"CEO Update: Gifting, and where we double down" · 2026-07-09
QA is the responsibility of the person producing the code. Not a separate team you hand off to at the end. If you build it, you prove it works.
Every deal must be giftable and offer a higher-AOV option — gifting is overperforming the rest of the business and BuyBox now opens the employee-benefits channel in 5 EU markets
CS chatbot deflection hit 79.6% (target ~95% by end of Q3) — stop hiding support, go on offense and treat every contact as a chance to sell, not just close a ticket
Deal content operations unified under Antonella Masini as single owner, with the GrouponIQ deal-component system letting AI agents optimize deals at scale rather than page-by-page
QA is now the responsibility of the person shipping the code (not a handoff team) — AI agents generate/run tests, and no feature ships until QA is documented in Jira: 'if it is not written down, it did not happen'
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Sprint day 71 · 108 live · 81 compliant (75%) · 7 severe · Live MVR 6mo $550,237 · 📅 Refreshed 2026-07-13 This tracker refreshes weekly on Mondays — not daily. As you complete renegotiations or revisions during the week, you won't see them reflected here until the following Monday refresh. The tracker reads from a snapshot, so check the Pacific South Case Report and deal pages for in-flight status between updates. Deals Progress Sprint Log By Division Performance Live deals 108 currently live in Pacific South Live MVR (6mo) $550,237 Compl
HBW Franchise Brands · Weekly Summary G HBW Franchise Brands · Weekly Summary Last full week: Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026 · 14 franchise brands tracked $114,258 M1+VFM last week +5.5% WoW $493,956 GB last week +1.4% WoW 12.8% Refund rate last week dollar-weighted across 14 brands 317 Live locations +5 WoW Up this week Spavia Day Spa +24.0% Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center +21.2% LightRx +18.6% Down this week Deka Lash -28.2% Hand & Stone Massage -24.3% Simplicity Laser -8.8% Most rep actions SEV Laser Refund spike 16 Massage Heights Refund spike 12 S