The Retail Journey
The Retail Journey
High Impact Analytics
Future of Play: How AI is Reimagining Toys and Transit with Todd Gentry
36 minutes Posted Mar 11, 2026 at 11:00 am.
Todd’s Retail Origin Story
Startup Scrappiness And Sales Repping
Recreation As A Career Throughline
Family, Fun, And Go-Karts At Home
Robots, AI+, And Walmart Lobby Demos
Joining GoTrax And Big-Box Entry
AI Toys And Safe Learning At Home
Analytics, The “So What,” And Speed
Gut Vs Data In Product Innovation
E‑Scooters, E‑Bikes, And Price Curves
America’s Golf Cart Obsession
Fun As A Business Advantage
Listen More: Early-Career Advice
Where To Find GoTrax At Retail
Private Label E‑Bike At $450
Mango Mattress: A Blunder Recalled
The Tipping Point And Robotics
Closing And Where To Subscribe
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What happens when scooters, robots, and real-world retail collide? We sit down with GOTRAX VP of Sales Todd Gentry to unpack how play, data, and speed are redefining what wins on shelves and in neighborhoods. From the 1990s “golden era” of Bentonville to startup floor time inflating basketballs, Todd’s journey reveals why listening beats grandstanding, and why the best ideas are road-tested with families, not just modeled in spreadsheets. We dig into the rise of e‑mobility; e‑scooters, e‑bik...