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In this 5 Insightful Minutes episode, Adam Plom, Vice President and Head of Content for Shoptalk Europe, joins Chris Walton to preview what to expect at this year’s 2026 conference in Barcelona from June 9 to June 11.
Adam breaks down what makes Shoptalk Europe unique, from its pan-European reach to its ability to bring together the entire retail ecosystem, including retailers, brands, startups, investors, and more. But more importantly, he dives into why this year’s event feels especially timely.
With rapid changes across AI, global trade, and technology, Adam shares how the tone of the industry is shifting toward more openness, more real-world sharing, and more honest conversations about what is actually working.
He also unpacks how Shoptalk is approaching AI in 2026, focusing less on hype and more on real use cases, data readiness, and the balance between automation and human ingenuity.
Key Topics covered:
• What makes Shoptalk Europe different from other retail events
• Why this moment in retail feels more urgent than ever
• The shift toward openness and real-world sharing across the industry
• How Shoptalk builds its content strategy months in advance
• Why AI needs to be balanced with human connection
• Agentic commerce and what is actually happening today
• Preparing product data and discovery for AI-driven search
• The importance of data readiness before implementing AI
• How AI is reshaping the retail workforce
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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:
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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, Chris and guest host Jenna DeFranco of J Recruiting Services discussed:
There’s all that, plus Jenna also helped us hand out this month’s OmniStar Award to Kristie Maurer, owner of Maurer’s Urban Market. And Adam Plom, VP and Head of Content for Shoptalk Europe, joined us for 5 Insightful Minutes to give a preview of what to expect in Barcelona this June.
P.S. Be sure to check out all our other podcasts from the past week here, too: https://omnitalk.blog/category/podcast/
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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:
The Retail Daily Minute has been rocketing up the Feedspot charts, so stay informed with Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, your source for the latest and most important retail insights.
Be careful out there!
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:
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In this Retail Technology Spotlight Series episode, Chris Walton sits down with duvo.ai CEO Tomáš Čupr to explore one of the most mind-bending ideas in AI today: not just how AI can improve retail operations, but how it can actually identify what in your operations should be improved in the first place. Drawing on Tomáš Čupr’s experience building Rohlik Group, a $1.5B+ pan-European e-grocer, and now leading duvo.ai, the conversation dives deep into the messy reality of retail operations, including fragmented systems, manual processes, and the hidden gaps leaders don’t even realize exist.
From agentic process mapping and Duvo Clarity to autonomous operations and the future of hybrid human and AI teams, this episode challenges conventional thinking around digital transformation and offers a practical look at what it really takes to operationalize AI at scale. If you’re trying to understand where AI fits into your organization, how to uncover inefficiencies, or how to move beyond pilot purgatory into real execution, this conversation delivers a fresh and highly actionable perspective.
Key Topics Covered:
• 00:00:45 – Why AI should identify problems, not just solve them
• 00:03:02 – Tomáš Čupr’s background building Rohlik Group
• 00:04:51 – The origin of duvo.ai and challenges with retail automation
• 00:07:50 – Why retail operations are too messy for traditional AI approaches
• 00:11:07 – The reality that most leaders don’t actually know their own processes
• 00:14:32 – Agentic process mapping and Duvo Clarity explained
• 00:19:41 – How AI analyzes workflows and recommends improvements
• 00:23:26 – Real-world examples including missed supplier follow-ups and margin leakage
• 00:25:56 – Automating should-cost analysis across every SKU
• 00:29:10 – The rise of self-improving, feedback-loop-driven retail systems
• 00:33:20 – The future role of retail leaders managing agents, not just people
• 00:41:28 – Why AI-native retailers could outpace legacy competitors
• 00:44:57 – Where to start with AI: process first, not data
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P.S. See our past 8 years of wonderful Spotlight Series podcast guests, featuring roughly 200 movers and shakers in retail, by clicking here: omnitalk.blog/category/spotlight-series-podcast/
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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:
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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 Superman movie nostalgia and National Puppy Day.
Chris Walton and returning guest Carter Jensen debate their lack of Superman viewing credentials and reflect on whether they did their dogs justice on National Puppy Day.
Because sometimes the best conversations have nothing to do with retail.
⏩ Tune in for the full episode here.
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This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, explores Amazon’s expanding grocery partnerships and its push into one-hour delivery.
Chris Walton and returning guest Carter Jensen discuss how Amazon is leveraging logistics to partner with regional grocers and whether these partnerships are a short-term win or long-term risk.
They also debate who really wins as Amazon tightens its grip on the final mile.
⏩ Tune in for the full episode here.
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This Omni Talk Retail Fast Five segment, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, Quorso, and Veloq, dives into Instacart’s latest AI-powered Caper Cart update using NVIDIA technology.
Chris Walton and returning guest Carter Jensen debate whether smart carts actually solve real consumer problems or if this is another overhyped investment.
From high costs to low adoption, the conversation challenges whether AI is being applied in the right places in retail.
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