Reuters details how Mark Zuckerberg's plan to replace Meta staff with AI imploded, GLP-1 users are spending more on clothes (Victoria's Secret up, Cheesecake Factory down — the duality of man), and the Oasis health app is seeking a lawyer.
It's the consumer's daily show — Ecomm Cowboy — where we break down the stories moving retail and DTC, then sit down with the operators building through it.
Today guest host Jimmy Kim (Co-Founder & CEO, eCom Email Marketer) joins Chris Hall and Colin Dougherty.
ON TODAY'S EPISODE
Luke Thorburg — Co-Founder & CCO, StreetTalkWe dig into the viral street-interview format behind ads for IM8, Grüns, and Cal AI — the bet that people trust people, real conversations with real strangers cut into paid and organic creative that educates, entertains, and converts. Plus coining "Conversation Creative" into a category and a Digiday 2026 finalist run, the stranger-turned-co-founder origin with Josh Suggs, scaling in NYC with zero outside capital, and the affiliate and funnel economics — AOV, subscription paths, and EPC — beneath the format.
ALSO ON THE SHOW
-Emma Chamberlain x J.Crew
-Chili's fills the Good Good void
-Pollen Robotics' $400 open-source robot
-Goodia: apple cider in a squeeze bottle
-Japan's pixelated video-game bandage
-Instinct is building a personal AI agent
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