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Rite Aid Goes Dark, Shipt Launches AI Chat-to-Cart & Amazon Fresh Closes More Stores

Rite Aid Goes Dark, Shipt Launches AI Chat-to-Cart & Amazon Fresh Closes More Stores

Update: 2025-10-07
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Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl.

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

  • Rite Aid closes all remaining stores, ending 63 years in business after two bankruptcies and selling pharmacy services to CVS, Walgreens, and other rivals.
  • Shipt partners with Perplexity to launch an AI-powered chat-to-cart feature through Comet browser.
  • Amazon shutters four more Amazon Fresh stores in Southern California, continuing its strategic pullback from underperforming grocery locations.
  • And, my “One Big Thought” for the day on generative AI eventual impact on grocery.

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Be careful out there!

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Rite Aid Goes Dark, Shipt Launches AI Chat-to-Cart & Amazon Fresh Closes More Stores

Rite Aid Goes Dark, Shipt Launches AI Chat-to-Cart & Amazon Fresh Closes More Stores