Carlos Martínez Barriga
Founder & CEO at Epinium
Carlos Martínez has over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience developing exclusive solutions for brands and manufacturers, placing Agentic Artificial Intelligence at the core of his value proposition. His comprehensive ecosystem for scaling global businesses is completed by firms such as Roicos, Datali Group, and Accountali, and he actively fosters the industry's community by organizing the FBAshow event and sharing insights on the Retail Forward Podcast.
761 articles · Writing since 2022
Areas of expertise
- Amazon PPC
- Amazon SEO
- Amazon advertising
- Retail media
- Marketplace optimization
- Agentic AI for e-commerce
- Product listing optimization
- E-commerce growth
- Amazon FBA
Highlights
- Organizer of FBAshow
- Host of the Retail Forward Podcast
- 10+ years of entrepreneurial experience
Articles by Carlos Martínez Barriga
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AmazonAmazon Advertising Help: The Structural Fixes Brand Managers Actually Need (Not More Bidding Tips)
TL;DR — Key takeaways Amazon advertising problems are almost never bidding problems. They’re architecture problems. Most brand accounts run 85-90% Sponsored Products, 5% Sponsored Display — leaving the warm-shopper retargeting layer nearly empty. Sponsored Display has three distinct sub-products (views … Read More
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AI StrategyEcommerce App with AI: The 4 Features That Actually Drive Revenue and What Most Brands Get Wrong
TL;DR — Key takeaways 75%+ of digital purchases now happen via mobile — and that share is expected to surpass 80% by 2026, making mobile AI personalization a revenue-critical decision, not a nice-to-have. Mobile apps with AI personalization convert 20-30% … Read More
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AI StrategyEco AI Ecommerce: Why Sustainability and AI Are Now One Strategy (and How to Build It)
TL;DR — Key takeaways 78% of shoppers now prioritize brands with transparent supply chains and carbon-neutral shipping — sustainability is a purchase driver, not a nice-to-have. 88% of retailers use AI regularly in 2026; the minority winning on eco is … Read More
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AI StrategyEcommerce AI Conference 2026: Which Events Are Worth It and What Most Brand Managers Get Wrong
TL;DR — Key takeaways The top ecommerce AI conferences in 2026 — NRF, Shoptalk, CommerceNext, EEE Miami, Gartner — each serve a different audience and budget; attending the wrong one wastes more than the ticket price. Agentic AI, unified commerce, … Read More
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AI StrategyEcommerce AI Marketing Strategy: The Data Foundation Most Brands Skip and the 4-Layer Stack That Compounds
TL;DR — Key Takeaways AI content drafting returns 3.2x ROI; personalization engines 2.7x — but only when the underlying data is clean, unified, and complete. AI-referred shoppers convert 31% higher and generate 254% more revenue per visit than other traffic … Read More
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AmazonAmazon Brand Manager Jobs in 2026: Salary, Skills, Career Path and What Listings Get Wrong
TL;DR Salary range: Associate Brand Manager starts at $87,960–$152,542/yr; experienced BMs see total comp of $160K–$262K/yr AI premium: Marketing managers with demonstrated AI skills earn 15–20% more in competitive markets — and get hired faster Skills that win: Seller/Vendor Central, … Read More
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EcommerceOpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Doubles API Price — What Enterprise Teams Must Know
Executive Summary: OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026 — exactly six weeks after GPT-5.4 — at $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens, precisely double what its predecessor cost. For enterprise teams, the sticker shock … Read More
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EcommerceOpenAI Workspace Agents: The End of ChatGPT as a Chatbot
Executive Summary Fact: OpenAI launched Workspace Agents on April 23, 2026 — persistent, cloud-native AI agents that run 24/7 inside ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, and Edu plans, integrating directly with Slack, Salesforce, Google Drive, and Microsoft 365. Impact: This marks the … Read More
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AI StrategyAI Fashion Ecommerce: What the Data Says and Where Most Brands Get It Wrong
TL;DR — Key takeaways The AI in fashion market hits $3.99 billion in 2026, growing at 40%+ annually — the tools are real, but most deployments still fail on bad data. Virtual try-on drives a 40% lift in online conversion … Read More
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AmazonAmazon Vendor Central Brand Store: How to Build, Design, and Drive Traffic to a Storefront That Converts
TL;DR — Key takeaways Amazon Brand Stores are free for both Vendor Central and Seller Central accounts enrolled in Brand Registry — but VC vendors access the Store Builder through advertising.amazon.com, not the VC dashboard. Optimized Brand Stores drive a … Read More
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AmazonAmazon Advertising Cost in 2026: CPC Benchmarks, What Drives Costs Up, and How to Compete Structurally
TL;DR — Key takeaways Average Amazon CPC in 2026 is $1.18, up 8–12% from 2025 — and rising faster in competitive categories Sponsored Display CPCs rose 49% year-over-year, hitting ~$3.72 average — the most expensive format by far Supplements and … Read More
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AI StrategyAgentic AI Explained: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Is Not Just a Smarter Chatbot
TL;DR — Key takeaways Agentic AI is not a smarter chatbot — it is an autonomous system that pursues goals across multiple steps without per-step human instruction 57% of companies already have AI agents in production; 40% of enterprise apps … Read More
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