Retail and eCommerce tech is rather unloved at the moment, but the opportunities are manifold and substantial. Ali Afridi put together an amazing group (and me!) to look at these.

The dollar has risen more rapidly in last eight months than at any time in last 40 years vs major trading partners on.wsj.com/1FwIUQP

congrats to my former colleague Rachel Shechtman on Crain's 40 Under 40! crainsnewyork.com/40under40/Shec…

I don't want to overstate this, but little kids playing golf and smiling and having fun at Augusta National is still the coolest thing ever.

It's getting easier to serve shoppers in China w/ a x-border eCommerce model bit.ly/1Q0F31M via Jing Daily | 精奢商业观察

Yes! x.com/eater/status/5…

What Uber Can Learn From Airbnb’s Global Expansion nyti.ms/1RiJ3he <<Patrick Robinson is a rockstar

Reasons to go global, from Marshall Porter: $1 trillion market by 2020; Ability to diversify; Customers are already there

A decent quick generalization of China tech... x.com/henlaub/status…

Here's the Win Probability chart from #AlamoBowl -- TCU win probability bottomed out at 0.9%

Proud of Shan-Lyn Ma Female Founders: The State Of The Union tcrn.ch/1RbN32p via techcrunch

Good start... x.com/china/status/6…

Really terrific. x.com/mdcranney/stat…

The kids + dads of @Spring posed candidly and shopped enthusiastically for Father’s Day: on.shopspring.com/bxdqw-1

Very proud of the all the teams that made this happen! x.com/spring/status/…

Smart take by Lauren Sherman. Gilt international team used to preach this. Customers aren't dumb. businessoffashion.com/articles/intel… via The Business of Fashion

Great read from my old beanstalk of a boss with Nikesh Arora x.com/blendle/status…

Must read on international eComm from The GRIN Labs and the inimitable Kai Li x.com/btrax/status/7…

Really excited for what the future holds at Spring… x.com/delrey/status/…