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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. It covers a wide range of topics related to retail, including e-commerce, technology, marketing, and consumer behavior. The podcast regularly features industry experts, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, as well as retail thought leaders who all share their insights and perspectives on the latest developments in retail.

Agentic Commerce at NRF and the Real AI Takeaways Microsoft Thinks Retailers Need Now

28 mins; January 19, 2026

Amazon's Walmart Play, AI Shopping Protocols & Drone Delivery Wars | Fast Five

45 mins; January 14, 2026

StrongPoint CEO Breaks Down In-Store Order Picking, Grocery Efficiency, and Store-Based Fulfillment | NRF 2026

9 mins; January 14, 2026

Vusion’s Martin Bailie On the Execution Gap and Why It’s Retail’s Biggest Risk | NRF 2026

13 mins; January 14, 2026

Costco’s Mark Williamson on Building Retail Media the Costco Way | NRF 2026

17 mins; January 14, 2026

REI’s CEO on Rebuilding Growth, Reinventing Membership, and Blending AI With Human Connection | NRF 2026

9 mins; January 13, 2026

How Ulta Beauty Is Scaling Experiential Retail With 80,000 Events | NRF 2026

14 mins; January 13, 2026

Lowe’s India’s Ankur Mittal On Commercializing POS, Hardware-Agnostic Retail Tech & Omnichannel Reality | NRF 2026

7 mins; January 13, 2026

Macy’s Private Brand Strategy for a Multi Generational Customer | NRF 2026

9 mins; January 13, 2026

How Instacart Is Using Physical AI to Rebuild the In-Store Experience | NRF 2026

18 mins; January 13, 2026

Sam’s Club’s Julie Barber on Agentic AI and the Future of Merchandising | NRF 2026

10 mins; January 13, 2026

Sam’s Club Scan & Go Nears 40% Adoption and Why Agentic Shopping Is Next | NRF 2026

7 mins; January 13, 2026

Vusion & Microsoft On Why Connected Stores Are Becoming a P&L Priority in 2026 | NRF 2026

17 mins; January 13, 2026

Detect and Connect: How Vusion & Qualcomm Enable Real-Time Personalization in Physical Retail | NRF

12 mins; January 12, 2026

Neelima Sharma and Joe Cano Explain How Lowe’s Is Personalizing the Home Improvement Journey

21 mins; January 12, 2026

Ulta SVP Josh Friedman On The Recent Success Of Its Invite-Only Marketplace | NRF 2026

3 mins; January 12, 2026

Walmart's 270+ Store Drone Expansion & Why Everyone Wants Deliveries in 25-45 Minutes | NRF 2025

11 mins; January 12, 2026

Home Depot CIO On New Google AI Partnership & Why She's Not Waiting On Agentic Commerce | NRF 2026

12 mins; January 12, 2026

Quorso & Vusion On Why Retailers Risk Creating a Permanent Technology Gap In 2026 | NRF 2026

10 mins; January 12, 2026

FairPrice's Store of Tomorrow: 80% Bigger Baskets & 82% Self-Checkout Smart Cart Adoption | NRF 2026

14 mins; January 12, 2026

NRF's Matthew Shay On Consumer Resilience, AI & His Bold 2026 Retail Prediction | NRF 2026

9 mins; January 12, 2026

Kroger Launches New SNAP Discount Program | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; January 08, 2026

Why Save Mart Is Adding Amazon Returns Kiosks | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; January 08, 2026

Lightning Round: LEGO Smart Bricks, Toxic Mom Groups & Stranger Things | Fast Five Shorts

7 mins; January 08, 2026

Inside Schnucks’ Approach to Stopping Gift Card Fraud | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; January 08, 2026

Instacart Shuts Down AI Pricing Tests After Consumer Backlash | Fast Five Shorts

7 mins; January 08, 2026

Amazon’s Alexa+ Pushes Deeper Into Grocery Shopping | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; January 08, 2026

The Biggest and Boldest NRF Must-See Tech Preview | Ask An Expert

84 hours 27 mins; January 08, 2026

Instacart's Pricing Retreat + Amazon's Alexa Gets Hungry | Fast Five

51 mins; January 07, 2026

How Rohlik Group Achieves Profitability In Online Grocery With Veloq CEO Richard McKenzie | 5IM

9 mins; January 07, 2026

Breaking Down Target's New SoHo Concept Store | Fast Five Shorts

6 mins; December 18, 2025

Inside Amazon's Leaked Rush Pickup Service Plans | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 18, 2025

Are Instacart's Pricing Experiments Inflating Your Grocery Bill? | Fast Five Shorts

8 mins; December 18, 2025

Ashley Furniture Goes All-In on Agentic Commerce | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 18, 2025

Lightning Round: Ryan Reynolds at NRF, Puppy Yoga & Rob Reiner's Greatest Hits | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; December 18, 2025

Online Grocery Breaks Records Despite Budget Constraints | Fast Five Shorts

6 mins; December 18, 2025

Target SoHo, Amazon Rush & The Instacart Dynamic Pricing Brouhaha | Fast Five

55 mins; December 17, 2025

AWS's David Dorf On Why LLMs Have Peaked & What's Coming Next In 2026

9 mins; December 17, 2025

Handheld vs. Overhead RFID Debate: The Final Countdown For More Exact Inventory Counts

37 mins; December 15, 2025

Technology of the Year - What Innovation Won 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

6 mins; December 11, 2025

Retailer of the Year - Who Dominated 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

6 mins; December 11, 2025

Most Laughable Headline - What Made No Sense? | Fast Five Shorts

3 mins; December 11, 2025

Best Movie Material - Which Headline Deserves Hollywood? | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; December 11, 2025

THE RETAIL 2026 PREDICTION FORECAST | Fast Five Shorts

3 mins; December 11, 2025

Best Partnership - Which Collaboration Won 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; December 11, 2025

Best Strategic Turnaround - Who Pivoted Successfully? | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 11, 2025

Headline of the Year - What Announcement Mattered Most? | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 11, 2025

CEO of the Year - Who Led Best in 2025? | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 11, 2025

Most Overhyped Technology - What Failed to Deliver? | Fast Five Shorts

9 mins; December 11, 2025

Our 2025 Retail Awards Show!

63 hours 24 mins; December 10, 2025

Digital Store Survival Kit: Realities, Roadmaps, & Resources For 2026 | Ask An Expert

39 mins; December 10, 2025

Physical AI: What It Is & How IoT Will Combine With AI To Make Retail Operations Self-Aware

22 mins; December 09, 2025

Walmart's Secret B2B Weapon & How Ashley Hubka Is Refining a Business Platform Millions Already Use

6 mins; December 09, 2025

Are Smart Glasses Ready for a 2026 Breakthrough? | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 04, 2025

n Now: The 30-Minute Delivery Service | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; December 04, 2025

Walmart's Brilliant Move: Bringing Ads to AI Shopping | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 04, 2025

Lightning Round: Advent Calendars, Slop Bowls & Mariah’s $60M Holiday Reign | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; December 04, 2025

ChatGPT Shopping Research: Revolution or Just Better Search? | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 04, 2025

Black Friday Hits RECORD $11.8 Billion in Online Sales | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; December 04, 2025

AI Hits Black Friday, Amazon Tests 30-Minute Groceries & Walmart Adds Ads To Sparky | Fast Five

42 mins; December 03, 2025

Target's Four-Year Sales Stagnation | Fast Five Shorts

3 mins; November 27, 2025

Kroger's $2.6 Billion Automation Retreat | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 27, 2025

Lightning Round: Turkey Day Hot Takes, Black Friday Hauls & Fashion Buzz | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 27, 2025

Richard Dickson's Gap Revival Continues | Fast Five Shorts

3 mins; November 27, 2025

Bath & Body Works Plans Amazon Launch | Fast Five Shorts

7 mins; November 27, 2025

Target Bets Black Friday on ChatGPT Shopping | Fast Five Shorts

7 mins; November 27, 2025

Target's ChatGPT Gamble, Kroger's $2.6B Pivot & Gap's Viral Comeback | Fast Five

46 mins; November 26, 2025

SymphonyAI | 🏆 November’s Retail Tech Startup of the Month

5 mins; November 26, 2025

Confessions of Supply Chain Executives | The Brutal Truth About Retail Out-of-Stocks

52 mins; November 24, 2025

Lightning Round: Holiday Hacks, Hot Cocoa & Dick Van Dyke at 100 | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; November 20, 2025

Grocery Dealz Unlocks Same-Day Delivery Through Instacart Integration | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 20, 2025

Can Google's AI Shopping Revolution Challenge ChatGPT and Perplexity? | Fast Five Shorts

8 mins; November 20, 2025

Target and Starbucks Create Exclusive Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 20, 2025

Primark Joins the Buy Now Pay Later Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

2 mins; November 20, 2025

The Furner Era Begins: What Walmart's CEO Transition Means for Retail | Fast Five Shorts

6 mins; November 20, 2025

Walmart’s Got A New CEO, Google Will Call Stores For You & Target Is Sprinkling Cocoa | Fast Five

46 mins; November 19, 2025

Consumer Spending Reality Check & Why Trade-Down Behavior Is Here to Stay with A&M's Chad Lusk | 5IM

7 mins; November 18, 2025

Lightning Round: Ulta Discounts, Andy Garcia & Italian Pasta Crisis | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 13, 2025

AI Shopping Hits Critical Mass | Fast Five Shorts

7 mins; November 13, 2025

Target's "10-4" Service Controversy | Fast Five Shorts

7 mins; November 13, 2025

Bath & Body Works Scents the Holidays | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; November 13, 2025

Amazon vs. Perplexity Legal Showdown | Fast Five Shorts

9 mins; November 13, 2025

Dollar General's AI Leadership Move | Fast Five Shorts

8 mins; November 13, 2025

The Way Too Early 2025 Retail Year-in-Review With Ethan Chernofsky | Ask An Expert

40 mins; November 13, 2025

AI Commerce Surges, Amazon Sues Perplexity & We Are Over And Out On Target 10-4 | Fast Five

55 mins; November 12, 2025

How Wiliot's Nationwide Walmart Rollout Could Prevent Millions In Food Waste | Spotlight Series

25 mins; November 10, 2025

Computer Vision Deployment Disasters: Your Playbook On How To Avoid Them | Ask An Expert

38 mins; November 06, 2025

Mondelēz's $40M AI Advertising Bet | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 06, 2025

Lightning Round: Chat GPT Coaching, Sexiest Man Alive & Hand Massages | Fast Five Shorts

3 mins; November 06, 2025

Starbucks' Billion-Dollar Delivery Business | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 06, 2025

Kroger & Uber Eats Restaurant Integration | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; November 06, 2025

The Amazonification of Whole Foods | Fast Five Shorts

6 mins; November 06, 2025

GrubHub Partners with Instacart | Fast Five Shorts

3 mins; November 06, 2025

Starbucks $1B Delivery Secret, Oreos In AI & Amazon's Whole Foods Doritos Gamble | Fast Five

39 mins; November 05, 2025

Inside Amazon's Social Commerce Strategy With Julie Haleluk & Wayne Purboo | Spotlight Series

31 mins; November 04, 2025

Amazon's Vision Quest - AI Glasses for Drivers | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; October 30, 2025

Walmart Cracks The Code - RFID Fresh Food Revolution | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; October 30, 2025

Lightning Round: Netflix In Theaters, Hot Santa, NFL Yoga Pants & Red Bull Advent | Fast Five Shorts

4 mins; October 30, 2025

Will Lululemon’s NFL Partnership Hurt Its Brand In The Long-run? | Fast Five Shorts

5 mins; October 30, 2025

Retail's Darkest Day - Amazon & Target Layoffs | Fast Five Shorts

6 mins; October 30, 2025

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