Mark Abraham is a Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group and co-author of the upcoming book Personalized: Customer Strategy in the Age of AI. With stories from Starbucks, Lululemon, and Spotify, Mark shared how businesses today use AI to enhance their personalization and customer strategy. We discussed all of this and more this week on the On Brand podcast. About Mark Abraham Mark Abraham is a Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group and the founder of the firm’s Personalization business, which he has built into a global team of more than 1,000 agile marketers, data scientists, engineers, and martech experts. Mark’s teams have accelerated the personalization efforts of over 100 iconic brands (e.g., Starbucks, Home Depot, and Google) and built some of BCG’s largest ventures and AI platforms, including Fabriq for personalization. Mark now leads BCG’s North American Marketing, Sales & Pricing practice. He's also co-authored the upcoming book Personalized: Customer Strategy in the Age of AI. From the Show What brand has made Mark smile recently? Each year, Mark goes to Europe to visit family. While there, he visits the same little store to buy his shirts. despite a year passing, they call him by name, remember his size, and share recommendations. As Mark notes, these are the personalization basics that should ground everything. Connect with Mark on LinkedIn and check out the website for his new book Personalized.  As We Wrap … Listen and subscribe at  Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart, YouTube, and RSS. Rate and review the show—If you like what you’re hearing, be sure to head over to Apple Podcasts and click the 5-star button to rate the show. And, if you have a few extra seconds, write a couple of sentences and submit a review to help others find the show. Did you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you’d like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show. On Brand is a part of the Marketing Podcast Network. Until next week, I’ll see you on the Internet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices