Krystina Gustafson: Innovating at the Intersection of Content, AI, Agentic Commerce and Digital Retail Conferences... - Retailgentic

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This episode goes beyond surface-level AI hype and into how retail organizations are actually responding. Krystina shares what she’s hearing from operators, board members, and data leaders and why the biggest risk right now is moving in the wrong direction. At the same time, we explore how agentic commerce is reshaping traffic, discovery, and brand relationships and what that means for the future of ecommerce. Highlights AI is forcing a full end-to-end transformation of retail Many companies are prioritizing the wrong AI initiatives, focusing on hype instead of P&L impact A growing concern: “dark” or untracked AI-driven traffic is already impacting performance Data strategy is becoming a core battleground: What do you give AI platforms? What do you get back? Do CRMs need to evolve entirely? The real unlock for AI shopping is complex, multi-step purchases (travel, events, planning) The industry is early, but pressure from boards and declining traffic is accelerating adoption The future of retail will be defined by who applies it to the right problems.