Buckle up! It’s Friday, February 20th, 2026, and you’re tuned into the V Spot News, home of the nearly news. Coming up, we tell you who go the haircut of the week among other ecomme and retail stories.. We’ve got a six-minute dive into the weird, the wild, and the “why is this happening?” of the shopping world.Let’s do the news.
“First up, the unthinkable has happened. For the first time in over a decade, Walmart is no longer the revenue king. Amazon officially snatched the crown this week with $717 billion in sales, beating Walmart’s $713 billion.
But here’s the V Spot twist: Amazon is basically a cloud company with a side hustle in cardboard boxes. Without its AWS cloud division, Amazon’s revenue would have plummeted to $588 billion, putting it well behind Walmart’s mountain of groceries. It’s like a bodybuilder winning a marathon because they’re wearing jetpacks. Sure, you won, but we all know it’s the tech doing the heavy lifting!”
“If you’ve noticed your favorite stores looking a little... smaller... you aren’t imagining it. Retailers are officially shifting their inventory to stock more small sizes and fewer XLs. Why? The GLP-1 (Ozempic) effect has hit the high street.
People are dropping weight and immediately ‘revenge shopping’ for body-conscious outfits. To keep up, Kroger just launched a massive ‘Protein-Focused’ line with 80 different snacks to help those users hit their macros. We’ve entered the era of ‘Biotech Retail’, where your local grocer is basically your pharmacist, and your wardrobe is shrinking as fast as your appetite.”
“In ‘M&A Madness,’ eBay just bought Depop back from Etsy for a cool $1.2 billion. It’s the retail equivalent of a messy breakup where everyone ends up back with their ex because they realized the single life is too expensive.
Meanwhile, if you’re tired of seeing influencers film ‘Get Ready With Me’ videos in their bathrooms, a new startup called Advideolab just launched an AI that generates UGC-style videos from a single product photo. Yes, the ‘relatable’ person telling you why you need that face cream might not even exist. Authentic? No. Efficient? Terrifyingly so.”
Let’s check the vibe on the street. According to the latest trend reports, ‘Mob Wife’ aesthetic is peaking—think faux fur, gold chains, and looking like you have a secret to keep.
But over in Amsterdam, the trend is... electric bike gangs? Teenagers are roaming the streets in full black ‘drill’ gear on fat-tire bikes, looking like futuristic ninjas. And in Tokyo, the ‘A-Line’ is back: slim tops, baggy pants, and zero color. Basically, if you don’t look like you’re mourning a mysterious billionaire in a black turtleneck, you’re behind the times.”
“That’s your V Spot fix for the week! Amazon is the new king (thanks to the cloud), your protein snacks are now high-tech, and the person selling you leggings on TikTok is probably a bunch of code.
Let’s blame Omnisend for this one. Again.
