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DTC companies are turning to physical retail in an attempt to prove they are more than just hype
“They make your forehead look big,” my straight-shooting wife belted out with a chuckle. “Okay…” I said, slightly offended. “How about these glasses?” hoping for a more confidence-building response. “Now you look like that televangelist preacher from the 90s, Jim Baker,” she replied.
“I think we’re done here,” I said…
No Mercy No Malice
Helping students catch up may be the pandemic’s most enduring challenge
Miles of plexiglass, masks, and deranged parents. Back to school 2021 feels more like Stranger Things than the fall ritual we grew up with. Yet there’s an eerie sameness between this fall and the previous most-unusual-back-to-school year of our lives … last year. …
Trend Mill
Is the sun going down on the ‘White Claw Summer’ for the last time?
“There ain’t no laws when you’re drinking claws.”
The now-famous line from the viral video by comedian Trevor Wallace, titled ‘drinks White Claw once’, marked a turning point for the fate of the hard seltzer — and the White Claw brand — catapulting the drink to fame.
White Claw debuted…
Number Crunch
The king of streaming is struggling for growth
400,000: That’s the number of subscribers Netflix lost in the US and Canada in Q2 of 2021, the first time it has lost subscribers in those markets since early 2019.
Netflix is a business that is driven by one thing only: subscriber growth. To maintain its position as the market…
Number Crunch
Airlines are going on a buying and hiring spree as customers return to the skies
$30 billion: The estimated cost of the 270 airplanes United Airlines is buying in preparation for the return of air travel, according to Reuters. The order is the largest in the company’s history.
The airlines are betting that the great pandemic staycation is over. Many have begun investing heavily in…
The dreaded Phillips curve describes the runaway inflation of the 60s and 70s. The situation is very different today.
Anyone who has been following the U.S. monthly economic data lately has noticed that the rate of inflation has been rising over the past year as the unemployment rate has fallen. Here are the numbers:
TREND MILL
After the devastating impacts of the pandemic, retail is being forced to redefine the role of the brick-and-mortar store
Retail has endured one of its most difficult spells to date. The pandemic has ripped through the heart of the retail sector, severely reducing customer footprint and forcing periods of closure for stores not deemed essential. Many never reopened. A record 12,200 stores closed in the U.S. in 2020, and…
I READ IT SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO
How Big Tech made it harder for working artists to make a living
I Read It So You Don’t Have To is a series that gives you the TL;DR on a business book you want to read — but don’t have time to.
What did I read?
The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech by…
In his final letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos calculated how much his company has benefited stakeholders. Let’s check his math.
“If you want to be successful in business (in life, actually), you have to create more than you consume. Your goal should be to create value for everyone you interact with. Any business that doesn’t create value for those it touches, even if it appears successful on the surface, isn’t…
Number Crunch
Forget ‘Titanic’. ‘Ever Given’ is the maritime blockbuster we need
$400 million per hour: That’s the economic cost caused by a quarter-mile-long container ship that has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Wednesday, blocking passage for other ships on one of the world’s busiest trade routes, based on a rough estimate by Lloyd’s List, as reported by Bloomberg.
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