Meta’s AI Plan Implodes | GLP-1s Boost Apparel + Cheesecake | Oasis Health Needs Lawyer

Reuters details how Mark Zuckerberg's plan to replace Meta staff with AI imploded, GLP-1 users are spending more on clothes (Victoria's Secret up, Cheesecake Factory down — the duality of man), and the Oasis health app is seeking a lawyer. 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 Jimmy Kim (Co-Founder & CEO, eCom Email Marketer) joins Chris Hall and Colin Dougherty.ON TODAY'S EPISODELuke Thorburg — Co-Founder & CCO, StreetTalkWe dig into the viral street-interview format behind ads for IM8, Grüns, and Cal AI — the bet that people trust people, real conversations with real strangers cut into paid and organic creative that educates, entertains, and converts. Plus coining "Conversation Creative" into a category and a Digiday 2026 finalist run, the stranger-turned-co-founder origin with Josh Suggs, scaling in NYC with zero outside capital, and the affiliate and funnel economics — AOV, subscription paths, and EPC — beneath the format.ALSO ON THE SHOW-Emma Chamberlain x J.Crew-Chili's fills the Good Good void-Pollen Robotics' $400 open-source robot-Goodia: apple cider in a squeeze bottle-Japan's pixelated video-game bandage-Instinct is building a personal AI agent-------------------------------------Daily newsletter: https://newsletter.ecommcowboy.com/Made possible by:Proppel - https://www.weareproppel.com/ecomm-cowboy-proppelTie - 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