November 24th, 2025: Walmart Plans a CEO Transition, Commerce Operations Foundation Critical to Our Agentic Future, OpenAI Coming for Operating Systems and Walmart Earnings Call Important for Everyone
It’s November 24, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
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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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November 10th, 2025: Implications of Amazon Working w/ OpenAI + ChatGPT, Shopify Reports Great Q3 Earnings, Some of Worst Mistakes I Made First Time as CEO, Klaviyo’s Earnings Answer Some Key Question
It’s November 10, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
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November 3rd, 2025: Walmart Holiday Plans Shows There Will Be Blood, UPS Gains Margin, Plans Strong Peak, But Remains Mired in Uncertainty, Amazon All In On Agentic, and Shopify Merchants Go Live
It’s November 3, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
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October 27th, 2025: Commercetools CEO is out, Bigcommerce partners with Paypal, Will the new Ulta Beauty marketplace cook? And Shopify and Lovable Integration Shows a Fire and Motion Strategy
It’s October 27, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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October 6th, 2025: ChatGPT Is Actually The Ultimate In Influencer-Driven Commerce and OpenAI x Stripe Agentic Commerce Protocol Has Makings of Silicon Valley Catfight
It’s October 6, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
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September 29th, 2025: 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
It’s September 29, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
September 22nd, 2025: Google and Paypal Announce New Commerce Partnership, Andy Jasy Fireside Chat With Andy Jassy at Amazon Accelerate Conference, and The First Q4 Holiday Predictions Appear
It’s September 22, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
Today on our show:
Google and Paypal Announce New Commerce Partnership
Andy Jasy 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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
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/
September 1st, 2025: Best Buy Relaunches Its Marketplace, Target Earnings: Like a Slow-Moving Train Wreck, Upcoming RMW Commerce Events in Second Half of the Year, and Walmart Raises Revenue Guidance
It’s September 1, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/
August 25th, 2025: Shipping Smackdown: Nate Skiver on the Parcel Industry's Biggest Myth
It’s August 25, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
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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.
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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
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/
The CEO Spot: From Silicon Chips to Supply Chains – Dipti Desai’s Mission to Modernize EDI
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.
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July 14th, 2025: NRF Files Suit Against NY State Law, Why Is There No Best Practice for ECommerce Org Structure, Amazon Quietly Cornering Market on Robot Patents, and LuluLemon in Markdown Hell
It’s July 14, 2025 and this is the Watson Weekly - your essential eCommerce Digest!
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.
For more news from Rick, check out:
https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/