The Watson Weekly: eCommerce Strategy & News

Today on our show: Black Friday Cyber Monday - You Devil You! Sam Altman Calls a Code Red to Stop Google Threat Amazon and Visa Partner on Agentic Payments Nike CEO Purges John Donahoe’s Lieutenants - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 3 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecomme...

Today on our show: Walmart Plans a CEO Transition Commerce Operations Foundation Critical to Our Common Agentic Future Intuit's Announcement Makes it Clear: OpenAI Coming for Operating Systems Walmart Earnings Call Important for Everyone to Understand - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sp...

Today on our show: Same-Day Facilities Key to Amazon's New Powerful Grocery Strategy Walmart CEO Doug McMillion Steps Down TheRealReal Records Record GMV During Earnings Google Releases Some AI Shopping Updates - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Rithum. https://www.rmwcommerc...

Today on our show: Implications of Amazon Working with OpenAI and ChatGPT Shopify Reports Great Q3 Earnings Some of the Worst Mistakes I Made First Time as CEO Klaviyo’s Earnings Answer Some Key Questions - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Rithum. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/...

Today on our show: Walmart Holiday Plans Shows There Will Be Blood UPS Gains Margin, Plans Strong Peak, But Remains Mired in Uncertainty Amazon All In On Agentic - Reports Great Earnings Shopify Merchants Go Live with ChatGPT Instant Checkout - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored b...

Today on our show: Commercetools CEO is out, so what’s next? Bigcommerce partners with Paypal to improve monetization Will the new Ulta Beauty marketplace cook? Shopify and Lovable Integration Shows a Fire and Motion Strategy - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https:/...

Today on our show: Walmart Partners With OpenAI, Cannot Hold Back the Tide S&P Global Puts Tariff Costs at $1.2T This Year Salesforce Partners With OpenAI Saks Struggles to Deliver in Q2 - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podc...

Today on our show: Process Re-Engineering Is a Key Skill in the Age of AI Stripe Link Moving More Consumer Facing Is OpenAI Building a Super App? Shopify CRO Bobby Morrison Forced Out - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-wat...

In this second episode of The CEO Spot, Rick Watson sits down with Matt Harris, Founder of Harris Digital. The interviews were conducted at Shoptoberfest 2025, discussing the state of B2B e-commerce and the challenges of 'hard commerce' faced by manufacturers and distributors. Harris explains that many companies struggle with legacy ERP systems, analog data management, and complex pricing models i...

Today on our show: ChatGPT Is Actually The Ultimate In Influencer-Driven Commerce OpenAI x Stripe Agentic Commerce Protocol Has Makings of Silicon Valley Catfight - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly

Today on our show: What the Hell Will Happen At Tiktok? Ryder Releases New eCommerce Study Klaviyo Innovations Made Possible By Different Ecosystem Approach OpenAI Announces They Are Pursuing Ads - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Rithum. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce...

Today on our show: Google and Paypal Announce New Commerce Partnership Fireside Chat With Andy Jassy at Amazon Accelerate Conference The First Q4 Holiday Predictions Appear - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Rithum. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly

We have a special episode of the podcast this week. Today we preview a new podcast from RMW Commerce — actually a Youtube Exclusive, called “Oh Shift! Where SaaS Meets AI”. In this week’s episode, I interview the Shailesh Kumar, the SVP Of Engineering at Salesforce Commrece Cloud to talk about the company’s approach and pilots in the world of AI and Model Context Protocol or MCP.  To be clear...

Today on our show: Shopify Betting Big on Design Amazon Still Stuck Muddling Through Day 2 Why Software Sales Is Still Hard in 2025 A New Podcast where SaaS Meets AI: Oh Shift - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekl...

Today on our show: Best Buy Relaunches Its Marketplace Target Earnings: Like a Slow-Moving Train Wreck Upcoming RMW Commerce Events in Second Half of the Year Walmart Raises Revenue Guidance in Earnings Call - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.c...

Join Rick and special guest Nate Skiver, founder of LPF Spend Management, as they dive into a fiery discussion about the state of shipping in e-commerce. In this spicy wing-eating challenge, Nate debunks a major shipping myth and shares his expertise from over two decades in the retail and consulting world. In this episode, we explore: The biggest myth in shipping and why it's finally dying a slow...

Today on our show: We Once Made a Deal with Google. The Deal Has Changed The Unspoken AI Enthusiasm Gap At Large Companies The Road Ahead for Commerce.com An Update On Gnawing Your Arm Off, or Replatforming - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.co...

Today on our show: Amazon Reports Earnings, Dogged by AI Questions Shopify Q2 Earnings Show Its Not Going Anywhere Klaviyo Delivers Growth, But Efficiency Still Lacking Recap from Austin: Auctane’s Spicy Innovation Delivered Event - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 4 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. ht...

Today on our show: Bigcommerce Rebrands as Just Commerce UPS Q2 Earnings Highlights Strange Economic Times Last Flight of the Aggregator: OpenStore Valuation Burns Amazon Pulled out of Google Shopping for AI, not for Advertising - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. http...

In this debut episode of The CEO Spot, Rick Watson sits down with Dipti Desai, Founder and CEO of crstl, for an unfiltered look into one of the most quietly powerful protocols in commerce—EDI. From her early days as an electrical engineer in Silicon Valley to building mission-critical infrastructure for today’s omni-channel brands, Dipti shares the journey that led her to found crstl—a SaaS networ...

Today on our show: NRF Files Suit Against NY State Law Why Is There No Best Practice for ECommerce Org Structure Amazon Quietly Cornering Market on Robot Patents LuluLemon in Markdown Hell - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcas...

Today on our show: Klarna CEO Claims They Will Be a Super App Walmart Investor Event Sheds New Light Should You Put a Chatbot In Front Of Your Retail Store Musings from CommerceNext and Mirakl’s Summit - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/eco...

Today on our show: Saks Global Still Sounds in Trouble Facebook Says eCommerce is Great -- For Other People Jassy’s AI Memo Was a Snoozefest, In a Good Way Amazon Extending Prime Day Doesn’t Give me Warm Fuzzies - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommer...

Today on our show: Palantir Partners with Bolt Amazon Releases AI Video Generation Tools Sezzle Sues Shopify For AntiCompetitive Practices Walmart Releases New AI Tools - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly

Today on our show: Shopify MCP Server Raises More Questions Than Answers Could the AI Race Become a Hardware Race? Temu Half Off - Just In Time For Summer - and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl. https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly