Season 2
July 7, 2025
Prime Day Forecasts, Walmart Tries To Solve Dinner & Starbucks Execs Get $6M Incentive
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by RetailClub and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Adobe forecasts a record $23.8 billion in online sales during Prime Day, driven by mobile purchases and a 3,200%...
July 2, 2025
Staples Pivots to Services, Sephora Partners with Lyft & Chuck E. Cheese Targets Adults
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by RetailClub and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Staples transforms its business model by shifting from office supplies to services, launching a Verizon partners...
July 1, 2025
Luckin Coffee Lands in NYC, Wegmans Pilots Smart Carts & Best Buy Offloads Current Health
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by RetailClub and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Luckin Coffee enters the U.S. market , opening two cashier-less stores in New York City despite local bans on ca...
June 30, 2025
Nintendo Pulls from Amazon, France Targets Fast Fashion, Home Depot Buys GMS for $4.3B
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by RetailClub and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Nintendo exits Amazon’s U.S. storefront amid a third-party seller dispute, skipping the Switch 2 launch and leav...
June 29, 2025
Target Tests Smart Locks, Nike Restructures & Walmart Opens Beef Facility
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Target pilots smartphone-controlled shelf locks to reduce theft and boost convenience, testing employee and mem...
June 26, 2025
H&M Sees Summer Lift, Primark Heads South & Uber Eats Expands Robot Delivery in Atlanta
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: H&M posts a 3% June sales boost despite ongoing tariff and cost pressures, with 200 store closures planned and ...
June 25, 2025
Walmart Tests Dark Stores, Target To Try Shipping Factory-Direct, & Hibbett Launches Kids App
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Walmart pilots dark stores in Dallas and Bentonville to speed up e-commerce fulfillment and support its goal of...
June 24, 2025
McDonald’s Ends Krispy Kreme Deal, Klarna Joins Google Pay & Walmart Trains 100K Indian Sellers
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: McDonald’s and Krispy Kreme call it quits , ending their nationwide rollout plan after realizing the doughnut p...
June 23, 2025
C&S to Acquire SpartanNash, Klarna Enters Mobile & Kroger to Close 60 Stores
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: C&S Wholesale Grocers to acquire SpartanNash in a $1.77B deal that would create a powerhouse food distributor w...
June 22, 2025
Lululemon Cuts Corporate Jobs, Home Depot Eyes GMS, & NikeSkims Launch Delayed
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Lululemon trims 150 corporate roles as it faces sluggish North American sales, rising inventories, and tariff p...
June 19, 2025
Amazon’s AI Overhaul, TikTok Shop’s Summer Blitz, & Whatnot’s $3B Live Commerce Boom
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy outlines an AI-first future , with generative and agentic tools set to transform operatio...
June 17, 2025
Amazon Extends Prime Day, H-E-B Tests Delivery Robots, Costco Bets on Standalone Gas
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Amazon stretches Prime Day to four days (July 8–11), doubling down on deal drops and driving Prime engagement a...
June 16, 2025
H&M Taps AI to Reclaim Market Share, Albertsons Launches In-Store Ad Screens & Saks Eases Vendor Fears
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: H&M goes all-in on AI to win back shoppers from Shein and Temu, using predictive and generative tools to fuel s...
June 15, 2025
Amazon Streamlines Grocery, Retailers Eye Stablecoins, & Costco Rewards Exec Members
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Retail Club and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Amazon launches “One Grocery” – unifying Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, and Amazon Go under a single leadership tea...
June 12, 2025
Zara’s Currency Crunch, Starbucks Bets on Barista AI, and Victoria’s Secret Data Breach Impact
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Zara’s Growth Woes: Inditex starts Q2 with only 6% sales growth and warns of a 3% annual sales hit from foreign exchange pressu...
June 11, 2025
Lowe’s Taps MrBeast, Amazon Supercharges AI Ads, and Walmart Redefines Gaming Launch Days
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Lowe’s bets big on the creator economy , partnering with MrBeast and launching its first affiliate creator network to win over ...
June 10, 2025
Victoria’s Secret Activist Shakedown, UNFI Cyber Crisis, and Walmart’s Fintech Power Play
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Victoria’s Secret faces activist heat as major shareholder BBRC calls for a complete board overhaul, citing poor performance, c...
June 9, 2025
Walmart Launches 'Sparky' AI Assistant, CMOs Pour Millions Into GenAI & Grubhub Rolls Out Multi-Store Ordering
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Walmart launches “Sparky,” an AI shopping assistant that’s not just answering questions — it’s getting ready to take actions fo...
June 8, 2025
Walmart Rebrands, P&G Restructures, and Starbucks Boosts App Engagement with Location Tech
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Walmart rolls out its “Who Knew?” campaign , encouraging consumers to take a second look as it highlights major investments in ...
June 5, 2025
Amazon Eyes Humanoid Delivery, Dollar General Goes Designer, and Michaels Absorbs JOANN Brands
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Amazon is testing humanoid robots for last-mile delivery , combining AI, robotics, and its electric Rivian fleet in a bid to au...
June 4, 2025
Peloton Resells, PayPal & Klarna Go Physical, and M&S Recruits the Old-School Way
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Peloton launches "Repowered," a branded resale marketplace for used bikes and gear, aiming to monetize idle inventory, lower ch...
June 3, 2025
Spirit Halloween Hits Pause, Walmart Canada Powers Up, and Temu Stumbles Stateside
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Spirit Halloween cancels its annual kickoff event due to international supply chain disruptions, but reassures fans that over 1...
June 2, 2025
Saks Secures Lifeline, Brooks Brothers Returns to Roots, and Aldi Appoints New U.S. CEO
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Saks Global lands $350M in financing to stabilize operations ahead of the holiday season, amid mounting vendor tensions and fal...
June 1, 2025
Costco Stays Strong, Walmart Gets Health-Savvy, and Gap Faces Tariff Turbulence
Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute: Costco beats Q3 expectations with an 8% sales jump and nearly 16% e-commerce growth, while holding prices on essentials and rer...