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Retail’s AI Future May Be Bigger and Slower Than You Think with EY and EY Studio+ | WRC 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from World Retail Congress 2026 in Berlin, Chris Walton speaks with Malin Andrée, Global Retail Industry Leader at EY, and Steven Bailey, Americas Retail Leader at EY Studio+, about how AI could fundamentally reshape the future of ... Show more

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Why People, Not Just Technology, Are Driving Naivas’ Growth Across East Africa | WRC 2026

In this Omni Talk Retail interview, recorded live from day two of World Retail Congress 2026 in Berlin, Chris Walton talks with Andreas von Paleske, CEO of Naivas, about scaling one of East Africa’s fastest-growing grocery retailers while balancing operational discipline, employe ... Show more

. 10min 39sec

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