November 17th, 2025: Same-Day Facilities Key to Amazon's New Powerful Grocery Strategy, Walmart CEO Steps Down, TheRealReal Records Record GMV During Earnings, and Google Releases AI Shopping Updates
It’s November 17, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
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October 13th, 2025: Process Re-Engineering Is a Key Skill in the Age of AI, Stripe Link Moving More Consumer Facing, Is OpenAI Building a Super App? And Shopify CRO Bobby Morrison Forced Out
It’s October 13, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
The CEO Spot with Matt Harris of Harris Digital
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.
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September 15th, 2025: The Future is Less If Then And More Prompts, Agents, and MCP - A SVP Looks to the Future
It’s September 15, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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”.
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September 8th, 2025: 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
It’s September 8, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
August 18th, 2025: 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, and An Update On Gnawing Your Arm Off
It’s August 18, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
August 11th, 2025: Amazon Reports Earnings, Dogged by AI Questions, Shopify Q2 Earnings Show Its Not Going Anywhere, Klaviyo Delivers Growth But Efficiency Still Lacking, and Auctane’s Delivered Event
It’s August 11, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
August 4th, 2025: Bigcommerce Rebrands as Just Commerce, UPS Q2 Earnings Highlights Strange Economic Times, OpenStore Valuation Burns, and Amazon Pulled out of Google Shopping for AI, not Advertising
It’s August 4, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
June 16th, 2025: Palantir Partners with Bolt, Amazon Releases AI Video Generation Tools, Sezzle Sues Shopify For AntiCompetitive Practices, and Walmart Releases New AI Tools
It’s June 16, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
June 9th, 2025: Shopify MCP Server Raises More Questions Than Answers, Could the AI Race Become a Hardware Race, and Temu Half Off - Just In Time For Summer
It’s June 9, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
May 19th, 2025: Amazon Announces New AI Tool to Enhance Product Listings, Venture Capital Dominated by AI Right Now, FedEx and Amazon Strike Up a Partnership, and Klaviyo Reports Q1 2025 Earnings
It’s May 19, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
Today on our show:
Amazon Announces New AI Tool to Enhance Product Listings
Venture Capital Dominated by AI Right Now
FedEx and Amazon Strike Up a Partnership
Klaviyo Reports Q1 2025 Earnings
- and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
February 10th, 2025: Trump eliminates the de minimis for China, AI won't solve all the problems, UPS Q4 2024 earnings, AI is not the new SEO. Brands could be in a marketplace without realizing it
It’s February 10, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
Today on our show:
Trump Eliminates the Deminimus for China
AI Won't Solve All The Problems, But We Don't Realize It Yet
UPS Q4 2024 Earnings: Steering Towards Margin, Away From Amazon
AI Is Not the New SEO. Brands Could Be In a Marketplace Without Realizing It
- and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
February 3rd, 2025: Risks to Amazon in the AI Wars, private equity outlook in 2025, Artificial Intelligence moving from creating to doing with OpenAI Operator,how to grow faster is an elusive question
It’s February 3, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
Today on our show:
Risks to Amazon in the AI Wars
Private Equity Outlook in 2025
Artificial Intelligence Moving from Creating to Doing with OpenAI Operator
How to Grow Faster is an Elusive Question
- and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
Shaping the Future: Social Commerce, AI, and Predictions for 2025 with Kelly Goetsch
In the final episode of this special 3-part Watson Weekly series, Rick Watson is joined by Kelly Goetsch, Advisor at Commerce Tools, to discuss what’s next for the world of commerce. Key topics include:
The rise of social shopping and platforms like TikTok Shops
How AI is redefining brand discovery and trust
Predictions for retail growth and consumer behavior in 2025
The enduring influence of earned media in building connections
This episode ties the series together with forward-looking insights and strategies to thrive in an ever-changing e-commerce landscape.
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https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/