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Interviews with operators, founders, and specialists on how the best ecommerce brands keep customers coming back.

Retention Edge E35: Is Your Brand AI-Ready?
Podcast · AI Commerce

Retention Edge E35: Is Your Brand AI-Ready?

On ChatGPT, your customer sees 8 products. Is yours one of them?

· 5 min read
Retention Edge E34: Pop-ups, AI, and the shift from acquisition to retention
Podcast · Loyalty & Community

Retention Edge E34: Pop-ups, AI, and the shift from acquisition to retention

Why this decades-old brand is finally launching a loyalty program.

· 4 min read
Retention Edge E33: The psychology that will still work in 50 years
Podcast · DTC Strategy

Retention Edge E33: The psychology that will still work in 50 years

Platforms change, algorithms shift, but the psychology behind why people buy hasn't changed in millennia.

· 6 min read
Retention Edge E32: The profit leaks hiding in your P&L
Podcast · Profit & Margin

Retention Edge E32: The profit leaks hiding in your P&L

You're probably working for your lender (and don't know it)

· 5 min read
Retention Edge E31: Stop guessing - let customers tell you the price
Podcast · Profit & Margin

Retention Edge E31: Stop guessing - let customers tell you the price

What if we're all doing pricing the wrong way?

· 4 min read
Retention Edge E30: Why Your Best Customers Convert (And Everyone Else Doesn't)
Podcast · UX & CX

Retention Edge E30: Why Your Best Customers Convert (And Everyone Else Doesn't)

The answer is not more traffic: it's getting more out of your traffic.

· 5 min read
Retention Edge E29: The Ops Metric That Actually Drives Retention
Podcast · UX & CX

Retention Edge E29: The Ops Metric That Actually Drives Retention

Artifact Uprising's CX playbook

· 4 min read
Retention Edge E28: Your product data is holding you back
Podcast · AI Commerce

Retention Edge E28: Your product data is holding you back

The bottleneck nobody talks about

· 5 min read
Retention Edge E27: The End of Black Friday (And What's Replacing It)
Podcast · BFCM & Peak Season

Retention Edge E27: The End of Black Friday (And What's Replacing It)

Andy Isom on the data behind Q4's biggest shift

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E26: The Truth About AI Creative
Podcast · AI Commerce

Retention Edge E26: The Truth About AI Creative

How to scale production, how to avoid slop, and why AI won't replace creative teams.

· 4 min read
Retention Edge E25: Financial Reality Checks for Ecommerce Founders
Podcast · Profit & Margin

Retention Edge E25: Financial Reality Checks for Ecommerce Founders

Why most ecommerce brands look profitable (but are actually broke)

· 5 min read
Retention Edge E24: What Actually Works on TikTok Shop (Lessons From the Trenches)
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E24: What Actually Works on TikTok Shop (Lessons From the Trenches)

6 things to know if you want to crush it on TikTok Shop.

· 4 min read
Retention Edge E23: What 35,000 Shopify Stores Taught Us About Profitable Meta and Google Ads
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E23: What 35,000 Shopify Stores Taught Us About Profitable Meta and Google Ads

The Practical Playbook for Running Profitable Meta & Google Ads (Without an Agency)

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E21: The Social Growth Playbook for 2026
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E21: The Social Growth Playbook for 2026

Retention, creators, and the rise of TikTok and AI search.

· 4 min read
Retention Edge E20: The Secret to Profitable Holiday Campaigns
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E20: The Secret to Profitable Holiday Campaigns

How to drive real growth these holidays.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E19: The Truth About Agencies, YouTube Ads, and AI Creative
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E19: The Truth About Agencies, YouTube Ads, and AI Creative

Insights from 15+ years scaling 8 & 9-figure brands.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E18: $29M Shopify Email Marketing Secrets
Podcast · Owned Channels

Retention Edge E18: $29M Shopify Email Marketing Secrets

How to get more out of your highest-volume retention channel.

· 5 min read
Retention Edge E17: The Subscription Playbook for 2.5-3x Higher LTV
Podcast · Subscriptions

Retention Edge E17: The Subscription Playbook for 2.5-3x Higher LTV

How to craft a winning offer for recurring subscription products.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E16: GA4, GEO & the "Golden Era" of Google Ads
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E16: GA4, GEO & the "Golden Era" of Google Ads

Why most ecommerce brands are using their data wrong, plus what AI means for your brand.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E15: Max Your Exit
Podcast · Profit & Margin

Retention Edge E15: Max Your Exit

All you ever needed to know about building a higher price tag for your brand.

· 5 min read
Retention Edge E14: Planning to Win BFCM w/Ben Zettler
Podcast · BFCM & Peak Season

Retention Edge E14: Planning to Win BFCM w/Ben Zettler

Your BFCM planning schedule, avoiding the most common mistakes, and retention strategies that work.

· 4 min read
Retention Edge E13: MASC's Proven Retention Formula
Podcast · Retention & LTV

Retention Edge E13: MASC's Proven Retention Formula

This skincare brand's focus on retention, loyalty and elite CX continues to drive results after 18 years in business.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E12: How Yon-Ka Paris Gets a 50% Repeat Purchase Rate
Podcast · Retention & LTV

Retention Edge E12: How Yon-Ka Paris Gets a 50% Repeat Purchase Rate

Global beauty brand Yon-Ka Paris lifts the hood on their successful retention strategy.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E11: Unlocking Growth with Country Life Natural Foods
Podcast · Loyalty & Community

Retention Edge E11: Unlocking Growth with Country Life Natural Foods

How this independent organic food brand is scaling profitably with innovative acquisition strategies, a killer membership program, and their mobile app.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E10: How to Land Backlinks in Forbes, NYT & Tier-1 Media
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E10: How to Land Backlinks in Forbes, NYT & Tier-1 Media

Get the lowdown on how to maximize organic visibility and authority with Digital PR.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E09: Why Revenue is the Ultimate Vanity Metric
Podcast · BFCM & Peak Season

Retention Edge E09: Why Revenue is the Ultimate Vanity Metric

Check out a value-packed new episode of the Retention Edge podcast, just in time for BFCM.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E08: The $50M Growth Lesson Most Founders Overlook w/Devin Merklin
Podcast · DTC Strategy

Retention Edge E08: The $50M Growth Lesson Most Founders Overlook w/Devin Merklin

In this episode of the Retention Edge podcast, we hosted Devin Merklin, founder at X Scale.

· 3 min read
Retention Edge E07: Fulfillment, Brexit & Brand Experience w/ John Heenan
Podcast · UX & CX

Retention Edge E07: Fulfillment, Brexit & Brand Experience w/ John Heenan

In this episode of the Retention Edge podcast, we talked with John Heenan, CEO of The Distribution Solution.

· 2 min read
Retention Edge E06: Can You Track Word of Mouth? This Founder Did. w/Alonzo Nieves
Podcast · Customer Acquisition

Retention Edge E06: Can You Track Word of Mouth? This Founder Did. w/Alonzo Nieves

In this episode of the Retention Edge podcast, we talked with Alonzo Nieves, CEO at Flywheel.

· 1 min read
Retention Edge E05: Size Charts Are a Joke - Here’s What Works Instead w/Jeff Mergy
Podcast · UX & CX

Retention Edge E05: Size Charts Are a Joke - Here’s What Works Instead w/Jeff Mergy

In this episode of the Retention Edge podcast, we talked with Jeff Mergy, VP of Growth, Partnerships & Strategy at Bold Metrics Inc.

· 2 min read
Retention Edge E04: Why Product Integrity Is Key to Earning Customer Loyalty w/Sophia Legros
Podcast · Loyalty & Community

Retention Edge E04: Why Product Integrity Is Key to Earning Customer Loyalty w/Sophia Legros

In this episode of the Retention Edge podcast, we talked with Sophia Legros, VP of Product Integrity, Social Compliance, and Sustainability at SPARC Group.

· 2 min read
Retention Edge E03: Customer Retention = Your Brand's Sustainable Growth Strategy w/ Omer Hazer
Podcast · Retention & LTV

Retention Edge E03: Customer Retention = Your Brand's Sustainable Growth Strategy w/ Omer Hazer

In this episode of the Retention Edge podcast, we talked with Omer Hazer, Managing Director at Atlas Studios.

· 1 min read
Retention Edge E02: How Thoughtful UX Design Builds Brand Loyalty at Tapestry Brands w/ Sabrina Wong
Podcast · UX & CX

Retention Edge E02: How Thoughtful UX Design Builds Brand Loyalty at Tapestry Brands w/ Sabrina Wong

In the newest episode of the Retention Edge podcast, we talked with Sabrina Wong - Head of UX Design at Tapestry.

· 1 min read
Retention Edge E01: How Mack Weldon Designs For Loyalty Not Just Looks w/Henry Martinez
Podcast · UX & CX

Retention Edge E01: How Mack Weldon Designs For Loyalty Not Just Looks w/Henry Martinez

In episode 1 of Retention Edge, Henry Martínez , Head of Design at Mack Weldon breaks down how product is their biggest growth lever - not discounts,...

· 1 min read

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