Brent W. Peterson
All posts by Brent W. Peterson.
Product Data Is the Source the Agents Read with Ben Riggle of Channable
Ben Riggle of Channable on the difference between agentic discovery and agentic checkout, why product data is the source agents and LLMs rely on, the...
The Five-Legged Stool of B2B eCommerce with Ethan Giffin of The B2B eCommerce Agency
Ethan Giffin of The B2B eCommerce Agency, formerly Groove Commerce, on why manufacturers and distributors ask for a website and need alignment between...
Your New Customer Is Not Human with Adam Fabian and Jacy Davis of Crimson Agility
Adam Fabian and Jacy Davis of Crimson Agility on why a new customer is not human, how agentic commerce starts on the other side of the trust fence, an...
Shoptalk Fall 2026 Wraps in Nashville as AI Agents Head Toward 20% of Holiday Ecommerce Traffic
Shoptalk's first Nashville edition closed with agentic commerce, everyday value, loyalty and community leading the agenda, and Salesforce research sho...
Regulated B2B eCommerce Starts in the Data Model with Tom Sieger and Timo Weltner of NETFORMIC
Tom Sieger and Timo Weltner of NETFORMIC on solving regulated-market complexity in the data model, a pricing engine that found two ways a customer was...
From Magento Agency to ERP Integration Platform with Karthik Chidambaram of DCKAP
DCKAP founder and CEO Karthik Chidambaram on turning a hard Prophet 21 integration into a product and building an ERP-first integration platform, reco...
Live from Shoptoberfest with Sebastian Hamann from Shopware
Shopware co-founder and CEO Sebastian Hamann talks about starting the company at fifteen, opening the source, and learning the US market, recorded at...
One in Three Gen Z Adults Identify as Religious, the Highest of Any Generation
The Harris Poll's Gen Z & Religion Report surveyed 2,136 US adults. One in three Gen Z adults identify as religious, the highest share of any gene...
Agentic Commerce Does Not Have Legs Yet with Darin Lynch of Irish Titan
Darin Lynch of Irish Titan defines agentic commerce as three strands, data enrichment, discovery and checkout, and says it crawled out of the ocean bu...
Power Digital Acquires pirawna and uptickk to Add Amazon and TikTok Shop Depth
Power Digital, the San Diego growth firm, has acquired Amazon marketplace agency pirawna and TikTok Shop agency uptickk. The deal puts marketplace spe...
Customers Compare You to Every App on Their Phone with Bobby Stephens of Deloitte Digital
Bobby Stephens of Deloitte Digital on the 2026 B2C commerce report, where the gap between what brands think they deliver and what customers experience...
Virginia Tops the AI Data Center Ranking on a Score Weighted Toward Grid Carbon
TRG Datacenters ranked 24 states on AI infrastructure. Virginia scores 100, Ohio holds the largest capacity at 1,410 MW, and grid carbon carries 40% o...