Retail Daily Minute | OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Ads Manager, Bob's Discount Furniture Opens First Store-DC Hybrid & Flashfood Brings Loyalty Integration to Grocers

Omni Talk Retail · May 12, 2026 · 6m

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:

OpenAI launches a beta self-serve ChatGPT Ads Manager in the U.S., introducing cost-per-click bidding and expanded measurement tools, as brands like Target, Albertsons, and Williams-Sonoma are already in the pilot and the company eyes $2.5 billion in ad revenue this year.

Bob's Discount Furniture opens its first combined retail store and distribution center in Solon, Ohio, a hybrid format designed to reduce line haul costs and speed fulfillment…