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The Watson Weekly: eCommerce Strategy & News

The Watson Weekly: eCommerce Strategy & News

The essential strategic digest for eCommerce executives covering AI, supply chain, and retail marketplaces.

Watson Weekly

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Show overview

The Watson Weekly: eCommerce Strategy & News has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 317 episodes. That works out to roughly 90 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 13 min and 19 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 87 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 87 episodes published. Published by Watson Weekly.

Episodes
317
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
15 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Stop reading the headlines and start understanding the frameworks. The Watson Weekly is the premier resource for eCommerce executives, delivering sharp, independent strategy on the industry's most critical developments. Join 20-year veteran Rick Watson as he cuts through the noise to help you understand not just what is happening, but why it matters to your business. Broadcasting three times a week: Mondays: Strategic deep dives into earnings, mergers, and market shifts. Wednesdays: Candid interviews with C-Suite luminaries and tech innovators. Fridays: Join the Watson Weekend for Spirited debates on controversial topics with co-host Jessica Lesesky. From AI implementation and marketplace dynamics to supply chain logistics and retail operations, we cover the entire commerce landscape. Whether you are a CEO, VP, or operator, this is your competitive advantage in audio form.

Latest Episodes

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Google Buys a Dead Airline's Data, Mom Outranks TikTok, QXO's $55M Loss, Stripe Bids for PayPal

Aug 24, 202610 min

Stripe wanting PayPal says more about Stripe than about PayPal

Aug 21, 20268 min

The B2B Order Management Problem Distributors Don't Know They Have

Aug 19, 202635 min

Cohen May Drop the $56 Billion Bid and Keep the 9.8%

Aug 17, 202613 min

Amazon Sold the Last Organic Surface

Aug 14, 202610 min

De Minimis Went To Zero And Your P&L Hasn't Caught Up

Aug 12, 202627 min

Shopify Tripled AI Orders — From a Base It Won't Name

Aug 10, 202613 min

Shopify Has Stripe by the Throat and Both Sides Know It

Aug 7, 20269 min

Agentic Commerce Does Not Exist. It's Also 25% of Commerce by 2030

Aug 5, 202625 min

Attentive's Eric Miao: CRM Is About to Lose Its Ad-Ops Moment

Jul 29, 202628 min

Inside Lowe's AI Portfolio: Shop, Sell, Work

Jul 22, 202631 min

Shopify Just Evicted Every Vape Seller

Jul 17, 202625 min

The $40 Billion Retail Tax Nobody Sends You a Bill For

Jul 15, 202629 min

July 13th, 2026: Nike Posted a Record Quarter, Shopify Reviews, Walmart's Ad Platform, and Target's Marketplace

Jul 13, 202613 min

Taylor Swift Got Married and Every Brand Crashed the Reception

Jul 10, 202621 min

The Different Storefront Is Dead: Shopify Design at the Enterprise

Jul 8, 202628 min

July 6th, 2026: Shopify, Amazon, UPS, Walmart, FedEx and PayPal

Jul 6, 202614 min

The Bold and the Cold of 2026 So Far

Jul 3, 202613 min

The Big Green Bag Of Promise: Unified Commerce Is a Data Strategy First

Jul 1, 202630 min

June 29th, 2026: Papa John's and Instacart, Amazon Prime Day, FedEx Earnings, and Agentic Cannes

Jun 29, 202614 min
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