The Watson Weekly: eCommerce Strategy & News
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Shopify Points Its Catalog at Amazon (and ChatGPT Sells Ads)
Jun 26, 202627 min
The Real Enterprise Shopify Math Isn't Cost. It's Opportunity Cost
Jun 24, 202629 min
June 22nd, 2026: Shopify Editions: Spring 2026, Kimberly-Clark Supply Chain, Amazon's DeSantis at VivaTech, and Air Freight: 41% Up on 4% Demand
Jun 22, 202614 min
Three Big Numbers, One That's Real - TikTok Shop, Saks Global, and CaaStle
Jun 19, 202620 min
Agentforce Commerce: New Architecture or New Logo?
Jun 17, 202629 min
June 15th, 2026: Walmart Delivers Subway, CaaStle Fraud, Apple and Siri AI, and Shopify and AI
Jun 15, 202614 min
Shopify's Buyback, Apple's Borrowed Brain, Anthropic's Three Futures
Jun 12, 202630 min
The Highest-Converting Shopper on the Internet Isn't Human with Stripe's Danny Smith
Jun 10, 202632 min
June 8th, 2026: Amazon Prime Day, FedEx Freight, Anthropic Files, and ShipStation Global
Jun 8, 202615 min
IPOs, Last-Mile Deals, and Acquisitions: Anthropic, USPS–DHL, Salesforce
Jun 5, 202629 min
AI Replaces Average Design, Not Designers
Jun 3, 202627 min
June 1st, 2026: Walmart Earnings, ABG Leadership Change, Google I/O, and Kroger News
Jun 1, 202614 min
Walmart's Quarter, Google's Agentic Cart, and the K-Shaped Economy
May 29, 202626 min
Storefront Next: Inside Salesforce's New Commerce Architecture with Lennart Stevens
May 27, 202625 min
May 25th, 2026: Home Depot and Target Earnings, Google and Blackstone Partner, and Publicis buys LiveRamp
May 25, 202615 min
Treading Water at Home Depot, Selling Out at Everlane
May 22, 202628 min
May 18th, 2026: Amazon Now Goes Live, eBay Says No to GameStop, and OpenAI Bets $14B on Enterprise
May 18, 202614 min
Rufus Is Gone, eBay Said No, Lulu Picked Nike
May 15, 202623 min
Omar Qari on Why Logicbroker Revived Connected Commerce In 2026
May 14, 20264 min
Townchest, Mirakl, Avalara: How a Marketplace Actually Works Behind the Scenes
May 13, 202639 min
May 11th, 2026: Shopify, Alphabet, and Amazon Earnings and GameStop's Bid for eBay
May 11, 202616 min
Saks Comeback Plan, Victoria's Secret Boardroom Fight, AI Earnings Reality
May 8, 202627 min
The 2001 Acquisition That Quietly Won Home Depot the Internet
May 6, 202630 min
H&M, Bridal Waivers, and the Org of the Future
May 1, 202623 min
When Your Customer Is on a Roof: B2B UX in the Real World
Apr 29, 202625 min
April 27th, 2026: The Cook Era Ends, Anthropic's $100B AWS Deal, and QXO's Building Products Play
Apr 27, 202615 min
Ternus Takes Apple, Anthropic Commits $100B to AWS, and Home Depot Buys a Robot Startup
Apr 24, 202619 min
How Lo & Sons Cut Product Development From 2 Years to 9 Months
Apr 22, 202632 min
Remembering Jon Panella: The Connector Who Made Commerce Human
Apr 21, 202630 min
April 20th, 2026: Google's Compute Moat, Amazon Grocery, Vinted Finances, and Apple Smart Glasses
Apr 20, 202616 min
Ozempic Economy, Nike's Reset & the AI Compute Crunch
Apr 17, 202624 min
Ads in ChatGPT? AI Agents Buying for You? Three Retail Leaders Debate Agentic Commerce
Apr 15, 20261h 14m
April 13th, 2026: Amazon USPS Deal, New BNPL Data, Eko Product Catalog Data & Revolve Returns
Apr 13, 202612 min
What Does a $99 Lowe's Subscription, 60% Returns, and Gen Z's Dentist Have in Common?
Apr 10, 202618 min
April 6th, 2026: Shopify's Partner Town Hall, Lowe’s HomeCare+, USPS and Amazon Fees, and Allbirds is Done
Apr 6, 202612 min
Apple at 50, Amazon's Robot Bet, and How Allbirds Burned $4B
Apr 3, 202627 min
I Read Rick Watson's Research Prompts and Used Them Against Him | Kaplan Wednesday
Apr 1, 202614 min
Shoptalk 2026: The Agentic Fog and the Retail Advice Nobody Wants to Hear
Mar 27, 202628 min
The AI Double Standard — Why Brands Fear AI Mistakes More Than Human Ones
Mar 25, 202628 min
March 23rd, 2026: The Shoptalk Edition
Mar 23, 202613 min
Dollar Stores Win, Prime Day Jumps the Calendar, and the AI Reboot Begins
Mar 20, 202624 min
Why Most AI Projects Are Failing — And What to Do Before It's Too Late
Mar 18, 202625 min
March 16th, 2026: Stripe’s Agentic Suite, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Rebrand, Costco Earnings, and Customer Wallet Share Research
Mar 16, 202610 min
Analyzing Dick’s App Success, Nike’s Strategy, and the Amazon-Walmart Gap
Mar 13, 202624 min
From 50% to 95% AI Adoption: How Mirakl's Chief Data & AI Officer Is Disrupting Enterprise Commerce
Mar 11, 202640 min
March 9th, 2026: Shopify Middleware? Stripe Letter, Amazon-OpenAI Deal, & Thoma Bravo
Mar 9, 202613 min
Who Is Really Winning Between OpenAI and Amazon?
Mar 6, 202622 min
The Retail Earnings Breakdown: Who’s Winning 2026?
Mar 4, 202626 min
March 2nd, 2026: Walmart Continues Its Tear: eCom Growth at 27%, Perplexity Abandons Advertising to Maintain User Trust, The Great Parcel Reconfiguration No One is Talking About, and About That 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis
Mar 2, 202612 min
Trump Tariff Doo Doo Doo
Feb 27, 202622 min