Brian Warmoth

How important was international growth for U.S.-based merchants in 2025? This is how many online retailers in the U.S. did more than $1 billion in web sales outside the country last year:

The Tribune went back into the archives to find some photos of Murray at the 2005 Final Four. And look who’s next to him, over his right shoulder, when he was 17 and being heavily recruited by the Illini:

How much will agentic commerce be worth to online retailers in 2026? We explored this and more in this week's webinar, "How American Ecommerce is Changing in 2026."

@jiceman I can’t wait to see what you do with the place.

@warmoth Moving to Fresno to catch my piece of the pie.

I asked AI how to make space for more people in California, and it said Fresno 2046.

Most sensible explanation I've seen yet:

Payment networks have taken an active interest in agentic commerce, with Visa and Mastercard among those seeking allies. Some of the current concerns look similar to issues confronted during the earlier years of ecommerce:

@Charliemagne Chicagoans are going to be so shocked by this. They better sit down.

Mover over, Chicago, a thin crust, tavern-sliced pizza style is here!

Breaking news.

@HallErik Gives me life!

@warmoth This is one of my favorite videos I’ve ever seen on the internet

Best 2nd-half performances in this tournament so far. I-L-L

@Lons So you can just walk in and use a Bloomberg terminal? Not into the rest of this stuff. But that seems like kind of a really nice (too good to be true?) deal, and I'm surprised the Bloomberg licenses allow for this to take place. Those things can cost tens of thousands per user.

I could see this working in maybe Vegas but under normal circumstances, I don't think anyone cool wants to hang out at the Polymarket Bar. x.com/Polymarket/sta…

Shopify is changing course with how it uses ChatGPT. These changes appear to accompany a shift in strategy at OpenAI:

@jovvvian Feel like these should exist in Las Vegas

@warmoth I think you can buy it first, and then contact the company for custom sizing

I just found a wedding ring vending machine near Taipei 101

Over the past year, Hims & Hers became one of the top five online retailers in the Health & Beauty category. It joined big industry names there, including Walgreens and Ulta Beauty. What happened?

Significant changes are coming to OpenAI's checkout approach for agentic commerce. Today, the company shared new details about its move toward retailer apps: digitalcommerce360.com/2026/03/06/ope…

Amazon and Walmart have taken two very different approaches to agentic commerce — and for plenty of good reasons. How are they different? And why? Start here:

@ajmedick Apple Notes is so easy and accessible (and exportable) for anything quick. Basically, a physical notepad, Apple Notes, and then Notion (for ongoing projects and contexts).

What’s your note taking app of choice? Apple Notes, Obsidian, Reflect, SimpleNote?