The Gist Connection gets a budget. Starbucks’ Back to Starbucks plan treats human connection as an operating system, funding $500 million in staffing, rebuilt scheduling and Smart Queue order sequencing to protect both warmth and speed inside its coffeehouses. The numbers follow the experience. North America comparable sales rose 8.1% in the third fiscal quarter,…
The online upskilling industry, like many others upended by AI, must also act fast to avoid disruption at a time when many of these firms are finally turning a corner after a rough phase triggered by …
The Gist Digital behavior is expanding, not replacing. Customers are layering search, social, video and AI into a single journey rather than abandoning one channel for another. The customer journey is now multi-entry and non-linear. People move fluidly across platforms based on intent, not sequence, making traditional funnel models less relevant. AI is reshaping expectations,…
Valve have reportedly rewritten Steam’s AI disclosure form, essentially a declaration of a game’s generative AI usage that developers and publishers must complete to sell on the platform. The new form, shared by consultant Simon Carless, now specifies that while the presence of in-game GenAI content must still be divulged, including on the game’s store…
