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The 2025 Holiday Reality Check
Episode 429
Lupine Skelly, Retail Research Leader at Deloitte, joins Phillip and Alicia to dissect the stark reality behind this year's holiday shopping forecast. Consumer spending is projected to drop by 10%, a…
Published on 1 month ago
How Constraints Create Cathedrals
Episode 428
Oleksii (Alex) Lunkov joins Alicia Esposito to unpack how meaningful constraints fuel creativity in an age of algorithmic abundance. From Saint Sophia's 9 million glass cubes to the digitization of B…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
War of the Mediums: May the Best Story Win
Episode 427
Following the release of his work, The War of the Worlds Did Not Take Place, Nick Susi joins the pod to unravel the real War of the Worlds myth: not alien panic, but a battle between newspapers and r…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Katherine Dee on Digital Hauntings, Friend AI, and the E-Girl Timeline
Katherine Dee, internet culture writer and mastermind behind her popular AM-style call-in show, joins us to explore the archaeology of online life. From dissecting the Friend AI pendant's failed atte…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The 13th Month of Revenue
Episode 426
Halloween Horror Nights wasn't always a $575M-per-park juggernaut. When Universal launched Fright Nights in 1991 with just three experimental nights and $12 tickets, they stumbled onto something bigg…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
After Dark: Spooky Commerce, Matt Rife, and Annabelle Haunting on a Klarna Plan
Producers JT and Sarah join the show to unpack some fresh Spooky Commerce news, including Matt Rife and Elton Castee's venture into property and museum ownership. As Annabelle's (yes, that Annabelle)…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Inside Pinterest’s Trend Prediction Machine
Episode 425
Nearly 40% of Gen Z now chooses Pinterest over traditional search engines, and a growing number of this demographic is shifting to the platform to escape the chaos found in other social apps. The com…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Primark’s Global Expansion Playbook: The Customer is Hero
Episode 424
Rene Federico, US Head of Marketing at Primark, joins Future Commerce to discuss the international retailer's first major marketing push in America after a decade of organic growth and physical retai…
Published on 2 months ago
How to Win Loyalty When Everyone’s On Sale
Episode 423
In a climate where most consumers are concerned about tariffs (84%) and inflation (80%), the holiday season is poised to be a battlefield for retention and revenue. Optimove’s Moshe Demri, SVP of Glo…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
*TEASER* Diella Runs Procurement, Who Runs Diella?
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