Feb 7
Lightning Round: Olympic Style, Comfort Food Rules & Kelly Clarkson | Fast Five Shorts
This Lightning Round segment of the OmniTalk 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 culture, fashion, and the lighter side of retail. From Ralph Lauren’s Oly ... Show More
6m 3s
Feb 7
BJ’s Shrinks the Club | Fast Five Shorts
This OmniTalk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, looks at BJ’s Wholesale Club’s experiment with smaller-format stores. Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, joined by A&M’s Ken Cochran and Jon Mal ... Show More
6m 49s
Feb 2024
How Local Businesses Can Compete with Larger Rivals
In 2020, Kwame Spearman left his consulting job in New York City to take over an iconic independent bookstore, the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado—his hometown. Spearman saw an opportunity to reinvent the local business to build a community space after the pandemic. ... Show More
30m 1s
Sep 2024
Can your business still transform after 7 years as a photographer? (with Michaela Beach)
Today I'm chatting with Michaela Beach - a photographer since 2017, who is a current member of my coaching program, the Business Blueprint. Michaela lets us into her world and shares how her mindset has changed everything for her business and income, even after seven years in ... Show More
38m 57s
Jun 2019
Revolve’s Instagram/fashion IPO, JetBlack concierge takes on Amazon Prime, and Germany’s Aldi fires up the US grocery wars
The pioneer of social media influencer marketing, Revolve shares surged to become the 2nd best public offering stock performance of 2019 so far. JetBlack is the text-based online concierge club that just revealed key numbers as it takes on Amazon Prime (it’s a Walmart company). A ... Show More
17m 28s
Aug 2025
Walmart Winces at Tariffs & Cracker Barrel’s Stock Sinks From Logo Fiasco
Episode 654: Neal and Ann preview the biggest economic event of the year in Jackson Hole as all eyes are on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s address. Then, Walmart is standing pat against the force of tariffs as it remains resilient amidst rising costs, but how can it hold? Also, Google ... Show More
29m 51s
In this week's Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Takeoff, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, and Emma Irwin the Intern discuss Walmart's new partnership with Shopify, Staples using Instacart, a cool startup called Branch, Dick's Sporting Goods' new store formats, and Chris goes on a rant for the ages about how slow apparel retailers have been to adopt technology i ... Show More
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