Episode 27

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26th Jun 2024

Target's 'Un-Marketplace,' Netflix House & Whether The World Really Needs A Gen AI Alexa | Fast Five

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ownit AI, Avalara, Mirakl, and Sezzle, A&M’s Kelly Carey and Jeff Dwyer joined Chris and Anne to discuss:

  • Whether Target is making a smart move in rolling out generative AI so quickly across its store base (Source: Target Press Release)
  • What Netflix has to get right for its “Netflix House” concept to work (Source: The Verve)
  • Unilever’s new partnership with Microsoft to expand its use of quantum computing (Consumer Goods Technology)
  • The long-term value and viability of a generative AI Amazon Alexa (Source: Reuters)
  • And we closed with a discussion of whether we should buy or sell Target’s new partnership with Shopify (Source: CNBC)

There’s all that, plus Ovative’s Chuck Anderson-Weir stops by to give us 5 Insightful Minutes on his company’s latest Enterprise Marketing Return Power Rankings, along with a lighting round filled with questions about postage stamps, Tom Brady, and spicy romance novels.

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Omni Talk Retail provides news, analysis, and commentary on the latest trends and issues in the retail industry
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.

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Anne Mezzenga

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Anne Mezzenga is an entrepreneurial Marketing Executive with nearly 20 years in the retail, experience design, and technology industries.

Currently, she is one of the founders and Co-CEOs of Omni Talk.

Prior to her latest ventures, Anne was most recently the Head of Marketing and Partnerships for Target’s Store of the Future project. Early in her career, Anne worked as a producer for advertising agencies, Martin Williams and Fallon, and as a producer and reporter for news affiliates NBC New York and KMSP Minneapolis.

Anne holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

When Anne is not busy blogging, podcasting, or sharing her expertise with clients, she loves spending time with her husband and two boys and partaking in all the Minneapolis food scene has to offer.

Chris Walton

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