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In this episode, Chris Walton discusses Estée Lauder's job cuts, Walmart's beauty expert program expansion, and Whatnot's Shopify integration.

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Duvo and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses: Estée Lauder raises its expected role reductions to as many as 10,000 positions, with more than 70% of the increase tied to cuts at underperforming department store and freestanding store doors, even as Q3 net sales grew 5% to $3.7 billion. Walmart , conversely, is expanding its in-store beauty expert program to more than 400 U.S. stores by year-end, adding trained specialists to help shoppers navigate a growing premium assortment as the mass retail battle for beauty share intensifies. Whatnot launches a direct Shopify integration, allowing millions of merchants to sync inventory and orders to the livestream platform automatically. 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. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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