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First Look: 2025 BFCM Numbers Are In
Black Friday naysayers have been predicting its demise for years, but Adyen's Holly Worst has data proving the shopping holiday is far from dead—it's…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
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[DECODED] Commerce in the Age of Context: When Buying Journeys Collapse
The traditional linear shopping journey has collapsed. Commerce now happens everywhere, and consumers are navigating this omnimodal reality with unpr…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Black Friday vs. Propriety: Nothing Left to Sell
Episode 431
It’s a Black Friday special! Phillip and Brian explore how capitalism commercializes everything it touches, as exemplified beautifully by community-d…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
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[DECODED] The Psychology of Perpetual Commerce: When Shopping Becomes Who We Are
Nearly half of all consumers now live in a state of perpetual purchase consideration, maintaining mental shopping lists that are never truly empty. W…
4 months ago
Closing the AI Transformation Gap
Episode 430
Most marketing teams believe AI will revolutionize their work, yet few experience true transformation. Shai Frank from Optimove discusses new researc…
4 months ago
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…
4 months, 1 week 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 Sophi…
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …
4 months, 3 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. F…
4 months, 3 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 …
5 months ago