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An article from Retail Dive mentioned RMW Commerce’s recent research article on Amazon Buy With Prime.

Rick Watson, CEO & Founder of RMW Commerce, was recently a featured participant in Logistic Management’s annual roundtable designed to to keep shippers current on the dynamic parcel market.

“If Stitch Fix were a cat, it’s reached its ninth life. This was supposed to be the next evolution of that model, where you’re not required to be in a long subscription, you just pay for your Fixes as you need them,” Rick Watson, founder and CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting, said by phone.

Against the backdrop of consumers being price-sensitive amid high inflation and grocers seeking more control over the consumer relationship, removing e-commerce middlemen will likely be a natural tendency for grocers going forward, said Rick Watson, CEO and founder of RMW Commerce Consulting.

In this episode, Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy speaks with Rick Watson, Founder & CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting.

RMW Commerce Consulting founder and CEO Rick Watson says Shop Promise won’t be a competitor to Amazon Prime and its “Buy with Prime” offering anytime soon.

Rick Watson, CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting and an expert in marketplace e-commerce, said the challenge of catering to small businesses will have to show up in the price.

Find out Rick’s perspective on Shopify’s new product launches in a new article by The Globe and Mail.

For the launch of Episode 03 in The New Warehouse’s All Hands series, connect with Rick Watson of RMW Commerce and Consulting to get his thoughts on NRF and what this year has in store for eCommerce fulfillment.

An article written by Rick was featured on Retail Touchpoints, where he explains headless eCommerce and how it works.

RMW Commerce Consulting's Rick Watson told Techopia he thinks Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke might be growing impatient at e-commerce giant's pace of product development.

Although consumer surveys indicate that free returns are a high factor in determining whether or not an online merchant is picked, large retailers have introduced return or restocking fees for merchandise sent back, a strategy not viable for smaller sellers, according to Rick Watson, founder and CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting.

According to Rick Watson, CEO and founder of RMW Commerce Consulting, Shopify may see more opportunities as larger companies look for software that provides good value for money amid an uncertain economic climate. In a way, Shopify is hedging its bets.

Shopify may see more opportunity as larger businesses look for software that oers good value amid an uncertain economic climate, Rick Watson, the CEO and founder of RMW Commerce Consulting, said. In a way, Shopify is hedging its bets.

Rick Watson was recently quoted by Retail Dive discussing Amazon’s Buy With Prime. “At the end of the day, it’s not going to be meaningful for some time, because this is such a small program,” Watson said by phone.

Rick Watson, CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting LLC, a New York-based strategic e-commerce consultancy, said he’s skeptical about whether these changes will work. “They seem to do this every few years,” Mr. Watson said, adding that it’s only fitting for Shopify to come out of a period of hyper-growth and recalibrate its priorities.

Rick was featured on RETHINK Retail’s Top Retail Influencers through the “Meet the TRI” Q&A series! Dive in to learn about Rick as a member of the thought leader community and follow his work and insights across Rethink Retail’s content and his social channels.

Rick Watson, the CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting, sees another trend in the mix when it comes to FedEx. He told Insider that UPS is growing faster with small and medium businesses, and is more profitable than FedEx. Meanwhile, Amazon continues to deliver an increasingly large percentage of all the packages on the road.

Retail TouchPoints brought in a few pros to share which trends they think will carry through into 2023, and how retailers can apply them to reach their goals.

Listen to the latest Retail Therapy episode, “Retail Therapy: Bed Bath & Beyond”, where Rick Watson & Brandon Rael discuss, you guessed it: Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Soaring logistics costs, exacerbated by inflation, have forced merchants to reconsider their returns policy. Some, like fashion brand Gap, have cut their window for returns, while others, including Zara and Urban Outfitters, have begun to charge consumers a restocking or return fee.