Chris and Anne discuss an innovative approach to improving last-mile delivery with Buncha CEO Bharat Pulgam. They explore how Buncha leverages scheduled time windows, refrigerated vehicles, and W-2 drivers to drive value, quality of service, and sustainability in last mile grocery…
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Get an inside look at the Manifest 2024 supply chain conference happening in February in Las Vegas. Tanzil Uddin, SVP of Production at Manifest, joins us to highlight keynote speakers, programming tracks, exhibits, and networking opportunities at this must-attend event for end-to-end supply chain professionals. With over 300 exhibitors, 40+ supply …
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TGW’s Vice President of Business Development, James Osborn, joined Chris and Anne to continue the ongoing education around the topic of microfulfillment. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with James on: A good working definition of microfulfillment (i.e. between 500 and 1,000 orders per day) The key differences between microfulfillment and gr…
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Bynder’s Director of Global Field and Customer Marketing, Brian Kavanaugh, joined Chris and Anne for the second time in 2023 to give an even deeper look into Digital Asset Management. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with Brian on: The challenges retailers are faced with when it come to Digital Asset Management (aka DAM) Why these challenges…
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Amazon VP AWS Applications, Dilip Kumar, is back for his regular annual appearance to discuss how Amazon continues to think about the evolution of checkout and personal identification. In this podcast, Chris and Anne go deep with Dilip on: - The latest Amazon Just Walk Out innovations, including the two new recently opened Seattle Seahawks and Texa…
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Dematic Market Development Director, Kim Baudry, joins Chris and Anne for the second time in 2023 to discuss the major trends she is seeing as retailers try to bring their fulfillment closer to their end consumers.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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Spotlight Series | Everything You Wanted To Know About Generative AI But Were Afraid To Ask With NVIDIA
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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Spotlight Series | Jason Del Rey & Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart, And The Battle For Our Wallets
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Jason Del Rey joins Chris and Anne to discuss his new book, Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart And The Battle For Our Wallets.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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A first-of-its-kind Unified Commerce Benchmark Index for Specialty Retail has just been released!Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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Spotlight Series | The 5 Trends Shaping Retail With Shoptalk’s Krystina Gustafson & Ben Miller
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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Spotlight Series | Why A Customer Data Platform Is An Essential Component Of Omnichannel Retailing
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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 channe…
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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Spotlight Series | Closing The Forecasting & Allocation Gap With ToolsGroup CEO Inna Kuznetsova
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.Από τον Omni Talk Retail
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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.…
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