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Agentic AI Has Arrived: What Retail & CPG Marketers Must Do Next
Season 2
Episode 6
Published 14 hours ago
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S2E6 Scaling Agentic AI, GenAI, & redefining roles while building governance for the autonomous marketing era
Agentic AI isn’t coming — agentic AI is already here, and it’s reshaping how retail and CPG marketing teams operate. In this final episode of our three‑part series with Incisiv and Adobe, we break down how agentic workflows, autonomous decisioning, and Gen AI driven content systems are transforming marketing roles, governance models, and customer experience strategies.
Ricardo Belmar and Casey Golden sit down with Dave Weinand, Chief Customer Officer at Incisiv, and with Bruce Richards, Global Industry Strategy & Marketing Lead at Adobe. Together, they unpack the research behind the State of Customer Experience in Retail & Consumer Goods. They explain what marketers must do now to prepare for the autonomous era.
Key Topics Covered
Why This Episode Matters
Retail and CPG leaders are facing a seismic shift: agentic AI is moving from assistive tools to autonomous systems that optimize budgets, personalize journeys, and manage content at massive scale. This episode gives marketers the blueprint to evolve their teams, redesign workflows, and build governance frameworks that unlock safe, scalable innovation.
Resource Links
State of Personalized Experience in Consumer Goods in an AI-Driven World - Report
https://business.adobe.com/resources/sdk/state-of-cx-consumer-goods.html
State of Customer Experience in Retail in an AI-Driven World - Report
https://business.adobe.com/resources/sdk/state-of-cx-retail.html
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About Our Guests
Bruce Richards. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucefrichards/
Global Industry Strategy & Marketing Lead – Retail & Consumer Goods, Ad
Agentic AI isn’t coming — agentic AI is already here, and it’s reshaping how retail and CPG marketing teams operate. In this final episode of our three‑part series with Incisiv and Adobe, we break down how agentic workflows, autonomous decisioning, and Gen AI driven content systems are transforming marketing roles, governance models, and customer experience strategies.
Ricardo Belmar and Casey Golden sit down with Dave Weinand, Chief Customer Officer at Incisiv, and with Bruce Richards, Global Industry Strategy & Marketing Lead at Adobe. Together, they unpack the research behind the State of Customer Experience in Retail & Consumer Goods. They explain what marketers must do now to prepare for the autonomous era.
Key Topics Covered
- Why most brands are stuck in GenAI pilot mode — and how to finally scale
- The difference between content‑generation AI and decision‑driving AI
- How agentic workflows automate micro‑decisions across channels
- Where agentic AI delivers low‑risk, high‑value wins today
- Why AI governance is now a marketing imperative
- The rise of new roles: journey owners, AI operators, content system leads
- How AI‑powered discovery is rewriting SEO and customer acquisition
- What retailers and CPG brands must do to prepare for autonomous marketing systems
Why This Episode Matters
Retail and CPG leaders are facing a seismic shift: agentic AI is moving from assistive tools to autonomous systems that optimize budgets, personalize journeys, and manage content at massive scale. This episode gives marketers the blueprint to evolve their teams, redesign workflows, and build governance frameworks that unlock safe, scalable innovation.
Resource Links
State of Personalized Experience in Consumer Goods in an AI-Driven World - Report
https://business.adobe.com/resources/sdk/state-of-cx-consumer-goods.html
State of Customer Experience in Retail in an AI-Driven World - Report
https://business.adobe.com/resources/sdk/state-of-cx-retail.html
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Bruce Richards. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucefrichards/
Global Industry Strategy & Marketing Lead – Retail & Consumer Goods, Ad