Episode 586

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23rd Apr 2026

Retail Daily Minute | Best Buy CEO Corie Barry Steps Down, Dick's Sporting Goods Partners with Adobe on AI Digital Coaches & Sam's Club Launches One-Hour Express Delivery

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Duvo and Mirakl.

In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:

  • Best Buy CEO Corie Barry announces she will step down on October 31st, with Jason Bonfig, the company's Chief Customer, Product and Fulfillment Officer, named as her successor amid years of stagnating revenue and earnings.
  • Dick's Sporting Goods partners with Adobe to roll out AI-powered digital coaches through its mobile app, delivering personalized product recommendations and training tips to customers at scale.
  • Sam's Club completes a fleet-wide rollout of one-hour-or-less Express Delivery across all 600-plus stores, with nearly 65,000 orders fulfilled since April 2nd at an average delivery time of 55 minutes.

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Omni Talk Retail
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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