A series-driven newsletter on how consumer packaged goods and retail companies should restructure their organizations, data and analytics for agentic AI and autonomous commerce. Readers get framework-style arguments (trust ladders, Wave 1-3 retail intelligence, vertical intelligence stacks) rather than tool reviews or news roundups.
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Eric Product Manager is a blog by an agentic commerce product manager at eBay, analysing how AI shopping agents, checkout protocols and retailer policies will reshape online buying. Each issue combines sourced market data with the author's opinionated, clearly caveated analysis of what merchants should expect.
A hyperlocal column covering openings, closings, moves and events among merchants, restaurants and businesses in Davis, California. Readers get specific details such as addresses, dates, hours and quotes from owners, often as first reports.
Daily analysis of social media and retail news for food and beverage CPG brands, with practical takeaways for small and mid-size operators. Issues pair a specific news event, such as Meta earnings, a brand PR blowup or PepsiCo's refrigerated push, with sourced figures and a clear point of view.
A fashion writer shares New York shopping news, store openings and sales, alongside personal essays about shopping, retail culture and furnishing her apartment. Paid subscribers get extra links, purchase lists and a group chat.
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