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.
522 articles · Writing since 2018
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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NewsOpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work to Automate Workspace Tasks
Executive summary The agentic shift: OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, transforming its popular chatbot into an autonomous workspace powered by the new GPT-5.6 model. Deep integrations: The agent securely connects to your email, Slack, calendars, and file repositories to execute multi-step … Read More
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AmazonMastering Amazon Seller Central Global Expansion
Executive summary 24% of global online shoppers now make their cross-border purchases directly on Amazon, making it the undisputed king of international retail. Domestic e-commerce growth is stalling, while cross-border sales are compounding at a massive rate into 2026. Amazon’s … Read More
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AmazonBypassing Amazon Seller Central Help Support Loops
Executive summary Amazon’s automated support loops are actively costing brands thousands in lost revenue due to suppressed ASINs and algorithmic false positives. In 2025, over 75,000 independent sellers crossed the $1 million sales mark by abandoning traditional support channels and … Read More
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Amazon AdvertisingAmazon Ads Hiring: How to Build an AI-First Team
Executive summary Amazon Ads reached a massive $68.6 billion in revenue in 2025, turning the marketplace into a highly aggressive, pay-to-play environment where manual execution simply cannot compete. Gartner reports that 15.3% of marketing budgets are now strictly dedicated to … Read More
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NewsGPT-5.6 Is Copilot’s Preferred Model Amid Breakup Rumors
Executive summary The PR move: OpenAI declared GPT-5.6 the “preferred model” for Microsoft Copilot 365, attempting to silence rumors of a fractured partnership. The routing reality: Microsoft is secretly building an intelligent routing layer, quietly pushing cheaper, in-house MAI models … Read More
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Amazon AdvertisingMastering Amazon Brand Marketing in the AI Era
Executive summary Amazon’s advertising revenue surpassed $68.6 billion in 2025, transforming the marketplace into a ruthless pay-to-play arena where organic reach without ad support is practically non-existent. Artificial intelligence is not coming for your team’s jobs. It is coming to … Read More
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AmazonAmazon Seller Central Help Chat: How to Bypass the Loop
Executive summary The amazon seller central help chat response times exploded in late 2025, with standard SLA metrics jumping from an average of 2 hours to over 17 hours for initial human contact. Gartner’s latest data proves customers and B2B … Read More
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AmazonHow to Use Amazon Seller Central to Scale Sales
Executive summary Amazon’s 2025 fee restructuring brutally penalizes slow inventory, introducing new aged storage surcharges for items sitting just 241-270 days. Generative AI tools embedded within the dashboard are shifting the platform from passive storage to proactive, autonomous optimization. Over … Read More
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Agentic CommerceHow Salesforce Dominates the Agentic AI Landscape
Executive summary The update: Salesforce just dropped Agentforce Commerce, marking its most significant operational shift in five years by integrating autonomous AI directly into the shopping experience. The tech: Forget static catalogs. The new release features dynamic vibe coding for … Read More
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AmazonAmazon Brand Manager Salary: Hiring in the AI Era
Executive summary Average Amazon brand manager salaries hit the $82,000–$95,000 mark in 2026, but paying executive rates for manual data entry is destroying profit margins. The traditional “Amazon native” operator is rapidly becoming obsolete as conversational search algorithms and generative … Read More
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EcommerceHow to Think Like an Amazon Company Managing Director
Executive summary The massive infrastructure push: Amazon committed $200 billion in CapEx for 2026, forcing brands to modernize their tech stacks or face irrelevance. The death of basic GenAI: Pumping out AI-written SEO descriptions is no longer a competitive advantage; … Read More
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AmazonNavigating the Amazon Seller Central Forum
Executive summary The Amazon Seller Central forum hosts a massive New Seller Community of nearly 490,000 members, but it is heavily skewed toward worst-case scenarios and complaints. While the forum debates account suspensions, over 75,000 independent sellers surpassed $1 million … Read More
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