Retailgentic Exclusive: Live from the Shoptalk AI Stage - The First Shoptalk Debate: Will AI Agents Transform Retail?
Thanks to our friends at Shoptalk, we were able to get the full audio of the debate exclusively for Retailgentic listeners!
Today we’re dropping a surprise podcast that is different than anything we’ve done before and a first of it’s kind!
Shoptalk Spring 2026
I was invited by Ben Miller, VP of Content and Strategy to participate in the first ever shoptalk debate format talk. The topic - Agentic Commerce Will AI agents transform retail?
For Agentic Commerce:
On the pro agentic side we had Ekta Chopin, CDO at ELF Beauty and myself. If you’re not familiar with Ekta, she’s a thought leading CDO and has a great substack for other CDOs about AI and various other topics I recommend here:
Anti Agentic Commerce
On the ‘anti agentic side’ we had Sarah Marzano, Principal Analyst, Retail Ecommerce and Retail Media at Emarketer and Andrew Lipsman - independent analyst and consultant for media, ads and commerce.
How we made this happen…
Before the show I asked and received permission from Shoptalk and all the participants to turn the raw audio into a podcast. In the AI era, speed matters so we are getting this in your hands only 2 days after it happened. This debate took place at 12pm PDT on Tuesday March 24th at Shoptalk’s AI Stage.
How to Listen:
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How to “Watch”:
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