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PepsiCo is developing a sales model built around synthetic consumers, AI-assisted ordering, and automated negotiations. The approach shifts consumer-goods operations toward faster, more granular decisions rather than relying primarily on scale.
3:58 PMConsumer Goods Technology
Torani CEO Melanie Dulbecco argues that layoffs are a management choice rather than an unavoidable response to economic pressure. She says the company has never carried out mass cuts, offering its employment practices as an alternative to widespread workforce reductions.
12:00 PMFortuneSummary
PepsiCo is developing a sales model built around synthetic consumers, AI-assisted ordering, and automated negotiations. The approach shifts consumer-goods operations toward faster, more granular decisions rather than relying primarily on scale.
The key shift is the move from using AI for isolated tasks to redesigning core
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AI is moving deeper into the commercial machinery of consumer goods, where it could change how products are sold, ordered, and priced.
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Torani CEO Melanie Dulbecco argues that layoffs are a management choice rather than an unavoidable response to economic pressure. She says the company has never carried out mass cuts, offering its employment practices as an alternative to widespread workforce reductions.
The decisive claim is that companies can choose to protect jobs instead of treating layoffs
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The debate over layoffs is shifting from inevitability to accountability for the decisions behind them.
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