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Articles, podcast episodes, and insights from the world of e-commerce.
Nothing here comes from an automated feed. Brent Peterson picks each story, reviews each post and publishes it, from podcast episodes to press news and industry research.
A Hawai'i Author Traces Kyoto Food Back to Its Producers
Viola Gaskell and Momoko Nakamura interviewed more than 30 farmers, fishermen, tofu makers and chefs for Kyoto Farm to Table, out from Trope in Novemb...
The Death of the IVR with Michael Klein of Talkdesk
Talkdesk director of industry marketing Michael Klein on what natural language processing did to the phone tree, why he says a deployment cannot run a...
Computers Know When Computers Are Talking with Rotimi Kehinde of Kingdom Branding
Kingdom Branding founder Rotimi Kehinde on the line between AI-powered and AI-supported content, why he thinks content agencies folded and the work ca...
Adobe Hands the CEO Job to the Executive Who Bought Semrush
Anil Chakravarthy becomes Adobe's president and CEO on December 1. He ran the segment that sells to commerce teams. He championed the $1.9 billion Sem...
In-Car Payments Are Gaining While Built-In Navigation Loses Ground
The Harris Poll's 2026 AutoTECHCAST study tracked 40 emerging vehicle technologies across 10,000 consumers. In-car payment systems and smart home inte...
Shoppers Using Cashback Tools Plan to Spend 30% More This Holiday Season
Minty's new Smart Shopper Study finds 54% of holiday shoppers plan to buy with AI and 67% plan to use cashback apps. The shoppers hunting hardest for...
KIBO Commerce Unifies Agentic Commerce and Order Management into a Single, Model-Agnostic AI Experience
KIBO Commerce announced general availability of KIBO AI, a redesigned Agentic Layer spanning five functions across commerce and order management, buil...
Younger Pet Owners Cut Their Own Budgets Before They Cut Pet Spending
A new Harris Poll study finds 77% of Americans own a pet, and Gen Z and Millennials are protecting pet spending while trimming their own takeout, vaca...
Architecting the Future of E-Commerce: How Constructor Is Transforming Shopper Discovery
Constructor has secured the #1 spot in three key use cases of the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Search and Product Discovery report, proving the p...
Connext Global on Pace for Strongest Financial Year in Company History
Connext Global reports 15% revenue growth and 80 new clients in the first half of 2026, putting the Honolulu-based staffing and EOR provider on pace f...
Sixth Annual Spirit of Giving Initiative to Award $50,000 to Hawai?i Nonprofits as Love's Brand Celebrates 175 Years
The Love's Brand Spirit of Giving initiative returns for its sixth year, awarding $50,000 in grants to Hawai?i-based nonprofits. Nominations are open...
Constructor Earns Top Spot in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Search and Product Discovery for the Second Straight Year
Constructor earns the top position in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Search and Product Discovery for the second straight year, placing furthest...