“A Brave New Weird”

Welcome to Friday, futurists. 

🔬This week we traveled to NYC to unveil our newest research at The Edge Summit. In this new groundbreaking research we discovered a new class of connoisseur: The AI Evangelist. Learn more at the link above, and stay tuned for more about this emerging consumer influencer in the weeks to come on the Future Commerce podcast.

📖We also visited our friend Megan Marquera, the eCommerce Director-cum-cultural-maven at ASSOULINE. Their recent magazine and podcast launch of The Culture Lounge is changing the nature of how we think of brands at the intersection of culture and commerce. Maquera, an art history major-turned NYU Stern graduate, is as inspired by art as she is Commerce.

‍🔮We’re nearly sold out for our LA Summit. Join us next Thursday, October 10th at UCLA’s Nimoy Theater for an afternoon of culture and commerce, with a side of futurism. General Admission tickets are available for $149, or save 20% with a Future Commerce Plus Membership. Buy your ticket now.

🎧Commerce gets SPOOKY on the podcast. This week, and throughout October, we’re taking a look at the darker side of commerce and commercialism. Ghosts, ghouls, haunted retail, and embalmed mannequins? Anything could be lurking behind the register. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

If you’ve been to a Future Commerce event, you know to expect the unexpected—and the agenda for VISIONS Summit: LA on October 10th proves no exception to that rule. 

Musical performances. Previews of to-be-published trend pieces. Film screening and Q&A with the director. Refreshments by Stereoscope Coffee Co. Limited-edition merch. Happy hour at Lulu’s at the Hammer Museum.

PLUS never-before seen content shaping the future of media.

‍Have FOMO? Don’t worry—tickets still available.