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The $1.2B Depop Rescue, Etsy’s "Agentic" Pivot, and the Retail Earnings Gauntlet

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Feb 23, 2026

The $1.2B Depop Rescue, Etsy’s "Agentic" Pivot, and the Retail Earnings Gauntlet

And... Why eBay is buying a Gen Z insurance policy, the "red herring" in Etsy’s GMS, and what to watch for in Target’s first Fiddelke-led earnings call.

Rick Watson

The Trillion-Dollar Blue Vest, the Saks Chapter 11, and the End of "T-Shirt" Logistics

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Feb 20, 2026

The Trillion-Dollar Blue Vest, the Saks Chapter 11, and the End of "T-Shirt" Logistics

And... Why Perplexity is ditching ads for trust, FedEx’s pivot to high-value cargo, and the $1.2B Depop-eBay deal

Rick Watson

The Intoxicated Graduate, the $9.2B Locker Land Grab, and AI Recommendation Poisoning

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Feb 18, 2026

The Intoxicated Graduate, the $9.2B Locker Land Grab, and AI Recommendation Poisoning

And... why SaaS isn't dying but its UI is, FedEx's massive European pivot, and the new "GSO" frontier for brand discovery

Rick Watson

The Tech "Debt" Crisis, the Saks Bankruptcy Reckoning, and Anthropic’s AI Bowl Win

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Feb 17, 2026

The Tech "Debt" Crisis, the Saks Bankruptcy Reckoning, and Anthropic’s AI Bowl Win

And... Who is paying for OpenAI’s $60 CPM experiment?, e.l.f. Cosmetics’ $1 moonshot, and the existential risk facing the "Four Horsemen" in 2026

Rick Watson

The AI "Big Game" Hangover, Target’s Musical Chairs, and the Spotify Pivot

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Feb 13, 2026

The AI "Big Game" Hangover, Target’s Musical Chairs, and the Spotify Pivot

And... why Amazon’s Rufus is a $12B incremental engine, Shopify’s $2B flex, and Home Depot’s new "Pro-First" AI Material Builder.

Rick Watson

The Goliath Paradox, Marc Lore’s AI "Wizard," and Google’s Search-to-Checkout Gauntlet

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Feb 12, 2026

The Goliath Paradox, Marc Lore’s AI "Wizard," and Google’s Search-to-Checkout Gauntlet

And... why Temu just matched Amazon in cross-border share, the rise of parcel lockers, and Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) rollout

Rick Watson

The Agency Margin Trap, Stripe’s $140B Private Market, and the AWS Content Toll Road

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Feb 11, 2026

The Agency Margin Trap, Stripe’s $140B Private Market, and the AWS Content Toll Road

And... Why most brands should skip the 2026 replatform, Eddie Bauer’s third bankruptcy filing, and the $70M "AI.com" Super Bowl crash

Rick Watson

Webinar: The 2026 Retail Reckoning: Analyzing Earnings for Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, UPS, & PayPal

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Feb 10, 2026

Webinar: The 2026 Retail Reckoning: Analyzing Earnings for Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, UPS, & PayPal

In this high-octane briefing, Rick Watson strips away the corporate jargon to reveal where the money is actually moving. We’ll analyze the core financials of the "Big Five" to understand who is winning the battle for the 2026 wallet and who is being left behind.

The Agentic Economy, the Kroger "Super-Format," and the $335M Uber-Getir Deal

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Feb 10, 2026

The Agentic Economy, the Kroger "Super-Format," and the $335M Uber-Getir Deal

And... ARK’s $8T consumption forecast, why the 90-second purchase funnel is "nuking" timelines, and Greg Foran’s return to retail as the new Kroger CEO

Rick Watson

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The $1.2B Depop Rescue, Etsy’s "Agentic" Pivot, and the Retail Earnings Gauntlet

The Trillion-Dollar Blue Vest, the Saks Chapter 11, and the End of "T-Shirt" Logistics

The Intoxicated Graduate, the $9.2B Locker Land Grab, and AI Recommendation Poisoning

The Tech "Debt" Crisis, the Saks Bankruptcy Reckoning, and Anthropic’s AI Bowl Win

The AI "Big Game" Hangover, Target’s Musical Chairs, and the Spotify Pivot

The Goliath Paradox, Marc Lore’s AI "Wizard," and Google’s Search-to-Checkout Gauntlet

The Agency Margin Trap, Stripe’s $140B Private Market, and the AWS Content Toll Road

Webinar: The 2026 Retail Reckoning: Analyzing Earnings for Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, UPS, & PayPal

The Agentic Economy, the Kroger "Super-Format," and the $335M Uber-Getir Deal

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