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Daily AI news for retail professionals. Two expert hosts cover how AI is changing commerce, customer experience, inventory, and the future of shopping.
Episodes
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — May 11, 2026
Carlos Mendez and Suki Nakamura host this Pivot Retail AI Briefing. They discuss agentic checkout adoption, Walmart's AI rollout, and consumer behavior analysis. The episode also touches on data from Adobe Analytics regarding AI agent-driv…
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — May 9, 2026
This episode of Pivot Retail AI Briefing, hosted by Carlos Mendez and Suki Nakamura, covers the use of AI-generated videos in e-commerce scams, focusing on their economic viability for fraudsters and the challenges they pose to consumer au…
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — May 7, 2026
Carlos Mendez and Suki Nakamura discuss the competition between AI devices and smartphones, referencing market data and infrastructure challenges like latency. They also touch on Coupang's data breach fallout and DoorDash's new AI search s…
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — May 3, 2026
This episode of Pivot Retail AI Briefing covers Stripe powering commerce in Google AI, Amazon's Rufus strategy, and Visa's global payment expansion. It highlights Google Gemini's user base and Stripe's annual payment volume, discussing sea…
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — May 2, 2026
This episode of Pivot Retail AI Briefing covers Maryland's new law restricting AI-driven price hikes in grocery stores, MoonPay's introduction of debit cards for AI agents, and Google Photos' enhanced AI styling capabilities.
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — Apr 30, 2026
This episode of Pivot Retail AI discusses Stripe's integration with Google's AI products like Gemini, allowing instant purchases within conversations. It also covers Visa's global expansion of agent payments, highlighting the significant g…
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — Apr 28, 2026
The Pivot Retail AI Briefing on April 28, 2026, covers AI developments in retail, including customer service innovations and supply chain transformations. Hosts Carlos Mendez and Suki Nakamura discuss AI-powered personalization engines tha…
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — Apr 23, 2026
Hosts Carlos Mendez and Suki Nakamura discuss Amazon's new GLP-1 Management Program, Google's Gemini demonstrating enterprise AI ROI, and the increasing sales of smart glasses. The episode examines Amazon's move into healthcare and its pot…
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — Apr 19, 2026
Carlos Mendez and Suki Nakamura discuss shoe company Allbirds' transformation into an AI company, facing a significant valuation drop. The episode also covers ChatGPT's potential role in drive-thru orders and Amazon's business developments.
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — Apr 16, 2026
The Pivot Retail AI Briefing covers Allbirds' surprising shift to AI, leaving footwear behind, and Starbucks' integration of ChatGPT. Hosts also explore how autonomous delivery might significantly reduce costs.
- Pivot Retail AI Briefing — Apr 15, 2026
This episode of Pivot Retail covers a Texas investigation into PFAS chemicals in Lululemon products, a $774 million settlement by Albertsons regarding opioid claims, and new federal momentum for organized retail crime legislation. Hosts Ca…