August 15th, 2022: Instacart’s 2022 IPO, Amazon acquires Roomba, the latest on American Eagle Outfitters, and Avalara going private with Vista Equity

It’s August 15th, 2022 and this is the Watson Weekly - Your Essential eCommerce Digest! Today on the show:  Instacart is planning an IPO for the end of 2022 Amazon makes another billion dollar acquisition with robotic vacuum maker, Roomba.  American Eagle Outfitters’ Quiet Platform launches a nationwide "Asset-Light" logistics network Tax software provider, Avalara, is going private in $8.4 billion Vista Equity acquisition And the Investor Minute which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. For more news from Rick, check out:  https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/