Meta's AI Goes Rogue | Ford's New $28K EV Truck | ChatGPT Ads Flop

Meta's AI goes rogue, Ford unveils its affordable $28K EV truck, Tinder doubles down on IRL events as Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, and ChatGPT rolls out carousel ads with early performance looking poor. It's the consumer's daily show — Ecomm Cowboy — where we break down the stories moving retail and DTC, then sit down with the operators building through it. Today guest host Cody Wittick (Founder, Kynship) joins Chris Hall and Colin Dougherty.ON TODAY'S EPISODEAaron Warshawsky — Chief Revenue Officer, Common Thread CollectiveWe dig into being the commercial engine behind CTC — selling the Prophit Engine and the retainers rather than buying the media — an enterprise-sales pedigree from eight years at Oracle transplanted into an ecosystem run by ex-operators, his new CRO role, the AppLovin question, and yes, his marriage advice for the desk.Zarak Khan — Managing Director, Diamond GooseWe dig into a contrarian take: retention is a merchandising problem before it's an email problem. The "email generates 25% of revenue" trap and why your CRM number is probably overstated, why personalization has become theater, the post-purchase black hole, why the most expensive discount is the one sent to someone who'd have paid full price, and why "we learn the collection before we touch the CRM" — drawn from a 237-page study of 10,635 luxury email campaigns.Bryan Bumgardner — Northbeam Weather ReportThe five-platform forecast is back — reading the storm fronts across the ad landscape and telling you where CPMs are clear and where it's about to pour.ALSO ON THE SHOW- Walgreens gambling gift cards?- The evolution of McDonald's- Neural interface odds- Fishwife and PETA beef- Copacker risk- Nikita Bier's sign-off video-------------------------------------Daily newsletter: https://newsletter.ecommcowboy.com/Made possible by:Tie - https://meettie.com/TrendTrack - https://www.trendtrack.io/Sathi - https://www.mysathi.io/champions/ecomm-cowboySlash - https://www.slash.com/Richpanel - https://www.richpanel.com/?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboyPostscript - https://postscript.io/?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboySeguno - https://www.seguno.com/?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboyIntelligems - https://www.intelligems.io/?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboyROKT Aftersell - https://www.aftersell.com/offers?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboyProxima AI - https://www.proxima.ai/?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboyNorthbeam: http://northbeam.io/?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboyUniversal Ads - https://www.universalads.com/?utm_source=Ecomm+Cowboy+Show&utm_medium=Show&utm_campaign=Ad+Read&utm_id=Ecomm+CowboyFollow Ecomm Cowboy:https://x.com/ecommcowboyhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/ecommcowboyhttps://www.instagram.com/ecommcowboy/https://www.tiktok.com/@ecommcowboyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/0q1Pp0rW8j6cehXToNTeJchttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ecomm-cowboy/id1761749693