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.
559 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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AI StrategyHow Luxury Brands Are Using AI — and Why Most Are Getting It Backwards
TL;DR — Key takeaways LVMH’s internal AI agent MaIA handles 1.5 million queries per month from 40,000 employees — proving AI at scale is operational, not creative. By mid-2026, AI agents account for 15–25% of luxury travel bookings. The buyer … Read More
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EcommerceOpenAI and Anthropic Both Launch Enterprise AI Joint Ventures on the Same Day
Executive Summary Fact: On May 4, 2026, OpenAI and Anthropic each announced enterprise AI joint ventures backed by Wall Street — OpenAI raising $4 billion at a $10 billion valuation, Anthropic building a $1.5 billion firm with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, … Read More
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EcommerceDoes Amazon Have a Brand? What Sellers Need to Know
TL;DR Amazon runs two distinct brand types: its corporate platform brand (Prime, Alexa, AWS, Kindle) and roughly 30 active private label product lines including AmazonBasics, Solimo, and Goodthreads Amazon private labels account for just 3% of dollar sales in grocery … Read More
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AI StrategyEcommerce AI Automation: Why Your Catalog Is the Real Bottleneck
TL;DR Ecommerce AI automation is real, measurable, and increasingly standard practice — but 42% of companies abandoned their AI initiatives in 2024, and the leading cause was not bad tools. It was bad data. Before integrating another automation platform, your … Read More
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EcommerceAmazon Rufus Goes Agentic: 115% Growth and the Catalog Gap Every Brand Must Close
Fact: Amazon’s Rufus AI shopping assistant reached 115% year-over-year monthly active user growth and drove $12 billion in incremental annualized sales — confirmed on Amazon’s Q1 2026 earnings call by CEO Andy Jassy. Impact: Rufus now places orders autonomously through … Read More
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EcommerceHow to Apply for Amazon Vendor Central
TL;DR Amazon Vendor Central is invite-only — but brands that wait passively rarely receive the call. The real path in: build Seller Central credibility first, then proactively signal Amazon’s category teams. Once invited, the negotiation matters as much as the … Read More
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EcommerceHow to Register for Amazon Vendor Central (And What Nobody Tells You Before You Accept)
TL;DR Amazon Vendor Central is invitation-only — there is no sign-up form, and there never has been. Proactive outreach to your Amazon category manager is the fastest path to an invitation, not passive optimization. Registration takes 2–4 hours if you … Read More
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AI StrategyGenerative AI Ecommerce Examples That Actually Work
TL;DR AI and agents influenced $262 billion of holiday 2025 ecommerce — but 69% of brands are stuck in pilot mode. The highest-ROI generative AI use cases are catalog enrichment and search ranking, not customer chatbots. Most implementations fail because … Read More
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AI StrategyEcommerce AI Integration: Why Most Retailers Stall at the Data Layer
TL;DR: 89% of online retailers have adopted AI in some form — but only 7% have scaled it beyond a pilot. The bottleneck isn’t the algorithm. It’s the catalog data underneath. This article maps the integration sequence that actually works, … Read More
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EcommerceAmazon Vendor Central: The Cost Stack Brands Ignore
TL;DR — Amazon Vendor Central is a wholesale relationship where Amazon buys your stock, controls the retail price, and sells under the “Sold by Amazon” label. The invite feels like validation. The terms, if you accept them without scrutiny, are … Read More
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EcommerceAI Photo Editing for Ecommerce: What Actually Works at Catalog Scale
TL;DR — AI photo editing can cut product image costs from $85–250 to $3–12 per SKU. The problem is that most brands reach for the tool before they have solved the underlying workflow. This article explains the three things you … Read More
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Anthropic Eyes $900 Billion: The Valuation Race Every AI Buyer Must Track
Fact: Anthropic is seeking to raise ~$50 billion at a valuation exceeding $900 billion — up from $380 billion just three months ago, and potentially ahead of OpenAI’s $852 billion post-money valuation. Impact: Amazon has committed up to $25 billion … Read More
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