AI shopping agents have moved from tech-conference talk to real business decisions. In just a few weeks, three stories that, read together, show the whole…
Getting the order is supposed to be the win. For Dakota Sheets, founder of DogSauce, a pourable food topper for dogs made with sweet potato…
Getting a product onto a Walmart or Target shelf is the part of Place students almost never see. NPR’s Planet Money just recorded it. For…
One note before the story. This article involves compulsive spending, a drained retirement account, and a marriage that ended over it. Compulsive spending and gambling…
Why are grocery prices so high? The Daily, the New York Times podcast, spent 40 minutes inside a grocery store answering that question (“Why Are…
I have been vibecoding with Claude. What is vibe coding? It is a way to create software, websites, or apps using everday language that prompts…
I’ve just released a free eBook, Teaching Marketing in the Age of AI, written for college instructors who are wrestling with the same questions I…
Two recent Wall Street Journal articles offer marketing instructors a timely window into one of the most significant shifts in consumer behavior and retail strategy…
This article from the BBC, “How UK plush toy Jellycat conquered China” (January 3, 2026) is worth a little playing around. When I first discovered…