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Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Shopify Paid $100M for a Domain Name

Sep 30, 2026

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3 min read

Shopify Paid $100M for a Domain Name

also Target's 2,000-item price war, Lululemon's retail slide, and why CX matters at the State Department

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
McDonald's Lets AI Price the Big Mac. Walmart Swears It Won't.

Sep 29, 2026

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3 min read

McDonald's Lets AI Price the Big Mac. Walmart Swears It Won't.

also Best Buy's 10,000-SKU TikTok Shop, Braze suing Frost Buddy, and Meta's AI agent handing out a stranger's address

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Meta's Free AI Shopper Just Took the Space Above Your Ads

Sep 28, 2026

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2 min read

Meta's Free AI Shopper Just Took the Space Above Your Ads

also Meta's $1,300 VR glasses, FDA-cleared hearing glasses, and Zuck vs Dario on how to sell AI

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Stop Asking Subscribers If They Want to Cancel

Sep 25, 2026

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2 min read

Stop Asking Subscribers If They Want to Cancel

Also Blueprint meals that made $4K in a day, a 700K-view peptide tweet, and Grüns' order-mix chess

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Fathers Brewing Took Costco in Costumes

Sep 24, 2026

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2 min read

Fathers Brewing Took Costco in Costumes

also AG1's 11 years without a round, why a follower beats a customer, and nobody's wife using an AI agent

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Postscript Said No to Email for 8 Years

Sep 23, 2026

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3 min read

Postscript Said No to Email for 8 Years

also Amazon turning Seller Central into an agent runtime, Connect day one, and live from CTC HQ

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
The Spend Playbook: 8 Operators on Making Every Dollar Count

Sep 22, 2026

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3 min read

The Spend Playbook: 8 Operators on Making Every Dollar Count

Our Day 2 guests on knowing which dollars are actually working.

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
The Profit Playbook: 7 Operators on Where the Margin Lives

Sep 21, 2026

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3 min read

The Profit Playbook: 7 Operators on Where the Margin Lives

Our Day 1 guests on where the margin actually lives.

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
The Kardashians Are a $10B CPG Machine Now

Sep 18, 2026

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3 min read

The Kardashians Are a $10B CPG Machine Now

also Toys R Us opening 120 stores, Mbappé leaving Nike for On, and Chase gutting the Hyatt transfer

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Snap Wants Your Catalog Inside $2,195 Glasses

Sep 17, 2026

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3 min read

Snap Wants Your Catalog Inside $2,195 Glasses

also Megan Fox's 5,000-unit soap drop, TikTok resale going 94% live, and a Five Guys BOGO nobody will claim

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Zuck Says Nobody Needs To Pause

Sep 16, 2026

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3 min read

Zuck Says Nobody Needs To Pause

Also BCCGate's receipts spreadsheet, Neuro Gum's $100M year, and SMACKIN going cashew

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Athletes are dunking on Sydney Sweeney's Novig ad

Sep 15, 2026

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3 min read

Athletes are dunking on Sydney Sweeney's Novig ad

also a 45-cent ice cream empire, Anthropic's one big asterisk, and clean-label beer

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Amazon wants your ads in ChatGPT 👀

Sep 14, 2026

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3 min read

Amazon wants your ads in ChatGPT 👀

also Light Helmets’ guerrilla marketing, lessons from Ridge × Tony Hawk, and Ecomm Cowboy BCCGATE

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
ChatGPT Astra is coming for your editing queue

Sep 11, 2026

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2 min read

ChatGPT Astra is coming for your editing queue

Also Dick’s has an ad network, Shopify adds WhatsApp opt-ins, and fast food is bringing hospitality back

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Google Ads wants to build your reports for you 👀

Sep 10, 2026

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2 min read

Google Ads wants to build your reports for you 👀

also people are selling ad space on their bodies, WingStop's $28 NFL Pass, and 2026’s Fastest-Growing Brands

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Shopify Merchants Are Live on Meta’s Muse

Sep 9, 2026

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3 min read

Shopify Merchants Are Live on Meta’s Muse

also Agencies vs. CMOs, AI & holiday shopping, and SKIMS x DoorDash

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Meta’s “Flock-Fueled Future”

Sep 8, 2026

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3 min read

Meta’s “Flock-Fueled Future”

Kendall Joins TRIP, Hulken's Inventory Raise, and X Ads for DTC

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
The New DTC Playbook: Audience, AI & What’s Working Now

Sep 3, 2026

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3 min read

The New DTC Playbook: Audience, AI & What’s Working Now

Also GoPro pivots to defense, Temu's fake creators, and Jake Paul backs Archive

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
How Smart Brands Win Before BFCM

Sep 2, 2026

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3 min read

How Smart Brands Win Before BFCM

Also David Protein $2.2B valuation, Youtube & Amazon Partnership, and Zuck’s AI Warpath

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
The FTC is Suing Amazon Over Ads

Sep 1, 2026

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3 min read

The FTC is Suing Amazon Over Ads

Also Grok agentic commerce, Markiplier x GoPro, and Dr. Squatch x IShowspeed

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
ChatGPT Ads Are So Back?

Aug 31, 2026

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3 min read

ChatGPT Ads Are So Back?

Also Infinite Livestreams, Festivals x GenZ, American Oil is Back

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
TikTok Shop is Helping Ulta Win Gen Z

Aug 28, 2026

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3 min read

TikTok Shop is Helping Ulta Win Gen Z

Also Good Good vs. Callaway, Ninja Filter Goes Viral, BrewDog Founder Gives Equity

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Shopify CEO's Weird Trick Goes Viral

Aug 27, 2026

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3 min read

Shopify CEO's Weird Trick Goes Viral

Also GLP-1s boost apparel, Nvidia buys Hugging Face, Oasis faces LMNT suit

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
Meta’s AI Layoff Plan

Aug 26, 2026

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4 min read

Meta’s AI Layoff Plan

Also Meta’s $16B settlement, Apple’s slop ad, and Bad Bad Golf

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
TikTok Shop Is Driving Sales on Amazon

Aug 25, 2026

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4 min read

TikTok Shop Is Driving Sales on Amazon

Also Pet Longevity Hit $165B, Shein Targets $27B IPO, KFC’s Oreo Chicken Burger

Colin Dougherty
Colin Dougherty
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