Episodes

  • Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Names Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel Head Of Worldwide Grocery

    Fast Five Shorts | Amazon Names Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel Head Of Worldwide Grocery
    Jan 30 2025
    In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Ocampo Capital and Scratch Event DJs Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Amazon Naming Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel Head Of Worldwide Grocery For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/PmDEXwquuSE
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    6 mins
  • Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Increasing Regional Manager Pay To Potentially Over $600k Per Year

    Fast Five Shorts | Walmart Increasing Regional Manager Pay To Potentially Over $600k Per Year
    Jan 30 2025
    In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Ocampo Capital and Scratch Event DJs Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Increasing Regional Manager Pay To Potentially Over $600k Per Year For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/PmDEXwquuSE
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    6 mins
  • Fast Five Shorts | Walmart To Allow Suppliers To Test New Products With Walmart Customers

    Fast Five Shorts | Walmart To Allow Suppliers To Test New Products With Walmart Customers
    Jan 30 2025
    In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Ocampo Capital and Scratch Event DJs Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Allowing Suppliers To Test New Products With Walmart Customers For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/PmDEXwquuSE
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    6 mins
  • Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: Levi’s Claim That Data Helped It Capitalize On The Baggy Jeans Trend

    Fast Five Shorts | Buy Or Sell: Levi’s Claim That Data Helped It Capitalize On The Baggy Jeans Trend
    Jan 30 2025
    In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Ocampo Capital and Scratch Event DJs Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If They're Buying Or Selling: Levi’s Claim That Data Helped It Capitalize On The Baggy Jeans Trend For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/PmDEXwquuSE
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    6 mins
  • Fast Five Shorts | A "2-Ply" Lightning Round

    Fast Five Shorts | A "2-Ply" Lightning Round
    Jan 30 2025
    In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Ocampo Capital and Scratch Event DJs Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: A "2-Ply" Lightning Round For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/PmDEXwquuSE
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    6 mins
  • Fast Five Shorts | Hot Or Extra Hot: Starbucks New Ceramic Mug Rollout?

    Fast Five Shorts | Hot Or Extra Hot: Starbucks New Ceramic Mug Rollout?
    Jan 30 2025
    In the latest edition of Omni Talk’s Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Simbe, Ocampo Capital and Scratch Event DJs Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: If The Starbucks Ceramic Mug Rollout Is Hot Or Extra Hot For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/PmDEXwquuSE
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    6 mins
  • Starbucks Ceramic Mugs & Drizzles, Walmart Pay Increases & Amazon’s New Head Of Grocery | Fast Five

    Starbucks Ceramic Mugs & Drizzles, Walmart Pay Increases & Amazon’s New Head Of Grocery | Fast Five
    Jan 28 2025
    In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, and Scratch Event DJs, Chris and Anne discussed: - The appointment of Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel to head up Amazon’s grocery strategy - Whether CPGs will jump at the chance to pay Walmart to test products with Walmart’s actual customers - If Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol could be getting ahead of himself with his plans for ceramic mugs - The veracity of Levi’s claims that its partnership with Google Cloud helped it to jump on the “baggy jeans” trend - And closed by lauding Walmart for increasing its pay scale for regional managers There’s all that, plus Justin Honaman of AWS stops by for 5 Insightful Minutes to chat about 2025 and Amazon’s new Retail Ad Service, and we’ve got a more hilarious lightning round than usual filled with deep insights into Chris’s travel and house slipper habits. Music by hooksounds.com
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    49 mins
  • How AWS & Amazon Ads Are Moving Retail Forward in 2025

    How AWS & Amazon Ads Are Moving Retail Forward in 2025
    Jan 27 2025
    In this episode of our 5 Insightful Minutes Series, the Head of Worldwide Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Goods Business Development at AWS, Justin Honaman, joins us to discuss the biggest retail trends of 2025. We explore how AI, Amazon Ads' new Retail Ad Services, and data-driven personalization are shaping the future of shopping. Plus, we dive into unified commerce, composable commerce, and how retailers can better integrate in-store and e-commerce experiences for customers and employees alike. Key Moments: 0:02 AWS retail trends for 2025 0:36 The rise of AI and AWS Nova models 1:09 Amazon Ads launches retail ad services 1:55 How retailers can maximize business value with AI 2:44 The future of retail media networks 3:56 What these trends mean for end consumers 5:02 The importance of unified commerce and in-store technology #amazon #aws #amazonadvertising #retailtrends #retailnews #retailinnovation Music by hooksounds.com Sponsored Content
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    6 mins