QuikTrip has now launched its latest Generation 4 convenience store remodel near its home base in Tulsa, with Wichita, Kansas and Joplin, Missouri also seeing new locations adopt the layout. “Gen 4 shows what happens when you design around the people who know our customers best and give them the tools to serve them even better,” QuikTrip Corporate Communications Manager Aisha Jefferson said (more).

U.S. Polo Assn. has opened a new flagship in Miami, and has plans to open a second in NYC’s Times Square soon. “Situated in Bayside Marketplace, one of the busiest and most important international retail destinations in Miami, our U.S. Polo Assn. Bayside Miami Global Flagship truly reflects the scale, energy, and heritage of our multi-billion dollar sports brand,” said J. Michael Prince, president and CEO of USPA Global (more).

Magnum Ice Company shares soared upward by ~18% after rumors began circulating that Blackstone and CD&R, among other PE firms, were considering bids for the company. While Magnum did deliver Q1 sales growth above analyst expectations, onlookers remain cautious over future prospects (more).

Stellantis, General Motors, and Ford have cut over 20,000 jobs combined — or about 19% of their workforces — with many of the layoffs being laid at the feet of tech improvements, particularly AI. “Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in July 2025 (more).

Amazon has scrapped its Rufus AI chatbot in favor of a new agentic AI solution in the form of Alexa for Shopping. Alexa for Shopping blends the former Rufus and Alexa+ to create a new integration which can make product recommendations from user history and past purchases (more).