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

• Saks Global exits Chapter 11 as "Exemplar Luxury Group," emerging with a dramatically smaller store footprint, sharply reduced debt, and a new strategic bet on full-price luxury.
• Amazon Prime Day 2026 logged $26.4 billion in U.S. online spend across four days — a new record — but Numerator data reveals declining average order sizes and household spend, even as AI-driven traffic and influencer commerce posted striking gains.
• Rhode Island becomes the first U.S. state to mandate a 1-to-3 worker-to-machine staffing ratio for self-checkout lanes in grocery stores, setting a regulatory precedent that a half-dozen other states are already moving to follow.

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

• Lowe's integrates its third-party marketplace into its My Red Vest associate software, putting thousands of marketplace products directly in the hands of store employees at over 1,700 locations.
• Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper roll out QR codes linking consumers to the American Beverage Association's Good to Know database.
• REI gets roasted online after Meta's AI ad tool auto-generated an image of a physically impossible two-handlebar bike, prompting the retailer to unenroll from the tool and issue an apology.

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

• Prime Day is generating conflicting signals, and both matter. Adobe reports $8.3 billion in online spend on day one — the biggest e-commerce day of 2026 — while Numerator shows per-household Amazon spending down 16% year-over-year.
• A federal judge blocked USDA-approved SNAP restrictions in five states, ruling the agency exceeded its legal authority by attempting to redefine what counts as "food" under federal law.
• Uber Eats is accelerating its retail marketplace expansion, adding Kiehl's, FedEx Office, Blick Art Materials, Academy Sports + Outdoors, and Choice Pet to its platform.

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

• Walmart moves deeper into connected TV advertising by acquiring Vibe.co, a self-serve CTV platform, to make streaming ad buying more accessible and measurable for SMB and mid-market brands through Walmart Connect.
• Bath & Body Works enters Ulta Beauty, bringing a curated selection of its most-loved products to more than 600 Ulta stores and Ulta.com starting July 12th, as the brand accelerates its push beyond its own retail walls.
• Instacart pilots "Immersive Feed," a short-form vertical video experience embedded within retail storefronts on its site, letting shoppers move seamlessly from recipe inspiration to adding items to their cart.

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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:

• Adobe projects Prime Day 2026 will drive a record $26.3 billion in U.S. online spend, with AI traffic to retail sites expected to surge 103% and mobile shopping hitting an all-time high at 54.2% of online sales.
• Duluth Trading Co. is handing Amazon full fulfillment control of its marketplace products under a traditional wholesale model, using the e-commerce giant's Prime shipping network as a customer acquisition funnel
• Bed Bath & Beyond is inviting customers to dig out their iconic 20% off coupons as part of the "Legendary Coupon Hunt," a 21-day promotion honoring the coupons at face value and offering a chance to win a $100,000 home transformation.

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

• Kroger posted soft Q1 comp sales of just 1%, but turned an e-commerce profit for the first time ever, and CEO Greg Foran admitted 60% of stores need to step up their game.
• Ahold Delhaize nominated Claire Peters, Amazon's VP of worldwide fresh, as the next CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA, marking the company's second straight outsider leadership hire this year.
• Wayfair is expanding its physical footprint with a 135,000-square-foot store coming to Princeton, New Jersey in 2027, joining a fast-growing roster of large-format locations nationwide.

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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:

• Yum! Brands agrees to sell Pizza Hut in a two-part, $2.7 billion deal, splitting ownership between private equity firm LongRange Capital and Yum China.
• New data from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus shows U.S. online grocery sales surging nearly 28% year over year, even as in-store sales slip.
• Lidl US prepares to launch its new Lidl Plus rewards program on July 1st, replacing myLidl with point-based perks and personalized pricing.

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

• Pinterest rolls out a new storefront-linking tool that connects creators' Amazon storefronts directly to their Pinterest profiles, automatically applying affiliate links whenever they tag an eligible product.
• Dick's Sporting Goods partners with Lids to launch dedicated shop-in-shops inside its stores nationwide, with plans to reach more than 100 locations by late summer.
• Target names fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi as its first-ever Creative Director at Large, tasking him with mentoring designers and elevating the retailer's design authority.

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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:

• Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol says the chain can add as many as 10,000 net new U.S. locations by shifting to smaller, cheaper-to-build stores under 1,000 square feet.
• Dollar General reports that same-day delivery is already a profitable business, contributing 70 basis points to Q1 comparable sales growth across roughly 18,000 stores, and announces a delivery subscription pilot launching later this year.
• Walmart launches international shipping to Mexico through Walmart.com giving shoppers there access to hundreds of thousands of products with duties and fees shown at checkout.

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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:

• Walmart and Wing add seven new metro markets to their drone delivery expansion plan, targeting operations from 270-plus stores by 2027.
• B&R Stores, a family-owned Midwest grocer, deploys Simbe's Tally autonomous shelf-scanning robots to capture real-time inventory data and free associates from up to 30 hours per week of manual auditing tasks.
• Grocery Outlet partners with Afresh to roll out AI-powered ordering across its fresh, center store, and general merchandise departments, becoming the first retailer to deploy Afresh's full-store, multi-category solution across its roughly 550 locations.

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