Everything's on Sale
THE V SPOT NEWS | FRI, JUNE 12TH, 2026 |
Shoptalk won the award for most vendors on a Yacht this week and Padel penetration was as high as 38% in many dinner conversations. As we said before, things have got to change. Let’s do the news. V Spot week 19.
The World Cup opened with three red cards yesterday. Infantino didn’t watch it. Ireland watched from the sofa. As always.
This week’s V Spot News is six minutes of the retail and ecommerce stories that actually matter:
🥊 Mike Ashley just bid €2bn for Hugo Boss. He’s been building to this since 2020.
💊 GLP-1 drugs wiped £780m from UK grocery spend. The crisp aisle is not okay.
👗 ASOS posted a 50% profit surge and raided Amazon to hire the person who might seal the comeback.
🛍️ Amazon can now design custom merch in eleven seconds. Print-on-demand operators should be nervous.
🏠 Bed Bath and Beyond is buying renovation companies. It’s either genius or the most ambitious pivot since Sears.
⚽ Adidas built an entire F1 ecommerce store in eight weeks using AI agents. No new headcount.
New episode is live now on YouTube. Link in the comments.
Six minutes. No fluff. No panels of people agreeing with each other.