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

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

1. Gap becomes the first major fashion retailer to offer direct checkout inside Google's Gemini AI platform, using the Universal Commerce Protocol to give shoppers a seamless “agentic” commerce experience, without ever leaving the app.
2. Dollar General names JJ Fleeman, current CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA and a 35-year grocery veteran, as its next Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Todd Vasos effective January 1, 2027.
3. Costco announces its first-ever standalone gas stations, with a 40-pump, members-only location opening in Mission Viejo, California in June and a second planned for Honolulu in 2027.

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