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Did you buy chocolate or colors for handing out this #halloween
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Look at @HansenSurfboard merch making an appearance on a Buffalo Bills podcast today. (It'll always be the SD Chargers)
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Your Black Friday planning needs to account for budget-minded shoppers as inflation continues to stress household budgets.
👎 Gas prices +27.4% YoY
👎 Food index +2.7% YoY
👎 CPU software & accessories +25.4% YoY (largest ever)
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#Ecommerce #bfcm #retail
I just talked to a guy here at tips event and he had an iPhone 13 mini… like me!!
We both got super excited.
IYKYK
Four stories:
1. Political email getting a pass around spam filters
2. Big brands rethinking price increases
3. New research on Gen Alpha brand loyalty
4. Target crediting AI platforms for a traffic bump.
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#Gmail #EmailMarketing #Target #GenAlpha
I’ve been thinking it for a while, but it’s official: I can’t stand tile cards in Gmail.
It def makes the experience worse.
#gmail #emailmarketing #emailgeeks #ecommerce
In today’s brief:
1. A 14-step Claude Code workflow for scaling SEO content updates
2. Google's new feature that verifies email addresses without a confirmation link
3. new research on which brands AI platforms cite most and why.
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#b2b #ai #marketing
New on The Brief.
1. AI cites earned media over rankings
2. A $20 tool tries (and fails) to replace your agency
3. Meta has cloud business envy
4. Challenger brands are winning with less
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#Marketing #AI #B2B #GEO
Value & convenience will dominate back-to-school shopping.
The real question: how long before Amazon rebrands its summer Prime Day into a Back-to-School sales event?
Also, shopping will begin earlier. Plan accordingly.
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#ecommerce #retail #backtoschool
This week's brief is out, and includes a story I was mentioned in around Google's Universal Cart.
What's your take on the universal cart?
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#Ecommerce #retail #agenticcommerce
Stories:
1. Salesforce acquires Fin
2. Google released an AI opt-out feature you shouldn't use
3. Marketing has a critical thinking problem ... and a possible solution
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#Marketing
In today's brief:
1. Shopify is making it easier for merchants to plug into agentic infrastructure
2. Visa & OpenAI are building payment rails
3. MarTech is asking what we're actually committing to
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#Marketing #Ecommerce #AgenticCommerce
Is the FAQ party over? Google thinks so.
☝️plus:
🟢 Is the B2B marketing playbook broken
🟢 Does an AI pilot = strategy?
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#Marketing #B2B #Google
Mastercard's CEO is asking questions about agentic commerce
🖕 and 3 more stories that caught my eye
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#agenticcommerce #AI #retail #ecommerce
We've seen recent stories of the potential impact of agentic systems buying something that then gets returned. This is a problem for retailers.
Here is the other side of the coin: I want the agent to buy for me, but the sale gets declined.
Now what?
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Yes, shoppers can get frustrated, but it can help prevent fraud. Walking this line is a real challenge for brands and financial institutions.
My advice: expect a few bumps, grab a cushioned seat, and enjoy the ride.
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#ecommerce #agenticcommerce #retail
Are payment systems built for AI agents? This, and three more stories that grabbed my attention.
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#Ecommerce #AgenticCommerce
My thoughts on the Bills' schedule.
In other news, the NFL schedule is out. Is it a good one?
Here are some pros and cons of each game.
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#BuffaloBills #BillsMafia #NFLschedule #Bills