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About Future Commerce Future Commerce is an essential podcast for DTC operators and modern retail strategists looking to navigate the evolving landscape of digital commerce. This show cuts through the noise, offering actionable insights on everything from emerging sales channels to brand-building tactics. Listeners will learn to capitalize on urgent opportunities by understanding the mechanics behind explosive growth, like how Whatnot scaled to an $8B GMV powerhouse by leveraging real-time interaction and strategic funding in live commerce [1] . The Future Commerce podcast also reveals how top-tier brands are empowering creators as de facto CMOs, ditching rigid playbooks to unlock authentic engagement and drive sales, particularly on platforms like TikTok Shop, by shifting from Amazon-first to creator-led commerce for unprecedented growth [2] . Furthermore, the show deeply analyzes why most high-cost advertising campaigns fail to deliver, using Levi's effective Super Bowl strategy as a prime example of achieving genuine impact and ROI beyond a mere 30-second spot [3] . Tune in to Future Commerce to sharpen your strategic edge and drive significant growth. Discover more episodes below.
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Recent episodes LIVE @ Google Marketing Live: How Google is Taking the 'Drudgery' Out of Shopping — May 22, 2026 LIVE @ Google I/O: Universal Cart, Agentic Payments, and the Protocols Powering the Agent-Mediated Economy — May 20, 2026 AP x Swatch x Mass Brand Psychosis — May 13, 2026 The Internet’s Aperture Is Shrinking — May 6, 2026 POSSIBLE’S Potential: The Hallway Track Leads to the Beach — May 4, 2026 The Paris Playbook: A Celebutante's Guide to Commerce — Apr 29, 2026 Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media is at the intersection of Celebrity, Social Commerce, and Culture — Apr 29, 2026 AI Can Be Your Therapist, But Never Your Partner — Apr 24, 2026 We Already Lost the Power Race to China. Now What? — Apr 22, 2026 How Furniture.com Repaired Furniture Shopping For Everyone — Apr 17, 2026 Everything Is Trained On You: Inside the World Model Layer — Apr 15, 2026 The Blueprint for Independent Brands with eComFuel — Apr 8, 2026 LIVE at Shoptalk Spring: Architecting a 360° Wedding Ecosystem with David's Bridal — Apr 3, 2026 LIVE at Shoptalk Spring: Retail Media Confessions, Hype Cycles, and the Creator Reckoning — Apr 2, 2026 LIVE at Shoptalk Spring: Wing’s Heather Rivera on Five-Minute Futures — Apr 1, 2026 *TEASER* Baptist Oreos, Anglican Biscotti — Mar 31, 2026 Shoptalk Spring Recap: STRATA, Snoop Dogg, & the Simulacra — Mar 30, 2026 The Live Commerce Window Is Open Now — Mar 25, 2026 The Room Where Retail Happens feat. Zia Daniell Wigder, Shoptalk’s Global President — Mar 18, 2026 The Agent Has Left the Building — Mar 11, 2026 McDonald's CEO Ate a Burger Like He Was Defusing a Bomb — Mar 4, 2026 Consolidation Is Power: Insights from eTail Palm Springs — Feb 27, 2026 Cracking the Viral Code: Creators As CMOs — Feb 25, 2026 Daily Harvest is Fighting the Wellness Hype Machine — Feb 20, 2026 Every Brand Spent $20M on 30 Seconds. Levi's Bought the Whole Super Bowl. — Feb 18, 2026 Supply Chain's AI Evolution: Infinite Simulations — Feb 13, 2026 Why Gap is Back: The Mattel Playbook for Brand Reinvigoration — Feb 6, 2026 How Brands Become Publishers In the Age of Distrust — Jan 30, 2026 [STEP BY STEP] The Spend Behind the Scale — Jan 29, 2026 [STEP BY STEP] Seizing the Seasonal Opportunity — Jan 28, 2026 [STEP BY STEP] Optimizing the Product Promise — Jan 27, 2026 Why 70% Unsubscribe: Solving Marketing's Personalization Paradox — Jan 23, 2026 *TEASER* David vs. the Raccoons — Jan 21, 2026 Our NRF 2026 Recap — Jan 16, 2026 Break Out of Spreadsheet Speed: Agility Strategies to Win the Algorithm — Jan 9, 2026 [STEP BY STEP] Carving New Frontiers: Selling Premium Cuts On Temu’s Fast-Growing Marketplace — Dec 31, 2025 [STEP BY STEP] Unlocking A Niche Category: Achieving 10x Growth In One Year with Temu Through Market Innovation — Dec 30, 2025 [STEP BY STEP] Building an Empire Through Cultural Connection: From Inspiration to Reach with Temu — Dec 29, 2025 Year-End Highlights: Lessons From Our Deepest Dialogues — Dec 26, 2025 [DECODED] The Future of Omnimodal: When Commerce Unlocks New Opportunities — Dec 22, 2025 Predictions 2026: Prepare for the Age of Autonomy — Dec 19, 2025 [DECODED] The New E-Commerce Wars: When Brands Need to Earn Their Place in Consumers' Lives — Dec 15, 2025 Where Culture Happens, Commerce Follows — Dec 12, 2025 Shopify ‘26 Winter Editions: Tools for the Commerce Renaissance — Dec 11, 2025 [DECODED] Three-Party Commerce: Trust in the Age of Agents — Dec 8, 2025 Coach’s Big Store Move: Make You Forget You’re Shopping — Dec 5, 2025 First Look: 2025 BFCM Numbers Are In — Dec 3, 2025 [DECODED] Commerce in the Age of Context: When Buying Journeys Collapse — Dec 1, 2025 [DECODED] The Psychology of Perpetual Commerce: When Shopping Becomes Who We Are — Nov 24, 2025 Closing the AI Transformation Gap — Nov 21, 2025