Chris Walton

Publisher

Omni Talk

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Chris Walton was a featured speaker at RetailSpaces ’18. Read a summary of his session here.  

Chris Walton is a leading expert and influencer in omnichannel retailing. An accomplished Senior Executive, with nearly 20 years of success within the retail and retail technology industries, Chris has high-level executive experience across nearly every discipline within retail, including: merchandising, store operations, inventory management, product design, forecasting, e-commerce, pricing and promotions, product development, and store design and architecture. Currently he is the CEO and Founder of Red Archer Retail and Omni Talk, one of the fastest growing blogs in retail. When he is not writing for Omni Talk or contributing regularly to Retail Dive and the Robin Report, Chris is building out his new retail startup, Third Haus, under the Red Archer umbrella and also sits on the Advisory Board for Delivery Solutions, a leader in last-mile delivery solutions.

Prior to starting Red Archer Retail and Omni Talk, Chris worked for Target, where he was the Vice President of the retailer’s Store of the Future project and was also the Vice President of Merchandising for Home Furnishings on Target.com.

Chris began his career at Gap, Inc. and holds a BA in Economics and History from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.