The Horniness of Flamingo Estate
Welcome to Wednesday, futurists!
Did you miss VISIONS Summit NYC? Weâre here to sate your future thirst:
đź Four hours in 40 seconds. Itâs like speedrunning both culture and commerce, simultaneously. Catch the recap on YouTube Shorts.
đď¸ Our debut short film, âWhen AI Becomes the Muse.â Featured at VISIONS Summit, this short film shines a spotlight on Marlon Portales, a Cuban artist who integrates AI into his traditional acrylic paint workflow. Watch the short film directed by JT Turner.
đ´ Get the VISIONS NYC Recordings, including Kyle Chaykaâs keynote, and our sit-down interview with Alison Roman! VISIONS recordings will be available to Future Commerce+ members starting next week. Join today to take advantage of our other benefits ahead of the content drop!
âLight on Details. Heavy on Merch. The Netflix IP universe is about to come to the physical world. Soon, fans in Dallas and Philadelphia who yearn for a Bridgerton t-shirt and Squid Game varsity jacked will engage in âexperientialâ shopping, as well as food and beverage. Just donât call it a store â itâs âNetflix Houseâ to you, pal.
Our Take: Iâm old enough to remember when the N in âFAANGâ wasnât Nvidia. Besides the fact that, honestly, merch is so over, Netflix has done an abysmal job of merchandising its own content as shoppable when in the app.
When we look back, one might measure âpeak merchâ around the time that Netflix launched its eCommerce presence on Shopify. Building a physical store experience might widen its moat as far as investors are concerned, but this can only end as well as The Disney Store did⌠poorly.
â"Oh Flaming-So-Hornyâ Whatâs happening over there at the bougie soap âhot tomato girlâ brand?? Following our prior coverage of Southern Californiaâs favorite purveyor of expensive spicy jams weighing into election season discourse, theyâve jumped fully into garden nymph(o) mode⌠and why on May 30? New hire? Or new fireâŚ. đ¤
âOSHA For The Mind.â Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called for warning labels on social media platforms, saying usage can âharm teenagers' mental health.â He plans to urge Congress to require these warnings, arguing the platforms haven't done enough to address the issue. This latest effort underscores a core theme that Future Commerce co-founder Brian Lange has often repeated: that âOSHA for the mindâ is a future, and potentially necessary, function of government.
Haute Cow-ture? The very-well-caffeinated (and now Platinum-certified) Espresso marketing machine is somehow still going⌠and going⌠and going. Bougie creamery Van Leeuwen partnered with Sabrina Carpenter to make sure you never sleep again. Their express-flavored collaboration drops on June 28 in the brandâs scoop shops and via online order.
âFuturism = Fascism? What does the Italian futurist art movement have to do with Commerce? In the age of AI and âeffective acceleration,â it has more in common than youâd think. Episode #355 of the FC podcast is available on YouTube (and Apple or Spotify) if youâre hip.
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