Omni Talk Retail

Omnichannel retailing during the pandemic has placed one hell of a premium on inventory accuracy in stores and throughout the supply chain. But so much of the legacy store level and DC level infrastructure is not equipped to give us the data and level of accuracy that we need to meet these new demands. Kris Barton of Avery Dennison and Umesh Umesh Cooduvalli of Detego join Chris Walton for the latest installment of the Omni Talk Spotlight Series to discuss why RFID may just be the answer. Together they explore how RFID can: - Greatly improve store level inventory accuracy - Improve your performance on buy online, pickup in store - Reduce the amount of split shipments out of your stores - And give you a leg up on the future More and more stores are becoming like mini-warehouses, so the premium on inventory accuracy will soon be at an all-time high (if it isn't already). *Sponsored Content*This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

2022 is right around the corner, so who better than Microsoft to tell us all on what retail technology trends they would place their bets in the upcoming year! So Omni Talk is pleased to announce that Microsoft’s very own Chris Dieringer and Ricardo Belmar have joined Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga for the latest installment of their Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series. Collectively the four of them will explore things like: - Cloud Commerce - Automation - Computer Vision - And who knows? They may even just touch on the metaverse, too. It is sure to be a highlight heading into next year! Music by hooksounds.com *Sponsored Content*This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga: - Explore Amazon's Venmo partnership. - Praise Sobeys' new "flex store" concept. - Debate YouTube's ability to win in livestream commerce. - Have a blast talking Burberry's interactive deer NFTs for Singles' Day. - And, close with a look at why Nike teaming up on loyalty with DSG shows why Nike is still one of the best retailers around. To redeem your $300 discount on the Manifest Conference, visit: manife.st/continue-registratio…RTNER&refId=OmniTalk To learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit: alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/ To learn more about Takeoff, visit: www.takeoff.com/ To learn more about Attentive, visit: www.attentivemobile.com/omnitalk Plus, check out our ranking in Feedspot’s 45 Top Retail Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga: - Explore what Amazon taking Venmo means for the future. - Praise Sobeys for its new "flex store" concept. - Debate YouTube's right to win in livestream commerce. - Have a blast talking Burberry's interactive deer NFTs (yes, you read that right) for Singles' Day. - And, close with a look at why Nike teaming up on loyalty with Dick's Sporting Goods shows why Nike is still one of the best omnichannel retailers around. There's all that, plus how we like our pretzels, Adele's new single, and both of us calling Jeff Bezos's alpha male flex pose to keep Leonardo DiCaprio away from his girlfriend what it is -- an HGH induced mid-life crisis.  Be careful out there, – Chris, Anne, and the Omni Talk team To redeem your $300 discount on the Manifest Conference, visit: https://manife.st/continue-registration/?couponCode=MANIFEST_PARTNER&refId=OmniTalk To learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit: https://alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/ To learn more about Takeoff, visit: www.takeoff.com/ To learn more about Attentive, visit: www.attentivemobile.com/omnitalk Plus, check out our ranking in Feedspot’s 45 Top Retail Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

In this week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga: - Question the strategic rationale behind the Kroger and Bed Bath & Beyond partnership that was announced this week. - Explain why Amazon Fresh gaining share in California and Illinois could be a canary in the coal mine that the grocery industry should be watching closely. - Highlight Ubers Eats getting into "Babies and Kids" delivery. - Discuss all the ramifications of Grabango going live with its checkout-free solutions in six stores in Tucson, AZ. - And close with a look at Nike trademarking virtual goods and what it means for brands as they grapple with the coming apocalypse metaverse. There's all that, plus my favorite NES game of all time, what Anne would wear to a team's meeting in the metaverse, and a shout to everyone's favorite American town, Conshohocken, PA. To learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit: alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/ To learn more about Takeoff, visit: www.takeoff.com/ To learn more about Attentive, visit: www.attentivemobile.com/omnitalk Plus, check out our ranking in Feedspot’s 45 Top Retail Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/ Music by HookSounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

This week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, David Ritter and David Brown of the A&M Consumer & Retail Group join Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to talk: - Target's new same-day fulfillment features, with cool names like, "Backup," "Forget Something," and "Shopping Partner." - Amazon's new "Local Selling" program that lets customers order products for pickup from local sellers. - Trigo's second open-to-the-public checkout-free store in Germany with the REWE Group. - Poshmark's recently announced, "Brand Closet," that lets big brands sell directly to Poshmark's user base. - And, close with a unanimous look at why it probably made sense for PayPal to pull back on its plans to acquire Pinterest. There's all that, plus Liz Taylor references, Anne needing a cigarette mid-show, and everyone's favorite gift this holiday season -- sand. To learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit: alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/ To learn more about Takeoff, visit: www.takeoff.com/ To learn more about Attentive, visit: www.attentivemobile.com/omnitalk Plus, check out our ranking in Feedspot’s 45 Top Retail Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/ Music by HookSounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

This week’s Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, was chock full of 10 out of 10 headlines. Every story this week was big, some might even say, HUGE. We have the first-ever retrofitted checkout-free store, a nonsensical +$300 million acquisition, a big scan-and-go test, an ultra fast move into NYC, and a subscription program that one major retailer continues to just piss down its leg. In this week's Fast Five Podcast, Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton: - Herald Tesco's new checkout-free store with Trigo in London as a landmark event in the history of in-store retailing. - Question Instacart's dumb smart cart acquisition of Caper (see what we did there?). - Fawn all over GoPuff and its move into New York City. - Shower love on Best Buy for its latest scan-and-go and 24/7 curbside pickup locker tests. - And end it all by giving Walmart a jolly good and right proper slagging for how it continues to make Walmart+ the most unimaginative subscription program in the history of retail. There's all that, plus my favorite wine pairing with cheese made from goat's milk, Anne's aversion to Macy's Santa Clauses, and one big camelback. To learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit: https://alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/ To learn more about Takeoff, visit: www.takeoff.com/ To learn more about Attentive, visit: www.attentivemobile.com/omnitalk To register for the Manifest conference, visit: www.manife.st Plus, check out our ranking in Feedspot’s 45 Top Retail Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/ Music by HookSounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

"How do you sell snowflakes?" - Andy Reuben CEO of Trove In this case, snowflakes = resale product, and to figure out the answer to that question we had to call in an expert in the circular economy and resale. In the latest Ask An Expert series, Omni Talk's Anne Mezzenga is joined by resale expert and VP of Brand Success at Recurate Cynthia Power. Cynthia started her retail resale career at Eileen Fisher running their "Renew" program, one of the first upcycling and resale programs in the business. In this episode, Cynthia talks about the variety of approaches brands and retailers are exploring as they add resale to their platforms and the reasons why they've been moved to do so -- from seeking sustainability to more successful customer acquisition. Anne and Cynthia conclude the episode by discussing the latest resale headlines, from Resale-As-A-Service to resale storefronts and the advantages and disadvantages of each. For more information on Recurate or to get in contact with Cynthia, head to Recurate.com. *Sponsored Content*This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

This week's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Takeoff, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, and Attentive, was a cornucopia of headline delights, a veritable hodgepodge of topics on everything from outright lunacy to some downright shrewd moves from one of the nation's biggest mall operators. In this week's podcast, Anne and I work ourselves into a lather discussing: - The rationale behind the irrational claim by one Mr. Scott Ostfeld that Macy's e-commerce business is worth $14 billion . . . on its own! - Simon Property Group's new partnership with Klarna. - Facebook's latest move into physical retailing. - Kroger entering the Northeast. - And close with a look at a new drive-thru grocery startup, Opie, that could be setup to fail before it even starts.  There's all that, plus Stranger Things between Walmart and Netflix, contactless smoothies, and what food we'd least like to have made for us by a robot. To learn more about the A&M Consumer & Retail Group, visit: https://alvarezandmarsal-crg.com/ To learn more about Takeoff, visit: www.takeoff.com/ To learn more about Attentive, visit: www.attentivemobile.com/omnitalk Plus, check out our ranking in Feedspot’s 45 Top Retail Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/ Music by HookSounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Your store teams shouldn't be spending time on anything that isn't driving sales or reducing costs. But too much of their day is wasted on less impactful actions and convoluted processes, which oftentimes results in them feeling even more overwhelmed and inefficient. Omni Talk Expert Quorso CEO Julian Mills once again joins Chris Walton for the latest installment of the Omni Talk Ask an Expert Series to delve deep into why agile store management in theory and practice could be the answer. Together they will explore how Agile Store Management helps make every minute in your stores count by: - Simplifying processes (automating data analysis, digitally tracking actions, streamlining store visits, and consolidating tech interfaces) - Prioritizing intelligently (managers doing the most impactful and important things first - through a combination of tasks and data-driven/smart alerts) - Adapting locally (to meet specific conditions on the ground) - Sharing lessons learned (across the frontline and front-to-center to scale successes) - Motivating employees (with visible impact and recognition to boost engagement and maintain momentum) Or, as Chris and Julian like to call it -- SPASM The result is rapid improvements in Sales, Waste, Shrink, CSAT, and most importantly many more happy and engaged employees who now feel like they have a life raft to save them from drowning. Chris and Julian will discuss all this and more in this latest episode of the Omni Talk Ask An Expert Series -- "Store Teams Drowning? Agile Store Ops Is The Easy Way To Save Them." *Sponsored Content*This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy