{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Digital Commerce Daily","title":"The Digital Commerce Daily | Whatnot Closes $545 Million Series G, | Liquid I.V. applies Prime Day insights | Online growth offsets weak store sales","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/36ce0d7d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":390,"description":"The Digital Commerce Daily — August 12, 2026\n\nIn this episode:\n• Live shopping platform Whatnot just doubled its valuation to $20 billion, signalling that Western live commerce is entering its own high-stakes scaling era.\n• Liquid I.V. is using Prime Day data as a testing ground to deliberately shift customers from Amazon to its own DTC channel — a playbook every CPG brand should study.\n• UK retail sales slowed sharply in July but ecommerce is actively cushioning the blow, making this the clearest live data point yet on digital commerce's role as a structural ballast for British retail.\n\nHosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.\n\nTags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SivQuI9DtkOFmcJqbThFf84ROWQ9UToPgipsXpYRWQ0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZTE1/YWY2NTc1NzhhZmNh/ZTMzYTk3NzUyMzVk/ZTcyNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}