Marketing Expert Gary Vaynerchuk on AI, Live Shopping, and Viral Content

VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk shared insights on live shopping, why "Don Draper" marketing is dead, and how AI will reshape the influencer economy at the NRF Big Show.
Published: February 18, 2026

At the recent NRF Big Show in January, VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk — a best-selling author, early investor in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat and Uber, and social media star with over 50 million followers across multiple platforms — stood before a packed room of retail professionals and asked a simple question: “How many people in this room are aware of what Whatnot is?”

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