Retailers have chased the promise of retail media as a revenue stream for years, but have yet to see the money. CPGs are frustrated by lack of visibility to how their ads are working now, and no clue whether they generate sales later. Consumers hate being inundated by ads for products that are out of stock, irrelevant, or just down right annoying. We've done our homework and found out that A.I. can cure these ails, but only for retailers with a physical presence! The rest must might be eaten by A.I. rather than helped. And stay to the end for our always fun Retail Be Crazy segment!

Cannabis retail is retail's toughest league. In this episode we're joined by Josh Wilson, GM of Culture House and Co-Founder of The Farmer's Cup, and Barney Stacher, a Rethink Advisory expert, to go inside the high-wire world of cannabis retail. Here precision isn't optional, regulations keep changing, and forecasting is impossible. After listening to Josh and Barney you'll realize that once you've mastered cannabis, you've mastered retail.

Resale Retailers like Poshmark and Thredup have seen sales grow, but profit has remained elusive because of unique product challenges. AI may be just the juice they need to energize their profit margins to make their bottom line healthy. Or will it? We've done some homework to give you food for thought.