Nov. 4, 2026

Retail Daily Minute | CVS Splits in Two, Amazon Opens Shop Direct to All Retailers & M&S Taps Vusion

Retail Daily Minute | CVS Splits in Two, Amazon Opens Shop Direct to All Retailers & M&S Taps Vusion
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Retail Daily Minute | CVS Splits in Two, Amazon Opens Shop Direct to All Retailers & M&S Taps Vusion

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by ZenlineAI and Mirakl.

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

  • CVS Health plans to split into two public companies, separating Aetna and Caremark from its 9,000 retail pharmacies in a stunning strategic reversal.
  • Amazon launches the Shop Direct Merchant Workspace, letting any eligible retailer list products in Amazon search and Alexa for Shopping, free of charge.
  • Marks & Spencer will deploy Vusion's Connected Store platform and electronic shelf labels across a number of new stores.

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