{"podcast":{"title":"Retail Daily Minute","slug":"retail-daily-minute-6672660","podcast_index_feed_id":6672660,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/retail-daily-minute/","website_url":"https://omnitalk.blog/retaildailyminutes/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/68829733-51ed-4053-8cee-266a4d617a5c/RDM-wR.png","author":"Omni Talk Retail","episode_count":500,"summary":"Omni Talk Retail's Chris Walton brings you the day's top retail headlines. And, by that, we mean only the top headlines that are worth your time.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:21:08.654201+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retail-daily-minute-6672660"},"episode":{"title":"Wonder Hits $9 Billion Valuation, Instacart Acquires Shelf-Scanning Startup & CVS Expands Pharmacy-Focused Format","slug":"wonder-hits-9-billion-valuation-instacart-acquires-shelf-scanning-startup-cvs-expands-pharmacy-focused-format","published_at":"2026-07-20T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retail-daily-minute-6672660/wonder-hits-9-billion-valuation-instacart-acquires-shelf-scanning-startup-cvs-expands-pharmacy-focused-format","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retail-daily-minute-6672660","url":"https://omnitalk.blog/retaildailyminutes/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b2bf9d1f-d529-4e3c-85d1-5641db77176b.mp3","summary":"Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&amp;S Logistics , Duvo and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses: Wonder closes a $650 million Series D at a $9 billion valuation, with reports the food-platform company is gearing up for an IPO as early as next year. Instacart acquires Arpalus, an AI-powered shelf-scanning startup, to give its in-store shoppers real-time inventory data via smartphone and Caper Cart cameras. CVS Health opens its first pharmacy-focused store in Houston as it accelerates a scaled-down, pharmacist-centered format nationwide. The Retail Daily Minute has been rocketing up the Feedspot charts , so stay informed with Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, your source for the latest and most important retail insights.","meta_description":"Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics , Duvo and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton di…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":342,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retail-daily-minute-6672660/episodes/wonder-hits-9-billion-valuation-instacart-acquires-shelf-scanning-startup-cvs-expands-pharmacy-focused-format/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retail-daily-minute-6672660/wonder-hits-9-billion-valuation-instacart-acquires-shelf-scanning-startup-cvs-expands-pharmacy-focused-format.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}