Retail Daily Minute

Bed Bath & Beyond Bets Big on Home Services, Walmart Supercharges Its Retail Media Network & Kroger Takes Flashfood Division-Wide

PepsiCo's Pricing Blunder, Ace Hardware Teams With Uber Eats & Old Navy Sport Is Reportedly in the Works

Meta Kills 'Link in Bio,' Carrefour Shops on ChatGPT & Carrefour Israel Goes Big into Smart Carts

QVC Group's Going Concern Warning, Starbucks Sweetens the Deal for Baristas & Burger King Goes on a Hiring Spree

Nike's Turnaround Tests Patience, Shake Shack Launches Project Catalyst & Aerie Doubles Down on Real

McCormick's $45B Unilever Food Deal, Macy's Launches Ask Macy's AI Shopping Assistant & Allbirds Sells for $39M

Sephora Enters ChatGPT, ALDI Overhauls Its Digital Experience with Instacart & Edikted Makes Its European Debut

Henkel Snaps Up Olaplex for $1.4B, REI Union Threatens Anniversary Sale Boycott & DoorDash Expands Into Apparel Delivery

OpenAI Kills Sora & the Disney Deal, Walmart Brings Sparky to ChatGPT & Poshmark Reimagines Its App

Gap Goes ‘Agentic’ with Google Gemini, Dollar General Names New CEO & Costco Plots Standalone Gas Station

Target Tightens Employee Dress Codes, UNFI's Endless Aisle Connects Emerging Suppliers & Babylist Goes Big in NYC

Costco Launches Retail Media's Next Digital End Cap, Ingka Group Eyes 800 Job Cuts & Winn-Dixie Expands Amazon Delivery

Macy's Braces for a Tough 2026, Family Dollar Thinks Small & Bob's Discount Furniture Shines Post-IPO

Amazon Launches 1-Hour Delivery, Build-A-Bear Hits Walmart Shelves & J.C. Penney Takes the Runway to Paris, Texas

Dollar Tree's Traffic Troubles, Walmart's Rapid Remodel Test & DoorDash's Dot Robot Rolls into Fremont

Dollar General Bets on Browsing & Subscriptions, Dick's Revives Foot Locker with Fast Break, and Ulta Takes Beauty to TikTok Shop

Amazon Wins Ruling Against Perplexity's Shopping Bots, Expands Shop Direct & De Minimis Lawsuit Gets Green Light

Kroger's New CEO Charts a Course, Retail Rules ChatGPT Ads & Fabletics Bets on Denim

Costco's $470M Personalization Payoff, Albertsons Launches Stock Up Sale & Kroger Kicks Off Customer Appreciation Week

Eddie Bauer Closes All Stores, Costco Pledges Tariff Refunds & Dick's App Beats AI in the App Store

Walmart Goes All-In on Digital Shelf Labels, Abercrombie Crosses $5 Billion & eBay-Klarna Expand Global Resale

Target Promotes a Comeback, Amazon Brings Cub to the Twin Cities & Kroger Goes Drone in the Freezer

Walgreens Debuts Hybrid Pharmacist Role, Schlotzsky's Deli Unveils Next-Gen Store & Home Depot Tracks Big Deliveries in Real Time

Block Cuts 4,000 Jobs for AI, Lululemon's Proxy Fight Escalates & Target Ditches Artificial Dyes

Lowe's Beats but Housing Struggles Persist, MAC Cosmetics Enters Sephora & Wonder Eyes Texas

IKEA Opens Doors to Decathlon, New York Sets BNPL Rules & EU Pauses U.S. Trade Deal

Target Expands Levi's to 1,000+ Stores, Walmart Launches Scintilla In-Store & Bath & Body Works Hits Amazon

Walmart's E-Commerce Hits a Profitability Milestone, Wayfair Beats but Stock Drops & Carrefour Goes All-In on the Smart Store

Walmart Hits Record 72% Grocery Penetration, Retailers Raise Prices Again & Burger King's President Takes Your Calls

Kohl's Launches Deal Bar, Wakefern Overhauls Loyalty System & IKEA Plots 10 New Stores

Target Pilots ChatGPT Ads via Roundel, Amazon Eyes AI Content Marketplace & C-Stores Deploy Voice AI at 5,200 Locations

Walton's Weekly Wramblings | What This Year's Super Bowl Tells Us About The Future Of Commerce

Uber Debuts AI Shopping Assistant, Amazon Expands Pharmacy Delivery & Kraft Heinz Pauses Split

Nike Braces Converse Staff for Cuts, Amazon Drone Crashes & Target Reinvests in Stores

Kroger Taps Ex-Walmart US CEO, Albertsons Tests Cart Trackers & Instacart Partners with 1-800-Flowers

Spotify Enters Physical Books, Tractor Supply's Delivery Push & Costco's January Sales Surge

Walton's Weekly Wramblings | Why Most Retailers Will Never Transform With AI (And That's Okay)

PepsiCo Slashes Snack Prices, Bed Bath & Beyond Buys Tokens.com & Anthropic Goes Ad-Free in Super Bowl Spot

Walmart Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap, Kroger Expands Marketplace Stores & Peloton Cuts 11% of Workforce

Starbucks Plans Major Expansion, Walmart Readies Cross-Border Shipping & Costco's Nike Sneakers Hit Resale

Sprouts Enters New York, Costco Launches Euro Websites with Instacart & Amazon Eyes $50B OpenAI Investment

Walton's Weekly Wramblings | The Five Trends From FMI 2026 That Actually Matter (And What The Merchants Were Really Saying)

Amazon Shuts Down Amazon One Palm Pay, eBay Blocks AI Shopping Bots & BJ's Opens Second Small-Format Store

Amazon Shuts Down Fresh & Go Stores, Michael Burry Bets Big on GameStop & Meta Launches Premium Subscriptions

WHP Global Buys Lands' End Stake, Grocers Win Lunch Rush & American Eagle Exits 3PL

TikTok Secures U.S. Future, Dollar General Battles Amazon & Francesca's Closes Permanently

Walton's Weekly Wramblings | The Death of Optimization-First Retail: Four Lessons from NRF 2026

Lidl US CEO Out, Klarna Offers After-Purchase BNPL & BJ's Expands Digital Ad Screens

Trump Threatens EU Tariffs, ChatGPT Launches Ads & Goodwill Hits Record Online Sales

Microsoft Shares Its NRF Takeaways, Amazon Launches Portable Just Walk Out & Pinterest Debuts Shoppable TV