New year, new ecommerce reports, trends, and data

Covering retail and ecommerce news is no different from other beats in 2025 from the perspective of navigating volatility and expectations for the year. Our team at Digital Commerce 360 just released the 2025 State of American Ecommerce Report, reflecting the research and reporting that we’ve all been doing to look at how 2024 ended … Read moreNew year, new ecommerce reports, trends, and data

Pre-Thanksgiving rush of work

Thanksgiving parade

I joined Digital Commerce 360 last year just in time for Cyber Monday as Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping results were arriving. This year, much of October and November have been dedicated to prepping for this year’s seasonal reporting, while still keeping up with regular happenings. Here’s a snapshot of what’s been going on: For … Read morePre-Thanksgiving rush of work

This year’s Dreamforce in San Francisco and EnvisionB2B in Chicago

Brian Warmoth at Dreamforce 2024

Work went mobile over the past month, and you were as likely to find me in the field as online, so I’m here to drop a few links and updates. One of the big stops in September was Salesforce’s 2024 Dreamforce conference at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. As always, Salesforce maximized their use of the … Read moreThis year’s Dreamforce in San Francisco and EnvisionB2B in Chicago

Recent retail and ecommerce coverage

The past month has been packed, launching the latest annual Omnichannel Report for Digital Commerce 360 and covering some significant personnel moves. Here are a few of my latest bylines that have appeared alongside the rest of the great work the team there has been doing: In addition, a few new videos went live across … Read moreRecent retail and ecommerce coverage

Most recent retail and ecommerce coverage

My team at Digital Commerce 360 has been hard at work the past two months putting out some big reports on the state of American ecommerce and the most-used ecommerce platforms among the top names in online retail. We also began rolling out new video shorts to complement the reporting and research. Here’s one about … Read moreMost recent retail and ecommerce coverage

What Satya Nadella gained for Microsoft after Sam Altman’s return to OpenAI

Satya Nadella

After recording the fifth episode of “The AI Artifacts Podcast” on Tuesday, my co-host Sarah Luger and I knew that the fluid situation surrounding Sam Altman’s firing and subsequent pressure to reinstate him as CEO at OpenAI was likely to remain in flux the following day. What we didn’t know was that a deal to … Read moreWhat Satya Nadella gained for Microsoft after Sam Altman’s return to OpenAI

This week’s podcast episode: AI to assist ALS patients

When Sarah and I first started “The AI Artifacts Podcast,” we wanted explore areas where AI has the potential to transcend novelty and provide real-world utility in worthwhile places. This week, our third episode of the show features a great example of this in an interview with the founder/CEO and CBO of a startup called … Read moreThis week’s podcast episode: AI to assist ALS patients