The Watson Weekly - Your Essential eCommerce Digest

Today on our show:

• Stripe’s new charge card program can help Shopify
• Amazon may be considering mobile phone service
• Apple Vision Pro thoughts
• Buy Buy Baby could get bought

And finally, The Investor Minute, which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly

Is Paypal Running an Affiliate Scam? That’s What Google’s New Chrome Rules Seem to Be Saying. Many users don’t realize that Paypal’s Honey Application, the plugin which is supposed to secure you discounts on items. Instead, it looks to be cutting certain publishers out of affiliate credits that they would otherwise be due.

You’ll find this and other stories about Shoptalk, AllBirds, and Walmart on this week’s Watson Weekly podcast, coming straight to your earhole wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

Today on our show:

• Paypal in hot water over its Honey application
• AllBirds sales plunge in 2024
• Why did Walmart buy a mall?
• Upcoming eCommerce debate event at Shoptalk

and finally, The Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.

Today's episode is sponsored by Mirakl.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly

Today on our show:

• Amazon reports Q2 earnings
• Allbirds reports financial results
• Amazon signs deal with Pinterest and TikTok
• Shopify crushes its earnings

And finally, The Investor Minute, which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly

In this special episode of Watson Weekly, Rick Watson is joined by Kelly Goetsch, a Commercetools Advisor and industry thought leader. Kelly shares his unique insights into the evolving landscape of e-commerce, focusing on the intersection of technology and healthcare. Together, they explore key topics like consumer behavior trends, the growing role of composable commerce, and the untapped opportunities in health tech. From tackling HIPAA compliance to redefining retail experiences, this episode dives deep into the transformative potential of technology across industries. Don’t miss this engaging discussion packed with expertise and forward-thinking strategies.

About Kelly - Kelly Goetsch is a commercetools Advisor. Until January 2025, Kelly was the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, and prior to that, he served as the Chief Product Officer at commercetools for nearly six years. Goetsch is an industry thought-leader who champions the MACH (Microservices, API, Cloud-Native, and Headless) movement, and co-founded the MACH Alliance, a group of 100+ independent, future-thinking tech companies dedicated to advocating for open, best-of-breed technology ecosystems. Prior to commercetools, Goetsch held senior-level product development and go-to-market responsibilities at Oracle and held the role of Senior Architect ATG (acquired by Oracle), where he was instrumental to 31 large-scale ATG implementationsHe is the author of four books - GraphQL for Modern Commerce (O'Reilly, 2020), APIs for Modern Commerce (O'Reilly, 2017), Microservices for Modern Commerce (O'Reilly, 2016) and E-Commerce in the Cloud (O'Reilly, 2014). He holds three patents, including one key to distributed computing.

It’s May 16th, 2022 and this is the Watson Weekly - Your Essential eCommerce Digest!

Today on the show:

• Instacart files for a confidential IPO after reducing its valuation
• Amazon shuts down its Selz acquisition with recent launch of Buy with Prime
• Shopify moves into the advertising space with launch of Shopify Audiences
• Amazon launches last mile rural delivery with independent convenience stores

And the Investor Minute which contains two items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.

For more news from Rick, check out:

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