TODAY’S SHOW // 10.14.26
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@natelagos (Shootin’ Doubles)
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@heyitsalexP (No Best Practices)
> Victor Luzzi (Aki)
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@lauren_huttner (Pebble)
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@ryangarrow (Logical Position)
Storylines:
+ Meta Is Turning Your Ads Into DPA
October 28, Meta starts bolting “product browsing” onto your existing ads. Default on. Opt out, or the creative you spent all quarter testing serves as a catalog carousel, two weeks before BFCM spend ramps. (Via
@herrmanndigital)
+ Holiday Growth Is Half Inflation?
Mastercard calls for 5.5% holiday growth, the best since 2022. Then the asterisk: 2.8 points of it is inflation. Per Advertiser Intelligence, Circana has shoppers planning $779, down from $796 last year, with 74% hunting deals. Adobe sees AI-driven traffic to retail sites up 130%. Same dollars, more sellers fighting for them.
+ AI Cameras Are Grading Factory Workers
A viral clip shows AI cameras in a Chinese factory scoring workers move by move, every reach and pause graded in real time. How long before your 3PL installs one?
Great Finds:
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@Intelligems Is Now a Shopify Certified Partner
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@MinorFigures Co-Founder on Analog Distribution
> TikTok Shop Caps Affiliate Invites at 200/Day
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@SharkNinja Turned a Fake F1 Team Into a Real Deal
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