We Don’t Go Grocery Shopping Anymore
In 2015 I said, “We don’t ‘go’ shopping anymore. We are always shopping.” People nodded politely. Then they went back to planning store traffic around […]
Memorable Over Measurable: Retail’s Lost Wonders
[00:00:00] Phillip: Welcome to Future Commerce, the podcast at the intersection of culture and commerce. I’m Phillip, and something that’s taken me by surprise recently […]
Rewind: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
[00:00:45] Phillip: Brian, are you tired? [00:00:46] Brian: Yeah. That’s my secret, Phillip. I’m always tired. {laughter} [00:00:52] Phillip: You were stuck on a plane […]
Retail Rebounded in August But Stores Have Only Grown Half a Percent This Year.
The headline on the August retail data is a rebound. Sales rose 1.2% from July and 6.0% from last August, according to the Census Bureau. […]
Separating Real Signals from the Noise
[00:00:00] Phillip: And welcome to Future Commerce, the podcast at the intersection of culture and commerce. I’m Phillip. [00:00:04] Alicia: And I’m Alicia. [00:00:05] Phillip: […]
How Much Shopping Really Happens Inside ChatGPT?
Americans are having about 566 million conversations a month about shopping with ChatGPT. Add Gemini, Copilot and the rest and the real figure is even […]
Six Amazing OSX Tools
I’ve had a personal interest in productivity since I first found David Allen’s Getting Things Done in 2001. I spend most of my working hours […]
Retail Media In Your Ears: Inside Dollar General’s 21,000-Store Audio Network
[00:00:00] Alicia: Hello, everyone, and welcome to Future Commerce, the podcast at the intersection of culture and commerce. I am not Phillip, but I have […]
Commerce Media’s Day Two: The Agentic Shelf and the Measurement Reckoning
[00:00:00] Phillip: And welcome to Future Commerce podcast, at the intersection of culture and commerce. I’m Phillip. [00:00:04] Alicia: And I’m Alicia. [00:00:05] Phillip: Today, […]
Bedfellows: How Boll & Branch Keeps Humans and AI in the Same Sheets
[00:00:00] Phillip: Hello, and welcome to Future Commerce, the podcast at the intersection of culture and commerce. I’m Phillip. [00:00:04] Brian: I’m Brian. [00:00:05] Phillip: […]