Some of the headlines in today’s podcast:
- US online holiday spending hit $241B, a new record!
- AI influenced over $229B in global holiday sales
- Ulta Beauty lets customers try out hair colors with AI
- Target debuted its Bullseye Gift Finder
- Albertsons serves up AI-driven personalization for alcohol and food
- Instacart links with Samsung on shoppable fridge tech
- L'Oréal develops skin assessment technology
- Best Buy launches scheduled parcel delivery
- Amazon develops next-gen delivery drone
- TalkShopLive takes on TikTok with short-form videos
- Best Buy will launch a U.S. thirdparty marketplace in mid-2025
- DoorDash is partnering with Ibotta, opening the delivery service’s customer base to Ibotta’s catalogue of coupons and deals