October 20th, 2025: Walmart Partners With OpenAI, Cannot Hold Back the Tide, S&P Global Puts Tariff Costs at $1.2T This Year, Salesforce Partners With OpenAI, and Saks Struggles to Deliver in Q2
Rick Watson Rick Watson

October 20th, 2025: Walmart Partners With OpenAI, Cannot Hold Back the Tide, S&P Global Puts Tariff Costs at $1.2T This Year, Salesforce Partners With OpenAI, and Saks Struggles to Deliver in Q2

It’s October 20, 2025  and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!

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.

For more news from Rick, check out:

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/

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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
Rick Watson Rick Watson

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/

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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
Rick Watson Rick Watson

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/

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