Ep 182 - Oil, Outages, AI Backlash, and Burger CEOs: The Ecommerce Six Pack

In this episode of Ecommosaurus, we crack open a six-pack of ecommerce stories shaping the current business landscape. We start with global unrest and rising oil prices threatening supply chains and freight costs, then dive into the growing QuitChatGPT movement after OpenAI’s defense contract sparked a wave of uninstallations and backlash. We cover Amazon updates including the removal of Shoppable Collections, the March 5 seller outage, and new low-inventory fee changes that could complicate Subscribe & Save forecasting. We also examine a viral TikTok case study showing how authentic creator content can outperform polished ads, and the strange saga of fast-food CEOs trying to act like influencers online. From geopolitics and logistics to AI trust and social media virality, this episode connects the dots on the forces quietly reshaping ecommerce.

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