Omni Talk Retail

Jenn Hahn, retail and marketing expert who studies the creator economy, breaks down American Eagle’s new rewards-based micro-influencer community. She discusses program scale, gamification that hooks college-age creators, the trust and long-tail advantages of many small creators, cost-efficient content and affiliate upside, and how AI can lower creator startup costs.

Jenn Hahn, retail industry expert with practical experience advising retailers, weighs in on Target and Albertsons testing ChatGPT ads. She discusses whether conversational ads can scale into a real retail media channel. Short takes cover user annoyance vs upside, if people would pay to avoid ads, and whether AI ads might shift search and buying behavior.

Jenn Hahn, retail and HR expert, gives practical perspectives on using gender pay gap data and action planning. She explains toolkits with frameworks, templates, and change-management guidance. Conversations cover leadership and hiring shifts, why public sharing can drive industry-wide change, and how suppliers might need to align with new transparency expectations.

Jenn Hahn, a recruiting expert at J Recruiting Services, offers HR and workforce-management perspective. She discusses the optics of sending Converse staff home before cuts. Short takes cover revenue collapse, leadership exits, Chuck Taylor dependence, cultural risks of temporary remote directives, and whether Nike may be preparing to divest Converse.

Ethan Chernofsky, CMO at Placer.ai and location-analytics expert, uses foot-traffic and consumer data to spot retail momentum. He highlights fitness’s sustained rise, grocery’s three-way battle of quality vs value vs differentiation, Starbucks’ potential bounce-back, DTC store pullbacks, and the role of partnerships and suburban shifts in shaping physical retail.

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 about Agentic Commerce — and how the conversation has shifted dramatically in just six months.From fraud concerns to discoverability challenges, Maia explains how Stripe is helping merchants navigate the AI agent landscape with the tools they need to stay in control, stay competitive, and sell through AI agents without rebuilding their entire commerce stack.🔑 Topics covered:The two forms of Agentic Commerce and why retailers are now all-inThe four biggest concerns merchants have about AI-driven shoppingHow Stripe's Agent Commerce Protocol and Suite tackle control, discoverability, fraud, and checkoutWhich major brands — including Walmart, Etsy, Glossier, Spanx, Urban Outfitters, and more — are already live🎧 Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more retail tech insights!#agenticcommerce #retailai #stripeai #retailtech #omnitalk #ecommerce #aiagents #retailinnovation #agenticai #retailpodcastMusic by hooksounds.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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 resident talent expert Jenn Hahn, joined Chris and Anne to discuss:Converse employees being instructed to work from home ahead of layoffs and restructuring at the struggling Nike brand (Source)Co-op launching a gender pay gap toolkit ahead of new UK regulations (Source)Target and Albertsons testing conversational advertising inside ChatGPT (Source)American Eagle building its largest creator community yet with a rewards-based micro-influencer program (Source)Independent convenience stores deploying AI voice insights across 5,200 locations (Source)And Stripe's Chief Revenue Officer of AI, Maia Josebachvili, stopped by to give us 5 Insightful Minutes on how retailers can set themselves up for success in the new world of agentic commerce.PLUS — in partnership with Quorso, and together with Jenn, we handed out this month's OmniStar Award to Kristin Popp, Executive Vice President of Woodman's Food Market and President of Women's Grocers of America, fresh off being named Woman of the Year at the NGA Show.There's all that, plus curling drama at the Winter Olympics, Robert Duvall's Mount Rushmore, and what one thing from 2016 our hosts would bring back.Music by hooksounds.com#RetailNews #Converse #Nike #ChatGPTAds #RetailPodcast #OmniTalk #AmericanEagle #MicroInfluencer #ConvenienceStore #AIRetail #AgenticCommerce #Stripe #GenderPayGapThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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 Veloq, closes out the show with rapid-fire takes on luxury travel, Valentine’s Day spending, and one very unexpected McNugget caviar moment.From the continued boom in luxury hotels to billions in Valentine’s retail projections and the internet’s obsession with fast food meets fine dining, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, joined by Shoptalk’s Joe Laszlo, keep things moving with quick hits and strong opinions.⏩ Tune in for the full episode here. #RetailLightningRound #RetailCulture #LuxuryTravel #ValentinesDay #McNuggetCaviar #ConsumerTrends #RetailNews #OmniTalkThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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 partnership with Bookshop.org to sell physical books.Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, alongside Shoptalk’s Joe Laszlo, unpack why this move feels like a natural extension of Spotify’s ecosystem and what it means for omnichannel reading behavior.⏩ Tune in for the full episode here. #Spotify #BookshopOrg #RetailStrategy #Omnichannel #RetailPodcast #OmniTalkThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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 Albertsons’ expansion of cart tracking technology to measure retail media effectiveness.Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, alongside Shoptalk’s Joe Laszlo, discuss whether dwell time truly correlates with incremental sales and what this signals for the evolution of in-store retail media.⏩ Tune in for the full episode here. #Albertsons #RetailMedia #InStoreTech #GroceryRetail #OmniTalkThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy