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SCAYLE: THE MOST HONEST ECOMMERCE
DEBATE OF THE YEAR

The Commerce Debates: NOW Available on demand


10 Episodes. 5 Industry Leaders. No Scripts.

The dust has settled, the votes are in, and the most unfiltered conversation in commerce is now ready for you to binge. RMW Commerce and SCAYLE brought together five of the industry’s sharpest minds to go head-to-head on the toughest questions facing operators, marketers, and builders today.From the "platform hate" phenomenon to the reality of agentic commerce, we didn’t just talk shop—we challenged the status quo.

Meet the Debaters

Our lineup featured experts who live and breathe retail tech:

  • Dave Finnegan — Operating Partner, BlackFinn

  • Lee Trotter — Director, Digital Engagement, Data Realm Software

  • Matt Ezyk — Senior Director of Engineering, Ecommerce, Hanna Andersson

  • Rob Garf — Head of Strategy and Insights, Cordial

  • Suze Dowling — Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Pattern Brands

  • Referee: Rick Watson, RMW Commerce

The Content Library

Get instant access to all 10 episodes and see who was crowned the Debate Champion.

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Why Do We Hate On Our Platforms?

Oct 21, 2025

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Scayle Debate 2: How Should We Measure Utility?

Oct 28, 2025

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Scayle Debate 3: If Platform Tech Has Had Huge Investment, Is The Platform Really The Problem?

Nov 4, 2025

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Scayle Debate 4: Why have conversion rates and performance been so transient for two decades?

Nov 11, 2025

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Scayle Debate 5 Have We Overinvested in Performance Marketing Instead of Infrastructure?

Nov 18, 2025

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Scayle Debate 6 When Does The Customer Really Enter The Decision Process?

Nov 25, 2025

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Scayle Debate 7: No One Asked for Agentic Commerce – What’s the Possible Backlash?

Dec 9, 2025

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Scayle Debate 8: Beyond Payments and Logistics, What Software Should We Be Investing In?

Dec 16, 2025

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Scayle Debate 9: How Should the SI Ecosystem be Treated to Create Medium-Term Revenue?

Dec 23, 2025

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Scayle Debate 10: Have We Overcomplicated Retail Tech – and How Do We Simplify It?

Dec 26, 2025

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