Future Commerce - Retail Tech at the Speed of Commerce Podcast
1) The Room Where Retail Happens feat. Zia Daniell Wigder, Shoptalk’s Global President
Zia Daniell Wigder, Global President of Shoptalk and Groceryshop, joins Brian and Alicia to mark Shoptalk's 10th anniversary and unpack the themes defining the spring show in Las Vegas. (Hint: AI isn'...Show More
2) The Agent Has Left the Building
As ChatGPT pulls back on native in-app checkout, malls becomemainstream again. Is agentic commerce ready for primetime, or are consumers seeking more analog experiences? PLUS: Dick's Sporting Goods' l...Show More
3) McDonald's CEO Ate a Burger Like He Was Defusing a Bomb
Phillip and Brian get deep on a week when everything felt a little unhinged: Shopify's AI sidekick started building custom apps, Iran allegedly took out AWS data centers mid-Claude-outage, and the McD...Show More
4) Consolidation Is Power: Insights from eTail Palm Springs
We’re live and poolside at the close of eTail Palm Springs. This year’s conference brought less theory and more proof, from agentic platforms doing actual operational work to the quiet rise of go-to-m...Show More
5) Cracking the Viral Code: Creators As CMOs
Jonathan Cohen, CMO of Onyx Global Group (Pure Daily Care & Aquasonic), joins Phillip and Alicia to trace the arc from Amazon-first launches to TikTok Shop dominance. This week, we unpack the unmeasur...Show More
6) Daily Harvest is Fighting the Wellness Hype Machine
In just one year, Daily Harvest was acquired by Chobani, dropped its subscription requirement, and launched a campaign calling out the wellness hype machine. CEO Ricky Silver joins us to talk about th...Show More
7) Every Brand Spent $20M on 30 Seconds. Levi's Bought the Whole Super Bowl.
Most Super Bowl ads failed before they aired. Dr. Marcus Collins explains why. We break down the Super Bowl as a cultural spectacle: the ads, the Bad Bunny halftime show, and the Levi's strategy that ...Show More
8) Supply Chain's AI Evolution: Infinite Simulations
LIVE from Manifest 2026: Shipium CEO Jason Murray reveals why AI transformation isn't about making old processes faster but fundamentally rethinking workflows. From turning three-day analytics tasks i...Show More
9) Why Gap is Back: The Mattel Playbook for Brand Reinvigoration
Join us at SoCom 2026, the Social Commerce Conference. February 26 in Venice Beach and save 20% with code FCSC2026 Damon Berger, Head of Consumer Digital Engagement at Gap Inc., joins the show to sha...Show More
10) How Brands Become Publishers In the Age of Distrust
Andrew McLuhan (The McLuhan Institute) and Paulo Ferreira (co-founder, Barrons Brand Publishing) join us to dissect the seismic shift from persuasion to publication. As institutions crumble and audien...Show More