This content was created by Vinny O Brien. This content was uploaded by Vinny O Brien. This is a YouTube segment titled "BFCM Faith no More" (published November 7, 2025) — an English, single-host e‑commerce news/opinion piece from the VSpot. The unnamed host delivers satirical, irreverent commentary and industry gossip about topics including OpenAI partnership rumors, SaaS partner managers (and GLP‑1 remarks), a campaign to retire Black Friday/BFCM, sarcastic takes on marketing tweets and Web Summit promotions, and a sponsor shout‑out for Omnisend and email ROI. The tone is humorous and editorial, aimed at e‑commerce/marketing professionals.
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Welcome to the VSpot, your home for the e-com early news. Shocking news in the last 24 hours. OpenAI have gone that length of time without announcing a new partnership. Analysts are still baffled, and Sam Altman says it has nothing got to do with Elon becoming a trillionaire. More as it happens. Let's do the news. Story 1, the big story this week, and we are asking why, oh why, are there not more overweight partner managers? SaaS companies all around the world, you see them, they're always out enjoying great food, hearty cocktails, but still looking svelte, young, and smiling. GLP-1 If you're a SaaS partner manager and you're reading this, shame on you. Again, it's just after 4 PM on a Friday afternoon. Shouldn't you be entertaining and explaining what subscriptions you have and why you're influenced by Aura or Whoop? Please let us know how this is possible. More from me as this unfolds. Sorry too, we are on a mission to reminisce. Black Friday used to be equal parts fun and pressure. Now it isn't neither. If you're a retailer or brand, chances are you've already fired the starter pistol, making a mockery of the whole damn thing. Black Friday should be taken off the shelf and retired and give the Friday after Thanksgiving its rightful place back as a day of rest. We are starting a campaign now to get rid of Black Friday. BFCM no more, hashtag in front of it. All a little convoluted, but you heard it here first. Next up, shit tweets we see this week from @data, or @data depending on where you're from. This is a Twitter tweet, not an other tweet. Stop sending generic emails with @data. @data, a leading e-commerce brand, validated emails, appended demographics, and achieved a 97% gender match rate. Whoa, boys and girls on separate sides of the coin. That was really good work. Well done, took you quite a while. Turning every campaign into high-impact personalized segmentation. Only a 97% gender match. Interesting. The next one we saw was 5 days to go. Yari Flow is heading to Web Summit 2025 in Lisbon. Remember the Web Summit? Yeah, neither do I. Booth 837, let's give them a shout out now that we're mocking them, at the MEO Arena. Let's talk about subscriptions that are powerful, flexible, and built for growth. Swing by and unlock your subscription superpower. Web Summit? Did someone tell them? Now finally, Marketing Dive tell us that the definition of TV is expanding. Here's what the numbers say. The definition of TV in numbers? This feels like one of those riddles where there's 3 men in a car, 2 grandfathers and 2 kids, but there are only 3 people. Go figure. We are buzzing to keep rolling our sponsorship with Omnisend, the email platform that's officially Vinny-proof. No needless jargon, none of that alphabet soup nonsense, just one acronym that matters: ROI. Or, or, oh me, because there's no I in me. Because merchants are making $68 for every $1 invested in email, I reached out to them for a partner meeting yet again just to be told to fuck off as well. It is now 3 weeks before Black Friday, or Black Friday if you're one of those brands, Um, this was politely followed up with this service rating email. There is a 3 minutes you're not getting back this week. You've been watching the V Spot.
