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Today on a special edition of our show:Remembering Kent AllenEvolution of Global eCommercePioneers in Cross-Border TradeCurrent Trends and PlayersJim OkamuraPartner, McMillanDoolittle and co-founder, Global E-Commerce Leaders ForumJim has over 25 years of consulting experience focused on strategic planning in the retail industry. His work in retail innovation and digital transformation has resulted in industry-leading thinking on retailer best practices and strategy. Jim has published global and national retail studies and has been a featured speaker at the NRF, Shop.org, and many international conferences. In 2013 Jim co-founder the Global E-Commerce Leaders forum, a digital retail community and conference series focused on global growth strategies for consumer brands. Jim has developed growth strategies for clients such as Adidas, Bridgestone, Maurices, Dress Barn, Gap, DSW, LensCrafters, Nike, Neiman Marcus, Souris Mini, Timberland, Victoria's Secret, Lowes, Crate and Barrel, MasterCard, Walgreens, Marriott and Emart. Scott SilvermanCo-Founder CommerceNext; Co-Founder, Global Ecommerce Leaders ForumSilverman has been active in the retail and ecommerce industries for more than 20 years and is passionate about digital commerce and the innovation driving the industry. In 2013, Silverman co-founded the Global Ecommerce Leaders Forum, a forum and series of conferences for international and cross-border ecommerce. In 2017, Silverman co-founded CommerceNext, a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands.Silverman began his career in ecommerce in 1999 where he led National Retail Federation's digital division, Shop.org, until 2010. During his time at NRF he launched the Shop.org Annual Summit and a number of research studies. He co-invented “Cyber Monday” in 2005 and was the founder of Cybermonday.com in 2006, a shopping site that has generated more than $2.5 million for NRF's Ray Greenly scholarship fund.In honor of Kent Allen:A digital commerce industry analyst for the last twenty plus years, Kent's research and thought leadership has strongly influenced the development of the global/cross-border ecommerce sector. Since collaborating with Jim Okamura on the industry's first international ecommerce benchmark study in 2008, Kent has published a wide collection of reports and articles chronicling the rise of global ecommerce ecosystems.Kent also leads strategy, industry analysis, thought leadership and content marketing initiatives that focus on omnichannel commerce and digital marketing innovations. His work includes executive research, industry speaking engagements, white papers and case studies, social content, webinars, and retail tours for retail and consumer goods executives. His latest focus, The Global Customer Journey Project explores how the online shopping journey differs in markets around the world.The Research Trust's industry marketing programs help innovative digital companies tell their story and build ongoing relationships with prospects, established clients and partners. Kent's practice provides a mix of strategic planning services, best practices research and market analysis for global brands and technology partners striving to better serve connected consumers around the world.

Send us a textA fever dream long form podcast that features Carlitos, a good friend with a brother rating of 10. When his family is affected by Indonesian Black Magic, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his memories of previous Patreon Takeovers so he may once again team up with Trick or Treat Radio to save his family. On Episode 641 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Carlitos for his Patreon Takeover! This time around Carlitos has chosen the films Boy Kills World and Mystics in Bali for us to discuss! We also talk about potato balls, bad sequels, action comedy films, and Asian cult cinema. So grab your disembodied head before all your internal organs fall out, figure out a fitting voice for your inner dialogue, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: The Devil's Bath, folk horror, theatrical releases, Moe's Toyroom, NECA, Jason, Michael Myers, Carlitos, Sinister Creature Con, Patreon Takeover, Nosferatu, Robert Eggers, Greg the Bunny, Count Blah, Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One, Demonwarp, Devil's Doorway, Gala or gayla?, Dress Barn, Potato Balls, Exorcist II: The Heretic, bad sequels, Batman and Robin, Linda Blair, The Exorcist: Believer, Mike Flanagan, nicotine patches on a platter, Matt McCoy, Christopher Lee, Peter Bonerz, Harlan Williams, Ron Perlman, Gregg Berger, Bright Lights, Big City, peterbonerz69, Sam Raimi, Boy Kills World, Bill Skarsgard, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Rothe, Cameron Crovetti, Yayan Ruhian, Peter Jackson, Oldboy, They Live, big action set pieces, The Matrix, Enter the Dragon, Jet Li, The Protector, Ong Bak, Tony Jaa, Karate Kill, Goodnight Mommy, Casper Van Dien, Cheez Wizard, the difficult balance between action and comedy, the importance of set pieces in action films, H. Jon Benjamin, Spine of Night, Patton Oswalt, Monkey Man, District 9, Free Fire, Payday 2, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Mystics in Bali, Indonesian Horror, Gilbert Gottfried, Timo Tjahjanto, Suburban Commando, Nobody, The Big Four, The Crow, Nosferatu, Lady Terminator, The Boxers Omen, Mondo Macabro, Cannibal Holocaust, Uwe Boll, a pig with breasts, Indonesian Casablanca, Creepshow, Drug Traffic, film oddity, The Substance, Demi Moore, Mubi, Coralie Fargeat, Revenge, Ivan from Kostroma, A-Lister, The Sugarcubes, Bjork, Borscht Buddies, Peter Stalin, Ivan Hanks, Rage Against the Vagine, Borscht Buddies, and a spoonful of sugar makes the black magic go down.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

For the first time in 27 years, WWE was televised from Germany. Can someone get us a translator? -LA Knight's open challenge -RAW's Ludwig Kaiser -Micah Parson's RKO botch -Who's coming out? -The Mexican Wolves -Bloodline dungeon -Cody and Owens “face to face” -Is Cody injured? -Will we still be friends? -Terrance Howard -Las Vegas Vinci -Andrade vs Hayes Part IV -Who doesn't love a street fight? -Your mom shop at Dress Barn? -Tiffy tease -Bayley bounce -Michin may need the jaws of life Subscribe on patreon.com/LingusMafia for ad-free and video versions of the show, exclusive PPV/PLE reviews and bonus shows including every Wrestlemania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble and Saturday Night's Main Event ever. Stay connected: All our social media (@LingusMafia) links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/lingusmafia Download the PrizePicks app today and use code CCN and get $50 instantly when you play $5! That's code CCN on PrizePicks to get $50 instantly when you play $5! You don't even need to win to receive the $50 bonus, it's guaranteed! "PrizePicks. Run Your Game!"

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Host Michael Sonnenfeldt concludes Season 1 with a retail legend and world-changing philanthropist, TIGER 21 Member David Jaffe. David's mother Roslyn founded Dressbarn in 1962. David joined the family business in 1992. As CEO, David took the company from $1 billion in sales all the way to $7 billion as Ascena Retail Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 retailer with eight distinct brands including Ann Taylor, Loft, Lane Bryant, Catherines, and Justice, with over 4,500 stores across the U.S. and Canada, employing 65,000 associates. In 2019, David transitioned out of Ascena. Today, he's a philanthropist on a quest for social change, leading two different nonprofits. David shares insights on family business succession, integrating philanthropy, and his advice for those transitioning out of their primary careers. Key topics include the evolution of Dressbarn, strategies for successful acquisitions, and the importance of aligning career choices with personal passions.Video clips:The 10-Year Rule for Family Business"After My Exit, I Became the Wrong Kind of Investor"Topics:(00:00) Podcast announcement (Season 1 finale)(00:31) Introduction to David Jaffe (01:00) Early career (02:27) Philanthropy and social change (03:13) Family business dynamics (04:28) Career transition (19:58) Lessons from leadership and mentorship (23:12) End of an era at Ascena(25:50) The day after retirement (27:46) Exploring new opportunities (28:40) Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard (29:13) Combining passions: education and environment (30:21) Advice for post-career transitions (31:09) Investment lessons learned by Michael Sonnenfeldt and David Jaffe (34:04) Philanthropic ventures: FARE and Subject to Climate(35:50) Balancing nonprofit and personal life (38:30) Partnerships(40:40) Impact and future goals (46:27) Personal reflections and advice (49:37) Tip JarAbout:TIGER 21 is the premier peer membership organization for ultra successful entrepreneurs, investors, and executives.Tip Jar:Dad's Ten RulesSalman Khan: "Brave New Words"Merrily We Roll AlongStereophonicLinks:tiger21.comMichael Sonnenfeldt - LinkedIn | @mwsonnenfeldtFARE foodallergy.orgSubject to Climate subjecttoclimate.orgFollow & Connect:Podcast | YouTube | X | LinkedIn | Blog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's commonly said that there are three guarantees in this life…death, taxes, and Bodybuilding.com pretty much annually being involved in M&A activity. Since July 2019, Bodybuilding.com has been involved in four confirmed mergers and acquisitions transactions. The first was a related-party transaction that happened between Liberty Expedia Holdings and Expedia Group. About a year later, Expedia Group faced huge market pressures from the “Great Shutdown” decimating the travel industry and it was forced to sell off its non-core assets. That was when private equity firm The Najafi Companies took advantage of the fire sale and attempted to stabilize the struggling specialty supplement ecommerce retailer. But it eventually decided to cut its losses early and sell two years later to Retail Ecommerce Ventures…the retail brand portfolio company that was co-founded by internet personality Tai Lopez. In a piece of content from March 2023, I mentioned Retail Ecommerce Ventures was reportedly in financial trouble and had hired advisors to consider a variety of strategic options that include lining up a potential buyer for its portfolio companies, putting up intellectual property as collateral for a loan or investment, or filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Well…as of last quarter, we now know that a group of investors, that had backed Retail Ecommerce Ventures, under the new company name of OMNI Retail Enterprises, acquired most of the retail brand assets. These include three keystone assets of Dress Barn, Pier 1, and Bodybuilding.com. Subsequentially, Retail Ecommerce Ventures dissolved as an operating entity without resorting to bankruptcy…and Tai Lopez and his co-founder are not involved in the new venture. About a month after the M&A transaction, OMNI Retail Enterprises hired Sharon Leite as the new CEO. If that name sounds familiar, it's because she was the CEO of The Vitamin Shoppe from August 2018 to January 2023. Additionally, Sharon Leite has held leadership positions previously in each of those consumer goods categories, including an 8.5-year stint at the home goods retailer Pier 1 when it had over 1000 stores in North America. But for the final part of this content, I essentially put myself in a hypothetical situation where Sharon calls me up, asks me to take the quick flight from Houston to Dallas, and says give me your Bodybuilding.com transformation pitch. Regardless, I've consistently said in numerous content pieces over the years that I believe there's still value in Bodybuilding.com, but what it doesn't need is another “let's do as we've always done but a little cheaper and expect better results” owner. My hope is that OMNI Retail Enterprises is the type of transformative thinking organization that has sufficient capital and the patience to make Bodybuilding.com great again. FOLLOW ME ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKEDIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TWITTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FACEBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joshua-schall/support

Kelli May-Krenz joins Dionne Woods on the Paint Talks Podcast today. Ever since she was a little girl, she's loved to create, draw, paint and stitch, and knew she would be a graphic designer. Since graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in Fine Art and Graphic Design, Kelli has lived and worked in Dallas, Minneapolis, and Siesta Key, Florida, with clients from all over the world. She now lives in Galena, Illinois with her husband and muse - their Jack Russell Terrier named Pearl Button. For Kelli, creating is like breathing - she simply does it. Her mission is to continue making art that reflects her core belief - that all great things are possible. Kelli May-Krenz is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator with more than 30 years of experience. Her ability to capture, express, and visually communicate the needs and visions of her clients has produced designs and promotional materials for everything from independent boutiques to Fortune 500 companies. Her stationery line, Pearl Button's World, debuted at the National Stationery Show - where two of her designs were selected as finalists for Best in Show. She has worked with some amazing clients including the American Heart Association, Bauer Publishing, Carnival Cruise Line, Dress Barn, Estee Lauder, General Mills Corp., JCPenney, Liz Claiborne, L'Oréal, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Papyrus, Relevant Products, Target, The Children's Place, Wall Street Journal and more! Upcoming Events: Kelli is a MadeTV contributor Just launched my 19th online class - The Art of Collage Designing a Retreat here in Galena Website kellimaykrenz.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kelli.maykrenz/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kellimaykrenz/

Mark is joined by Eric Stephens from the podcast File Under: Entertainment to discuss sports and other stuff. The Texas Longhorns Are in the CFB Spotlight! Submarine Deaths, Going To Concerts Instead Of Grieving Family Loss, Oakland Abandoned, Shocking Off Season Stories, THE Movie of the Summer, Jared Stalks a Raven Haired Woman, Dream Strip Malls, Quoting Austin Powers, Braves Father's Day Massacre, Phoenix Suns Are Degenerate Gamblers, Votto Goes Yard in Return, Gilbert Arenas Dating Advice, Pscyhedlic Conference With Psychos, Hot Dog on a Stick Conspiracy, Dress Barn versus Forever 21, Geaux to Rehab, Eyes Of Texas Is a Little Sus and Texas Is 9-4 or 7-5 But Not Back. Honda Ridgeline Owners Are Traitors to America & More! – “What's Wrigley Watching” is Presented By Chewy.com – Today's episode was brought to you by @ShibToken & The Shib Army #SHIB #SHIB2MOON #CFB #TEXAS #HORNSDOWN

Basic Bible Study | 1 Kings: Chapters 17-22 (Part 7) This is part 7 of 7 In today's podcast, join Amy and Robyn as they continue their discussion of 1 Kings: Chapters 17-22. Here is a breakdown of what was discussed: - Amy & Robyn chit-chat about Big Beautiful Woman magazine & Dress Barn - what to read for next time “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) "For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABOUT Opening a Bible for the first time can be intimidating. Join Amy & Robyn in an easy-to-follow discussion. This Basic Bible Study is perfect for beginners & those who have never read the Bible. Look for new podcasts every Tuesday & Friday! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIBLE RESOURCES https://biblehub.com/ https://www.bible.com/ http://betterdaysarecoming.com/bible/pronunciation.html https://biblespeak.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/mybasicbiblestudy WEBSITE http://www.mybasicbiblestudy.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can contact us through e-mail or regular old snail-mail: Basic Bible Study 7797 N. 1st St. #34 Fresno, CA 93720 basicbiblestudy19@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This week we discover what "I'm Every Woman" makes Pat think of (hint, it's Dress Barn.) We also talk more about "Linger" and the meaning of those lyrics as kids. We find ourselves in a Soundtrack inspired John Williams rabbit hole and as always we embarrass ourselves with a little Trivial Pursuit. Are you going to go our way?

Rudy Mawer is a successful entrepreneur and CEO. He works with Kevin Harrington on a Marketing Capital group and has helped over 50,000 small businesses around the world. He has recently been focused on operating large US Ecom brands with his partners Tai Lopez and Alex Mehr through their investment group, Retail eCommerce Ventures. These brands include ex-billion dollar companies such as Pier 1, DressBarn, Steinmart, Modells, Franklin Mint and more. He is also the host of the Living The Red Life Podcast.He built his first multi-million dollar business by the age of 27, and has since become an expert in advertising, funnels, and marketing strategy. He has run teams of over 300 employees for 9 figure brands, and built one of the world's largest direct response marketing agencies, which has generated over $250 million in revenue for its clients. He was awarded a USA 0-1 visa for his consulting work and marketing skills and has been featured in major media channels such as NBC. What Travis and Rudy discussed:How Rudy was different from other kids in school, always hustling, planning, and thinking ahead.Why Rudy thinks money controls you and can enable and amplify happiness.Why did Rudy choose America over the U.K. for his next steps in entrepreneurship?How Rudy disrupted the online marketing space with his strategies, experiences, and mindset.Rudy's experience scaling multiple online marketing businesses.Problem-solving at the millionaire level.Online advertising, building authority, and much more.Listen now to the latest episode of Travis Makes Friends, where Rudy Mawer, a successful entrepreneur and CEO, shares his journey of building his first multi-million dollar business by the age of 27, and how he became an expert in advertising, funnels, and marketing strategy. He also explains his experience scaling multiple online marketing businesses, problem-solving at the millionaire level, and building authority in the industry. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from Rudy's unique perspective and take your business to the next level by tuning in now!Head over to www.travis.team and subscribe to Travis's free newsletter.Follow Travis on Instagram: @travischappellSubscribe to Travis Makes Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THE BATTLE OF THE BARN. The Drum descends upon the Dress Barn. Will Casey, Mark, Theo, Kira and Anna be able to stand against the combined might of the Director and his minions? Maybe, if Captain Torres, Donovan, Dockers, The Sparks Brothers, Mark's Mom and all of Dawnbreak have anything to say about it! Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of child abuse and dissociative disorders. To learn more about Dissociative Identity Disorder visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness. ------- If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review to help us spread the word and don't forget to share with your friends. We love friends! Support the Show: Follow us on social media, buy some merch or support us on Ko-fi, and check out our Wiki by heading to our DirectMe Profile. Join us on Discord! Come hang out with the cast on The Monster's Playbook Discord server where we can discuss the latest episodes, trade theories, answer questions, and get to know you, our listeners, a little better. This week we're also featuring a promo for another actual-play podcast, Power Word Fail. Be sure to check them out on their website, and wherever you listen to podcasts. ------- Cast: Jonny Grubb as the Keeper John Wander as Mark Clayton (The Divine) Lauren Johnson as Kira Ashwood (The Initiate) and Anna Ashwood (The Protector) Miah Detjen as Casey Davis (The Freelancer) and Theo Nessos (The Hex) Sarah Baker as Tiff Torres (The Hex) This episode was edited by Miah Detjen and Lauren Johnson. Theme song by Jonny Grubb. Cover art by Gabe Schmidt. Incidental music from Epidemic Sound.

After realizing that they are now wanted by the authorities for a crime they didn't commit, the party is forced to decide on their next course of action. Should they deal with the assassin Filetti or give it a go with Bronson Blackbow. Both are members of the Ruling Council and both have their own very mysterious reasons to be involved. Their choice? Let's head to the Dress Barn! Intro and Outro music - Brass Orchid by Bobby RichardsLinktreeFacebookInstagramTwitterSupport the show Support our show

Luke 14:25-33Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.“For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'“Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.“So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.” This bit about building a tower you can't finish had me Googling “failed business ventures” this week to find a contemporary comparison for Jesus' example. It may not be completely fair, but I found a list of well-known, previously successful businesses that bit the dust in the last 15-20 years. I wondered if maybe their owners/CEOs/Boards of Directors, or whatever, failed to sit down to see whether they could finish or build on what they had started.Blockbuster Video, of course, got creamed by the digital streaming industry. Places like Toy's R Us and Border's Books couldn't possibly keep up with the convenience and efficiency of Amazon. Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey's Circus succumbed to pressure from animal rights organizations. I don't know what happened to Dress Barn exactly – do you remember Dress Barn? – but I remember my sister-in-law joking once about refusing to buy her clothes in a barn, which does seem like pretty bad marketing when you think about it.And more seriously, I thought about Vladimir Putin and his war on Ukraine when I read that other example Jesus uses about a king who wages war against another king without sitting down and considering just exactly what he might be getting himself into. Putin may have done the math enough to believe he had the numbers to win the war. But he couldn't have accounted for the immeasurable, intangible will and spirit and resilience of the Ukrainian people – or the support of the rest of the world they inspired – to resist his attacks and defend themselves for as long as they have. But what do my examples – or the examples of Jesus – have to do with the rest of what he's trying to preach and teach to the crowds this morning? I suspect many of them were asking the same thing.For me, this is a “be careful what you ask for” moment between Jesus and whoever's paying attention to him. These are “fair warning” words from Jesus. All of this sounds like a “don't say I never warned you,” “cover your behind” sort of proclamation, to me. And Jesus doesn't seem happy about it.Because just in the last couple of weeks, we've heard about him in the synagogue arguing with the powers that be who were trying to keep him from healing sick people.Last week he was at the dinner banquet where people were pride-fully, selfishly Boss-Hogging the best seats at the party.Right before what we just heard, he tells a parable about a bunch of knuckleheads who get invited to another important banquet but who make all sorts of excuses about what they would/could/should be doing instead. And now he's out and about in the world again, being followed around by God-knows-who … crowds of hangers-on, it seems … looking to get a piece of whatever they believe he has to offer them.And you get the impression that he's over it. That he's had enough. That he's less than impressed with the willingness or ability or intentions of those who follow him to really follow him; to fully grasp what this discipleship means; to truly wrap their heads and their hearts and their lives around what the new life of God's grace might do for them – and do to them – if they were to really, truly, fully receive it – and let it have its way with them.And I think there's a message for the 21st Century church in all of this, too. And a message for each of us as wannabe disciples of Jesus – faithful followers – just the same. And yes, it's about money. After all Jesus says we can't be his disciples if we don't give up our possessions. Sacrificing our things and our stuff and our money is part and parcel of what it means to follow Jesus. But it's not all or only about our money and our things and our stuff.When I was reading about those companies that failed … those big businesses who couldn't survive … those institutions that are no more…. The thing their respective downfalls all have in common was their failure to innovate; their inability to adapt to the needs of the world around them; their neglect of the desires and longings of the people they hoped would avail themselves of their services.Netflix was more like Blockbuster in the beginning – renting DVDs through the mail, remember. But Netflix upped their game with the whole streaming thing while Blockbuster kept doing what they always did … and died trying.Stores like Toys ‘R' Us and Borders were just unable to offer the same affordable convenience that Amazon could.I guess Ringling Brothers and Barnham and Bailey's Circus just hoped people would never find out or care enough about the treatment of the animals it requires to make a circus a circus.And Dress Barn? Who knows what a simple name change or a more flattering marketing plan might have done for their success and longevity.So, I think Jesus might be inviting us to think differently, more practically, more shrewdly and simply, even, about what we're up to as his disciples and as part of God's Church in the world.Yes, and again, it is about money. We can't do what we want and need to do as God's church in the world without the financial means to do it. But more importantly, the faithful practice of giving our money and our things and our stuff away is about the faithful practice of doing with less; of sacrificing for the sake of something bigger than ourselves; of doing without so that others might have what they need; of practicing generosity for the sake of generosity; of giving back with gratitude what has first been given to us; and of acknowledging our excess and standing in solidarity with the poor.But, again, while our relationship with our wealth is paramount to Jesus, it's not all or only about money.It's also about innovating and expanding our reach – we've done that in the last few years, thanks to the COVID crisis, by going online with our worship, giving, and other ministry options around here.It's about paying attention to, being vocal about, and addressing the needs of the world around us. Who's hungry? Who's hurting? Who's being left out of circles of faith? How do we as individuals and as a congregation find them, listen to them, and bring them into our fold?It's also about not doing what we've always done, just because that's the way we've always done it. Tradition for the sake of tradition is the most dangerous elephant in every church sanctuary this morning and something we should avoid at all costs, if you ask me.And none of this is about surviving as an institution, just for the sake of surviving as an institution. It's about following Jesus. It's about seeking, receiving and celebrating God's love for us to the extent that it's not about us any longer. That's the innovation Jesus calls us to. That's the cost he warns us about and invites us to count on, to consider, and to plan for – if we want to get serious about this discipleship thing.The evolution and innovation of our faith as followers of Jesus is about allowing all of this to cease being about us – to stop following Jesus around to see what we can get out of it, but to follow Jesus until our faith is about humbly and generously loving and serving the other.It's about being the body of Christ. It's about changing the world with the kind of grace and mercy, love and hope he came to share. It's about letting the fullness of the grace we claim for ourselves change us … utterly … to such a degree that the world around us is different and better and blessed and more like the Kingdom of God, because we are a part of it and because we share it – without shame, without reservation, without limits – in his name.Amen

If you want to optimize your pricing and make your business more profitable, this will be the most important podcast you'll ever listen to. Wharton Professor John Zhang and author of the book Smart Pricing is someone I consult with regularly. His insights about pricing have helped me scale the brands I've acquired, such as Pier 1, Dressbarn, and Linens'n Things. In this episode you'll learn: Why pricing is the most important factor in bringing in more revenue What type of pricing does NOT work How to price service-based businesses such as marketing agencies  And much more... Be sure to like and subscribe for more great episodes like this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caleb Synan joins Paige and Emily to talk being a Target guy/Mossimo Man, growing up going to Georgia Square Mall in Athens, GA and Tanger Outlets in Commerce, and of course the extensive practical dress collection at Dressbarn. Also, the first ever Mall Talk vow AND the first ever edition of a new segment: Who Wants to Be a Mall-ionaire? JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW CALEB: https://www.instagram.com/calebsynan/  https://twitter.com/dumbcaleb  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod 

I was taking care of customers at the store, when I sensed someone behind me that said, give me all of the money, do what I say and no one will get hurt. During the robbery, he also walked all of us to the back room, I didn't know if we were all going to be killed. He locked us in the back room and we didn't know if he left... Someone hadn't given them their phone and we were able to call 911. Give me all the money and no one will get hurt. The armed robbery that changed the course of her life.   Jen Lee is our guest. She talks about the night that she was managing a retail store, part of a national chain. While taking care of customers, she heard the words that she will never forget. During the armed robbery, the armed gunman took all of the store's money, all of her and her customer's money and all but one cellphone. The gunman ushered them all to a backroom where away from the front of the store. They had no idea if he was going to kill them all, or lock them in the room and leave. Fortunately, the robber locked them in the store room and one of the customers managed to hide her cellphone and used it to call police. After a few minutes, what seemed like an eternity a police officer arrived to rescue them. Jen talks about the incident, the impact it had on her life and how it motivates her to do her podcast, which tells the stories of real life survivors and gives much needed support for law enforcement officers. If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or two, or three about it. If you are able to leave an honest rating and, or, review it would be appreciated. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer. Follow us on the MeWe social media platform. We are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. In the Clubhouse app look for and follow our club, the LET Radio Show and Podcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s graduation season, and if there’s a class that deserves to be celebrated, it’s the class of 2021. This group experienced higher education like no one before them. Most of these new grads began school before the pandemic when college campuses operated mostly in a face-to-face environment. Then the pandemic forced schools to quickly shift to virtual learning, and eventually for some schools a mix of virtual and in-person instruction. Things were different on campuses, and for many students things were challenging. The class of 2021 was forced to be flexible and resilient. Micah West is a member of the MBA class of 2021 at William & Mary. A BYU graduate, he entered the MBA program after working in digital marketing and e-commerce for organizations like eBay, overstock.com, and Dress Barn. In addition to being a full time grad student, he’s a husband and father of four school-age daughters. He joins us today to talk about the class of 2021, its experiences, and the lessons it’ll take away from attending school during a pandemic. Learn how the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William and Mary can help you and your organization develop your top talent through customized executive education and professional development programs. Visit us at www.wmleadership.com. Thank you for listening.

Emotions are on fire in this episode. There are so many fiery moments. Is there an actual fire? Well, you know what my Grandma never said "When there's smoke, somebody's getting fired ... from the Dress Barn." Hugs. ❤️ NOTE: The audio quality is  less than perfect on this one. We had a massive recording issue, and had to resort to using our backup audio. Thank heavens for backups though!  *JOIN THOUSANDS OF OTHER HUG DEALERS, GET FOUR MORE EXCLUSIVE SHOWS, LIVE VIDEO STREAMS, MERCH DISCOUNTS AND MORE HUGS FROM US. SUPPORT US ON PATREON :* https://www.patreon.com/1159media Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/911-calls-podcast-with-the-operator487/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We continue with the Resilience Series for Women's History Month with Model, Monique Robinson. Learn more about Monique: Monique Robinson is a model from Pompano Beach, Florida, who stands at 6 "2' and wears a size 14. She started modeling in the Fall of 2010 following a chance encounter at a convenience store while she was in graduate school to become a licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida. After graduation, Monique dove headfirst into modeling. Her first show was Meet Me in Miami, for Jones Magazine, in September 2010. Within a year and a half, Monique had appeared on runways in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Atlanta, Detroit, and New York City. Monique has walked in shows including Full Figured Fashion Week, BET's "Rip the Runway," Isabel Toledo, Christian Siriano, and Project Runway. Monique's résumé includes work for Ashley Stewart, Macy's, Torrid, Lane Bryant, Target, Kohl's, Dress Barn, McCalls, and Catharine's Plus, and Land's End, to name a few. https://www.instagram.com/iadoremo/ www.moniquerobinson.com #IAMMYBEAUTYSTANDARD

Breezy and Leah bittersweetly rehash the last episode of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Don't forget to follow us on: Twitter: @RehashTrash Instagram: @TrashRehash

Paul Stonick shares with us some of the lessons he's learned in over 20+ years leading design teams at large companies, including…   What is Paul's advice to new or aspiring design leaders? How important is the language we use in enabling positive change? What are the essential ingredients for radical innovation in a corporate environment?    Who is Paul Stonick?   Paul is a seasoned user-centred design leader and a self-described creative maverick. He has held senior design leadership positions at Avon, Viacom, Dressbarn, Barclays Investment Bank and, most recently, The Home Depot. At The Home Depot, Paul and his team were responsible for the world's fifth largest e-commerce site, as well as the digital extensions of that business, including the consumer facing mobile app, rated the #1 mobile app in retail by Forrester in 2019.   ======   Find Paul here:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stonick/ Website: https://www.paulstonick.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulstonick   ======   Thank you for tuning in! If you liked what you saw and want more ...   ... please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listened).   You can also follow us on our other social channels for more great UX and product design tips, interviews and insights!   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/   ======   Host: Brendan Jarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/

Here at the Bait Camp Think Tank, we study things others just can’t explain, like Texas hockey. Well I’m no beauty consultant, but one day, somebody walked into a room somewhere and announced, “I’ve thought of the perfect name for our new lady’s store – we’ll call it The Dress Barn!” How do these things happen? No one knows, but there it is. A corn fed idea like this hangs suspended in midair, while everyone nods and agrees. And while it may be Giddy-up Glamour to some, it could also be the best part of Morning in America. Push Button. Watch Podcast. Wash hands. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Rudy Mawer is the CEO and Founder of ROI Machines. ROI Machines is a digital marketing agency that helps companies get tens of thousands of leads with paid ads by setting up everything that a company needs from funnel design, development, copywriting much more. They help multiple 7 to 8 figure businesses generate over $150 million per year. Rudy is also the CEO of Pier1, an online retail and home store chain specializing in imported home furnishings and decor. Pier1 is part of the Retail E-commerce Venture's holdings, where Rudy is an investor and advisor. Tai Lopez and Alex Mehr run Retail E-commerce Ventures and their holdings include Pier1, RadioShack, Dressbarn, Stein Mart, Franklin Mint, Linens 'n Things, and many more.  Before founding ROI Machines, Rudy was an elite sports nutritionist and trainer. He worked with Hollywood celebrities, elite athletes, NBA players, WWE, gold medalists, and more. In this episode… How do you rebuild a brand that has made a billion dollars in revenue and went bankrupt? How do you rebuild the trust with partners and vendors with backlogs of unpaid invoices? That’s the scary and chaotic state Pier1 was in before Rudy Mawer took over its operations after Retail E-commerce Ventures acquired it.  Rudy has since gone on to put Pier1 and brands like RadioShack and Linens ‘N Things on a steady growth trajectory while still running his own digital marketing agency that generates over 150 million $ per year for top businesses. Impressive, isn’t it? In this episode of Inspired Insider Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews the CEO and Founder of ROI Machines, Rudy Mawer, to discuss how he rebuilds and grows big brands that have gone bankrupt. Rudy also talks about the mindset behind his success with elite clients, the metrics that matters when growing and rebuilding a big brand, what makes an ad convert, and how he built a 60-person digital agency that’s capable of running on its own. Stay tuned.

Remember, Remember, The Fifth Of Febtember. Sadder than Pacman dying. A Vanessa Would Never Set Foot in a Dress Barn. Smithsonian Department of Funnywalks. New Years Math. One Of Those 5g People. A Soft Happy Man. These Are A Few Of My Fargo-ish Things. Passive Aggressive Donkeys. Point, Squeeze, Gibberish, Move On. Two Finger Terry. Nazi Coins and Show Numbers. His Name is Super Dale. He Sucks. Mylo Piglyomolomo...what? Jury Duty and more on this episode of The Morning Stream.

Remember, Remember, The Fifth Of Febtember. Sadder than Pacman dying. A Vanessa Would Never Set Foot in a Dress Barn. Smithsonian Department of Funnywalks. New Years Math. One Of Those 5g People. A Soft Happy Man. These Are A Few Of My Fargo-ish Things. Passive Aggressive Donkeys. Point, Squeeze, Gibberish, Move On. Two Finger Terry. Nazi Coins and Show Numbers. His Name is Super Dale. He Sucks. Mylo Piglyomolomo...what? Jury Duty and more on this episode of The Morning Stream.

Pier 1 closed all of its retail stores by the third quarter of this year, Retail Ecommerce Ventures or REV bought the IP and the data in July. That company has been collecting a number of struggling retailers like Modell's, Dress Barn and most recently Radio Shack, with the aim of relaunching them first as DTC ventures. AJ was the CMO of DressBarn, now he's the CMO of the Pier 1 brand as it turned very quickly from a model almost wholly dependent on bricks and mortar to DTC. This kind of transition we're obviously going to see a lot more of and the kinds of processes that he's put in place to turn legacy brands into DTC friendly venues is really, I think, going to be relevant to almost everybody.

Kathleen opens the show pouring a Miller 64 beer into her Swig & Swine pint glass from her favorite Charleston, SC BBQ restaurant. She reviews Dolly Parton’s new Netflix musical “Christmas on the Square,” providing some color around the homeless character that Dolly portrays in the movie. Kathleen reads aloud Dolly’s recently-penned letter to Santa as published in Good Housekeeping magazine, asking Santa and Baby Jesus for peace on Earth, hope for those who have none, and a COVID-19 vaccine. NUMBER ONE QUEEN: Kathleen’s love for Dolly, Stevie Nicks, Cher, and Tanya Tucker is well-known in the Pub, and she explains to listeners her reason for being passionate about each singer. However, she admits that she could never be all-in on exclusively following Cher since it was recently revealed that Cher spent her Thanksgiving in Pakistan visiting Kaavan, known as the “world’s loneliest elephant.” The elephant lost his partner in 2012, and along with Four Paws International and US businessman Eric Margolis, Cher has been lobbying to relocate the pachyderm from its most recent home at the Islamabad Zoo to a sanctuary in Cambodia. The Pakistani government just agreed to allow for the transition, and Cher serenaded Kaavan before his departure for his new home. “BAD GOOD FOOD”: In her quest for new and delicious not-so-nutritious fast food, Kathleen describes to listeners Bibigo Korean Style Steamed Dumplings, which she first learned of watching The Masters golf tournament with Ron White. Kathleen loves any kind of Asian dumpling, and was excited that these can be readily available in her freezer. She also has a great love for Popeyes chicken, and was sad when she learned that due to her involvement in her Fantasy Football League, she missed the chain’s announcement that it was time to preorder their Cajun-style turkeys and “churkeys” for Thanksgiving 2020. Kathleen then moves on to describe the 12-hour wait for In-N-Out Burgers in Denver and Colorado Springs Grand Opening weekend, disclosing to listeners that she would never wait that long for any cheeseburger that had Thousand Island dressing-like sauce, which is her mom’s favorite salad dressing. She discusses her experience with the iconic California-based burger chain as a resident of LA, and learns what it means to order their food “Animal-style.” KICK LIKE A GIRL: Kathleen reviews the historical NCAA football game over the weekend between Vanderbilt and her Missouri Tigers, where Vanderbilt soccer star Sarah Fuller made history by playing the game as the kicker for the Commodores. ANIMALS MOST LIKELY TO KILL YOU BY STATE: Kathleen begins a new segment of the Pubcast: Animals Most Likely to Kill You (By State), as reported by the Center for Disease Control. If you live in Alabama or Arizona, the CDC says you’re most likely to be killed by a dog, and Alaskans and Mainers should be cautious of moose. SHOVELHEAD GARDEN WORM: In her continuing obsession with invasive species, Kathleen reports to listeners that sightings of shovel-headed garden worms, also known as hammerhead worms, have recently been reported in multiple locations in Georgia, including over 100 in the Atlanta area alone. The snake-like worm, grows up to nearly a foot in length, and their mouths are located midway down the bottom surface of their bodies rather than on their heads. AIRLINE SAFETY IN A PANDEMIC: With the COVID-19 pandemic surging and travel on the rise during the holiday season, Kathleen reads an updated report published by a the Department of Defense revising the findings presented by United Airlines and Boeing a few weeks ago that there is minimal transmission of the virus on airplanes. The infectious disease experts were concerned of the mass public misinterpretation of the original findings, stating that the carriers’ safety claims aren’t that conclusive and that some recent cases have documented transmission on flights even when passengers wore masks and sat far apart from each other. Kathleen explains to listeners that she refuses to travel on a commercial airplane until there is a COVID vaccine, because even in normal circumstances she manages to catch colds on flights. COLORADO-UTAH GLASS DOMED TRAIN: Kathleen’s favorite way to travel is by train, and she’s excited to tell listeners about a new glass-domed train service that is scheduled to begin service in 2021 between Colorado and Utah. Canadian company Rocky Mountaineer is launching an incredible new two-day rail journey named, "Rockies to the Red Rocks," which will take passengers from Denver to Moab, UT in luxury glass-domed trains.RADIO SHACK RESURGENCE: Kathleen advises listeners that 1970’s tech powerhouse RadioShack has joined other companies in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amidst lagging sales brought on by the pandemic and the evolution of consumer buying platforms. The chain’s last profit posted was in 2011, and would celebrate its 100th birthday in 2021. Kathleen questions the general consumer awareness of investors Alex Mehr and Tai Lopez of company REV, who have purchased the RadioShack brand along with clothing chain Dress Barn in hopes of repackaging and introducing it to the online shopping world. She thinks both brands are unfit for the current shopping landscape, providing her thoughts around the Dress Barn name and telling stories of her brothers going to RadioShack to buy remote control cars and batteries as children. NEW DA VINCI MASTERPIECE DISCOVERED: Kathleen has a huge appreciation for art and history, and is thrilled to share an article announcing that a new Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece has been discovered. The sketch of Jesus Christ resembles Da Vinci himself, and is believed to have been housed in a private art collection for centuries. MYSTERY OF THE WEEK: Kathleen discusses the mystery behind the murder of Canadian billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman, who were found hanging by belts from a railing in their Toronto mansion in 2017. The case has been cold for over a year, but Toronto police have recently stated that they have numerous new persons of interest that they are investigating.

While the economy continues to go down hill, stock markets and real estate have been going gangbusters. The flood of money has created winners and losers. Income that was previously spent on travel is going into savings and other purchases. The Chinese travel market has stopped further hitting the international tourist market. People are being more cautious in spending their money. Used car sales have been on the rise.   A lot the bankruptcies that we have seen are companies that were struggling badly even before Covid. Look at JCPenny – when is the last time they made a profit – a really meager gain in 2017, but other than that huge losses back as far as the eye can see. Finally folded in May 2020. This is more of an act of mercy than anything else. Ascena is another example, the parent of Ann Taylor and Dressbarn. These are all brands that had been struggling. Selection of Retail Bankruptcies in 2020 ·         Century 21  ·         Stein Mart  ·         Tailored Brands  ·         Lord & Taylor  ·         Ascena  ·         The Paper Store  ·         RTW Retailwinds  ·         Muji USA  ·         Sur La Table  ·         Brooks Brothers  ·         G-Star Raw  ·         Lucky Brand  ·         GNC  ·         Tuesday Morning  ·         Centric Brands  ·         J.C. Penney  ·         Stage Stores  ·         Aldo  ·         Neiman Marcus  ·         J. Crew  ·         Roots USA  ·         True Religion  ·         Modell's Sporting Goods  ·         Art Van Furniture  ·         Bluestem Brands  ·         Pier 1  ·         SFP Franchise Corp  The largest US retailers are getting bigger, and their latest quarter figures are very encouraging in terms of revenue growth: Largest US Retailers Quarterly Revenue Growth  WMT 5.6% AMZN 40.2% HD 23.4% TGT 24.7% COST 12.4% CVS 3.2% 2.  What about gold? Is it out for the count? Gold has been pushed forward by uncertainty and reached a high point in early August at just over $2,000/oz. This has been a phenomenal run from one year ago, when the metal was trading at only $1,500/oz. It has retrenched somewhat since August and is at just under $1,900/oz now. A couple of factors speak in gold’s favour-monetary policy is likely to remain very loose and investors afraid of price inflation will be drawn to gold. However, gold has also been a safe haven in times of political uncertainty, and this presidential election has the opportunity to offer that in spades, which I do not think is reflected in the price of gold currently. It looks like we may well have a contested election result, and the legal fighting back and forth we saw in 2000 between Gore and Bush is likely to be a walk in the park compared to the upheaval we will see with a hung election in a few weeks.

While the economy continues to go down hill, stock markets and real estate have been going gangbusters. The flood of money has created winners and losers. Income that was previously spent on travel is going into savings and other purchases. The Chinese travel market has stopped further hitting the international tourist market. People are being more cautious in spending their money. Used car sales have been on the rise.   A lot the bankruptcies that we have seen are companies that were struggling badly even before Covid. Look at JCPenny – when is the last time they made a profit – a really meager gain in 2017, but other than that huge losses back as far as the eye can see. Finally folded in May 2020. This is more of an act of mercy than anything else. Ascena is another example, the parent of Ann Taylor and Dressbarn. These are all brands that had been struggling. Selection of Retail Bankruptcies in 2020 ·         Century 21  ·         Stein Mart  ·         Tailored Brands  ·         Lord & Taylor  ·         Ascena  ·         The Paper Store  ·         RTW Retailwinds  ·         Muji USA  ·         Sur La Table  ·         Brooks Brothers  ·         G-Star Raw  ·         Lucky Brand  ·         GNC  ·         Tuesday Morning  ·         Centric Brands  ·         J.C. Penney  ·         Stage Stores  ·         Aldo  ·         Neiman Marcus  ·         J. Crew  ·         Roots USA  ·         True Religion  ·         Modell's Sporting Goods  ·         Art Van Furniture  ·         Bluestem Brands  ·         Pier 1  ·         SFP Franchise Corp  The largest US retailers are getting bigger, and their latest quarter figures are very encouraging in terms of revenue growth: Largest US Retailers Quarterly Revenue Growth  WMT 5.6% AMZN 40.2% HD 23.4% TGT 24.7% COST 12.4% CVS 3.2% 2.  What about gold? Is it out for the count? Gold has been pushed forward by uncertainty and reached a high point in early August at just over $2,000/oz. This has been a phenomenal run from one year ago, when the metal was trading at only $1,500/oz. It has retrenched somewhat since August and is at just under $1,900/oz now. A couple of factors speak in gold’s favour-monetary policy is likely to remain very loose and investors afraid of price inflation will be drawn to gold. However, gold has also been a safe haven in times of political uncertainty, and this presidential election has the opportunity to offer that in spades, which I do not think is reflected in the price of gold currently. It looks like we may well have a contested election result, and the legal fighting back and forth we saw in 2000 between Gore and Bush is likely to be a walk in the park compared to the upheaval we will see with a hung election in a few weeks.

With friend and co-founder Alex Mehr, Shayan Zadeh came to US from Iran at a time when both countries had no diplomatic relations or direct flights. They went on to study computer science, work at NASA and Microsoft, and start Zoosk – an Inc 5000 dating platform that went on to exit for $250 million. On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Shayan about: • Coming to US as a founder • Generating and filtering startup ideas • Weathering a storm vs. Beating a dead horse • Early days of Zoosk and key pivot • Why have two CEOs at a startup? • Cancelling an IPO Shayan Zadeh is currently the CEO of DressBarn. Startup Exits is brought to you by StartupSoft. New episodes every month, subscribe for more.

Meet. My. Mother-in-law. PERIOD 

What does Linens n Things, Dressbarn, Pier 1 Imports and Modell's Sporting Goods have in common beyond their retail downfall? They have all been acquisitions by a little-known investment firm called Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) that was founded last year. Maybe that doesn't seem too odd, but what if I told you REV was run by a former NASA scientist that founded a successful dating app and Tai Lopez or “here in my garage” guy that Vice News called the Internet's Most Hated Self-Help Guru in 2015. In this podcast episode, I'll explain what is going on with REV and why this could be important in the retail industry.

Aaron Rubin, the Founder and CEO at ShipHero is our guest for episode 42. ShipHero offers Flexible fulfillment & software built for ecommerce. They work with eCommerce companies like DressBarn and the Dallas Mavericks. During episode 42, Aaron talked about how he got into the eCommerce space with his martial arts company, Zengu. He also discusses how the idea for ShipHero came about, the future of eCommerce, his move into a 150,000 square foot warehouse and much more!

Sam is a wife to her high school sweetheart who also happens to be a NYC firefighter , a mama to a 2.5 year old little lady Makayla Skye & three fur babies. She resides In New York and has lived there her whole life. She grew up in Queens and moved to Rockland County 20 years ago. When she's not chasing around her gang, she can be found organizing, crafting or traveling to any and everywhere. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC for college and majored in fashion merchandising. Once she graduated, she landed a job at Dressbarn and spent 13 years there. She spent time working in both the apparel & jewelry market learning about product life cycles, marketing and how to merchandise a store. Not in her wildest dreams did she ever think they would close but once they did, she took time to turn the page and focus on her next chapter. The next chapter would be her first true passion, crafting. Her passion met her background and she launched her company, Curbelo Creations. Curbelo Creations mission is to help the world become a more unique place, one items at a time. Curbelo Creations is a one stop shop for personalized items that cant be found in a big box retailer. Shirts, home decor and mask, she can create them all. Paper, vinyl, wood & paint, she doesn't have a favorite. She teaches herself by watching videos or diving head first and doing hands on projects. Nothing makes her happier than taking someone’s vision & creating it into a tangible item. She loves being able to personalize an item that makes someone feel special or brings a smile to their face. For every person who sees just a T-shirt, she can recall someone who’s only memory is their family wearing matching shirts to celebrate a birthday and sees their face light up every time they talk about it. You know that saying, people will forget what you said but always remember how you made them feel.

WELCOME! This is SEASON 3 of COMPLETELY NORMAL! We are kicking it off right with Pensacola's newest, most badass band... THE TAINTS! Topics range from music and current social events to Sonic Youth and Dressbarn. This podcast is brought to you by JELTON INC. Are You Jelton? Be on the lookout for The Taints' debut ep COMING SOON! Like weird music? Check out Noiselord's newest ep, HUMAN OKRA, available on all major platforms! Bored? Check out Youtube.com/AreYouJelton to cure your boredom... or make it worse!!! Instagram: @_jelton_ @_noise_lord_ @_haggle_band_ @the_taints 2020 Jelton Inc.

Brooke felt very old when Dress Barn showed up in her targeted ads on social media AND...she actually liked the outfits.

2 Xennial sisters, hanging out talking about the forgotten stores of the 80s and 90s!!  Reminisce with us about Oola's, The Dress Barn and RADIO SHACK. #AOL4Eva XennialsPodcast@aol.com  

'And David, was such a little drama queen when my parents tried teaching him, that he threw all the bikes into this big bonfire up in the Hamptons, and we never talked about it again.' Carla has to explain to Paul what a Dress Barn is and also the finer points of most clothing chains. Paul wonders if Mutt ever owned a motorcycle and Carla discusses something that she and Alexis have in common. We discuss the fourth episode of season 2, Estate Sale! Follow us on Facebook: @schittsandgiggles And on Twitter: @SchittG Top 5 Rankings so far: Carla 1. S2, Ep. 1: Finding David 2. S1, Ep. 1: Our Cup Runneth Over 3. S1, Ep. 13: Town For Sale 4. S1, Ep. 6: Wine And Roses 5. S1, Ep. 12: Surprise Party Paul 1. S1, Ep. 1: Our Cup Runneth Over 2. S2, Ep. 1: Finding David 3. S1, Ep. 9: Carl's Funeral 4. S1, Ep. 13: Town For Sale 5. S2, Ep. 4: Estate Sale

In this episode we talk to Shayan Zadeh, the co-founder of Zoosk (sold for $250 Million) and now the CEO of Dressbarn. Discover: How he acquired the first 200,000 users overnight for Zoosk and solved the classic chicken-egg problem, common in marketplaces (men won't come till there are women and vice-versa) Did he rig Zoosk to favor himself and get dates with attractive women? Why the Dressbarn acquisition has worked so well (growing at 50% month over month!). His 3 secrets for acquiring any business. Is passion really that important for success at business? Zadeh's view. His one word of advice to aspiring ecommerce entrepreneurs

Infinity War #3 This episode Phil, Will and Matt review Infinity War #3 “Nefarious Rhapsodies” (August 1992). Discussion includes: Dress Barn, Star Trek and US Agent Explosive beginning Planning the attack over pizza Quasar joins the fray Magus pontificates Rey’s weekly feedback Show notes: Infinity War #3: Quantum Zone Episode #105 Check out all of our social media here: https://linktr.ee/CapesandLunatics Check out Will’s website: www.quantumzone.org Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Will Allred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wallred Follow Matt Kona on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattKona Follow Rey and Into the Knight on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ITKmoonknight Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com  When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the SMG Podcast Network on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

On today’s show we’re running what seems like an almost annual episode. The pain in retail real estate continues with little signs of slowing down. According to a new report in Business Insider this week, Retailers closed a record 102 million square feet of store space in 2017, then smashed that record in 2018 by closing another 155 million square feet, according to estimates from the folks at CoStar. We can expect similar numbers in 2019, with more than 9,000 stores expected to close this year. Some of these announcements are from earlier this year, but several are as recent as this past week. Back in February, Payless shoes abruptly announced it was closing all 2,500 of its stores in what may be the largest inventory liquidation in retail history. Gymboree filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time. The first time was back in 2017 when they closed about 400 stores. This time, they’re closing all 805 outlets, never to return. The company’s remaining 140 stores under the Janie and Jack brand. Dress Barn is closing 650 stores after 50 years of operation. Discount Chain Freds announced that it was also closing 520 stores. Dollar Tree plans to convert 200 Family Dollar stores into Dollar Tree stores and close another 390 Family Dollar stores. The Gap announced the closure of 230 stores and announced intention to sell its Old Navy stores. Womens clothing retailer Avenue is closing all 222 of its stores. Walgreens continues to rationalize after its acquisition of Rite Aid. Following the acquisition, they announced the closure of about 600 pharmacies. This year they announced the closure of 200 Walgreens locations. Forever 21 is closing 350 stores globally and about 178 locations are in the US. Sears department stores have been the walking dead for years now. They announced the closure of another 175 stores in a series of announcements that have trickled out over the past three months. Lifeway is closing 170 stores. Kmart is closing 160 stores. Performance Bicycle filed for bankruptcy protection this month and is closing all 102 stores. Bike shops around North America have been struggling. Cyclists would go to a local performance bike shop, try out a bike, get a feel for exactly what they want and then find the same product, or the brand name components to assemble a performance bike online for less and order it online. This story is playing out over and over and over again. Olympia Sports was purchased earlier this year by Jack Rabbit. Following the acquisition, they announced the closure of 76 stores. CVS Health is closing 68 stores. Bed Bath and Beyond is closing 60 stores. Pier 1 Imports is closing 57 stores. Party City is closing 55 stores. Agaci is closing all of its 54 stores. Victoria’s Secret is closing 53 stores. JC Penney is closing 27 Stores. Womens retailer Christopher & Banks is closing 40 stores over the next two years. Lowes is closing 20 stores and even retail giant Walmart is closing 17 stores. Macy’s is closing 9 stores. There are more retail closures that I could tell you about. I don’t know about you, but after listening to that partial list, I’m pretty numb already. I firmly believe that the strategy for dying shopping malls is the redevelopment of mixed use planned communities that have a combination of residential, parks, amenities, and a modest amount of neighborhood retail including groceries, and food and beverage. These distressed assets will increasingly appear on the market in the coming year and years to come.

10-18-19 Hour 2 Guest: ABC's Ryan Burrow

From the Simplr studios in San Francisco, this is your weekly briefing.  IntroductionWith your E-Commerce Retail Briefing for today, Thursday, September 26, 2019, I'm Vincent Phamvan. Ascena Retail Group is facing more trouble after poor performance of almost all its brands. According to Bloomberg, the company is in discussions to sell its plus brands Lane Bryant and Catherine’s. A sale would mean a huge cut to Ascena’s empire, which currently has over 3,500 stores and would counteract a string of acquisitions made since 2015.First, here are some retail headlines.Overstock Names CEOJonathan Johnson has formally been named Overstock’s CEO after taking on the role on an interim basis last month. Allison Abraham, Chairwoman of Overstock’s Board of Directors, believes Johnson is the best choice to lead the company. She said, “He has the right experience in both our retail and blockchain businesses, and the Board has confidence in his ability to deliver value to our shareholders,”.Marshalls Unveils New E-Commerce WebsiteMarshalls has unveiled its new e-commerce website. The online and mobile site is the off-price retailer’s official entry into e-commerce. Marshalls’ online selection will feature similar categories to its brick-and-mortar locations, including apparel, home, accessories, and beauty, but the specific product assortment will be unique to the online site. The new website offers interactive features like swipe to shop, a mobile feature that allows customers to view and sort products by swiping left or right to buy or save them for later. The site will also feature curated shops that will be refreshed frequently.  Ikea Debuting New Store Concept in NYCIkea will debut a new store concept in New York. The popular home furnishing company has plans to open a 115,000 square foot store in Queens in 2020. It will be the first Ikea to open in the U.S. with a new format and layout to support a seamless omnichannel experience for customers. The new Queens site will offer a range of services including home delivery, assembly, and installation.After Poor Performance, Ascena Considers Selling Lane Bryant, Catherine’sAccording to Bloomberg, Ascena Retail Group is in discussions to sell its plus size women’s apparel brands, Catherines and Lane Bryant. The news comes as the company makes drastic changes to right-size its operations in the midst of poor performance at almost all its brands. Ascena is already in the process of shuttering Dress Barn after failing to find a buyer.  Selling Lany Bryant and Catherine’s would mean a significant cut for Ascena, which currently has around 3,500 stores and would reverse a string of acquisitions that culminated with the purchase of Ann Taylor and its Loft chain in 2015.Consumer demand for inclusive sizing has seen dedicated specialty stores for plus or petite sizes fall out of favor. Lane Bryant, which once had a strong following, reflects this trend in its results. The company’s comps combined with Catherine’s fell 3 percent in the most recent quarter. Net sales fell to $311.5 million from $312.8 million last year. While the plus-size brands are facing trouble, it’s still an underserved market. Some analysts believe the plus brands would do well if integrated with the company’s premium Ann Taylor or Loft brands.ClosingThanks for listening to the latest episode of the E-Commerce Retail Briefing. Don't forget, Simplr can help you scale up your customer service with 24/7 support. Find out more at Simplr.ai. Until next time.          

We are hearing all kinds of warnings about a slow down in the economy and signs of an upcoming recession. Today,  Peter and I will be talking about possible conflicting economic indicators, from a lay perspective. As part of our conversation, we will be discussing the Yield Curve; what it is and what does it mean? We will also be discussing other economic indicators, including wage growth and  retail bankruptcies.  This show was live on August 29, 2019 at 4:00 pm, PST. SHOW TOPICS THERE ARE CONFLICTING ECONOMIC SIGNALS INDICATIONS OF A RECESSION IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE HAVE SEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR A RECORD, MORE THAN 10 YEARS A Recession is inevitable INVERTED YIELD CURVE What is referenced as the Yield Curve? “A yield curve is a way to easily visualize this difference; it's a graphical representation of the yields available for bonds of equal credit quality and different maturity dates”. https://tinyurl.com/fidelity-yield-curve “A yield curve is a way to measure bond investors' feelings about risk and can have a tremendous impact on the returns you receive on your investments.” https://tinyurl.com/fidelity-yield-curve “The one you'll probably hear referred to most often as "the yield curve" reflects the short, intermediate, and long-term rates of US Treasury securities. The Treasury yield curve is often referred to as a proxy for investor sentiment on the direction of the economy.” https://tinyurl.com/fidelity-yield-curve Generally, a normal yield curve is when short-term bonds and treasury notes yield lower returns than longer term bonds and treasury notes What is an “Inverted Yield Curve”? Generally, when long-term bonds and treasury notes yield lower returns than short-term bonds and notes. What does it mean? May evidence investor’s lack of confidence in the economy Focus is on liquidity THE RICH AREN’T SPENDING See CNBC Article https://tinyurl.com/Rich-rnt-spending A sudden pullback in spending among the wealthy could cascade down to the rest of the economy and create a further drag on growth. High-end real estate is having its worst year since the financial crisis. Luxury retailers are struggling while discounters like Walmart and Target thrive. At this month’s massive Pebble Beach car auctions, the most expensive cars faltered on the block. In the first half of 2019, art auction sales were down for the first time in years. How accurate is the data? CONTINUING RETAIL BANKRUPTCIES FOREVER 21 RUMORS Forever 21 has 815 Locations CNBC reports that "Forever 21 is Simon’s seventh largest in-line tenant in terms of how much rent it brings the landlord, with 99 stores across Simon’s portfolio. CEO David Simon had told analysts in July that he would consider infusing more capital into distressed retailers, not naming names specifically, in order to guarantee keeping stores open. Simon helped buy teen apparel retailer Aeropostale out of bankruptcy court roughly three years ago " https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/28/forever-21-reportedly-preparing-potential-bankruptcy-filing.html Yahoo Finance reports that "A bankruptcy filing would help the company shed unprofitable stores and recapitalize the business, said the people, who requested anonymity discussing private negotiations. Representatives for Forever 21 didn’t respond to a request for comment. Co-founder Do Won Chang had been focused on maintaining a controlling stake in the company, which limited its fundraising options. A faction of Forever 21 officials, without the approval of Chang, had asked its biggest landlords to consider taking a stake in the company amid a disagreement within its leadership, Bloomberg previously reported." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/forever-21-prepares-potential-bankruptcy-201802375.html b. ANNE TAYLOR and DRESS BARN https://tinyurl.com/Retail-Rumors The New York Post has reported that “Mahwah, NJ-based Ascena, which also owns Ann Taylor, Loft, Lane Bryant and tween retailer Justice, has not returned the lenders’ calls and emails for at least a month, raising concerns about whether the publicly traded company is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection”. The Post noted that there are no reports that payments to the lenders have not been missed. A telling story might be whether rent payments have been missed. A bankruptcy strategy can be to hold off on rent payments to bankroll a bankruptcy. Is keeping count of closings, only an accurate indicator of the health of retail? CONTINUING ECONOMIC EXPANSION AND STRENGTH ECONOMY IS STILL ROARING UNEMPLOYMENT AT RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOWS WAGES ARE GOING UP There is a push to increase minimum wage. See Bisnow article at https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/economy/minimum-wage-increases-putting-pressure-on-hotel-retail-and-industrial-businesses-100509 Conflicting reads on rise of wages/minimum wage People spend more money, which in a consumer economy raises prices (inflation) but continues a strong economy May put downward pressure on profits by increasing costs

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Our ENTHUSIASTIC women return to the Enthusiastic Woman Worldwide Headquarters. Will we mourn the loss of Dress Barn? How did “Oh Polly” manage such an epic inclusivity fail? And are GenXers fueling our our slacker hype? Hop into the conversation with Miss Shannan, Judy and Samantha.

Our ENTHUSIASTIC women return to the Enthusiastic Woman Worldwide Headquarters. Will we mourn the loss of Dress Barn? How did “Oh Polly” manage such an epic inclusivity fail? And are GenXers fueling our our slacker hype? Hop into the conversation with Miss Shannan, Judy and Samantha.

Dressbarn is shutting down, Topshop is shutting down U.S. stores, and Sports Illustrated Magazine was sold to an apparel company. Someone tried to sell counterfeit military gear. Serena Williams is once again using her ensembles to make a statement, Adidas is trying to close the loop, and Kering is trying to set a new standard for young models. Come hang out! Pop Fashion Links Instagram: @popfashionpodcast Twitter: @JustPopFashion Lisa’s Twitter: @lisatella Kaarin’s Twitter: @truetostyle

Seth, Taylor, and Intern Hans break down only the most important news headlines to get you through the week. Featuring: a game-changing event at Dressbarn, the NFL comes to Jesus, a routine exam turns missing persons case, a treatise on interstellar parenting. #dressporn #amen #abolishthesun Outro: Cretin Beacon “would you like a coffee? would you like a creme?” soundcloud.com/cretinbeacon

On this episode, Jamie's phone conversation with her mother leads to a discussion on aging and Producer Dub's apparent midlife crisis. Plus, memories of the soon-to-be defunct Dress Barn chain and the Ugs are planning to attend another concert together. Of course, they've got some Uglee and Awkward Moments to share too. Thanks for listening.

On this weeks show we discuss the Game of Thrones finales, and what we think were some of the best series finales of all time. We give our alternate names for "Bran the Broken," talk about Camping World, the demise of Dress Barn, The 20th Anniversar of Owen Hart and Star Wars Episode I....and Tom and Joe both have coughing fits the entire show

Ur veckans avsnitt: Amerikanska modekedjan Dressbarn slår igen. Bianca Ingrosso ska erövra världen. Mall of Scandinavias namnbyte. Åhléns stänger fler varuhus. Ikea strukturerar om.

Over half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. But what happens when big firms start laying off workers and close down stores? Michael Snyder is back to explain the wave of layoffs happening from Ford to Dressbarn. Be encouraged to know if you lose your job, God has something greater for you.

A store with the worst name EVER says goodbye...RIP Dress Barn. Also, think back on that time (or times) that you hurt yourself. Like really hurt yourself! We shared ours...we want to hear your story too. Call us 402-403-9478! Subscribe, rate, and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss an episode! Also follow up on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram A Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a digital media and commercial video production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network and learn more about our other services today on HurrdatMedia.com.

EP175 - Hudson Yards and retail earning news  Review of Hudson Yards mixed used shopping development in NYC (thye don’t like to call it a mall). Upcoming Shows: Code 6/10 RetailX  6/25 NRF NXT 7/22 Etail East 8/19 Grocery Shop 9/15 Walmart, Macy’s, Kohls earning reports. Direct to Consumer Valuations (Harry’s, Away, and more) Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 175 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 175 being recorded on Tuesday May 21st 2019 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:39] Hey Jason welcome back Jason Scott show listeners. Jason this is one of those rare occurrences which I think is actually not rare this year that we are in the same city so I am up in Chicago you and I just gave an amazing talk to Retail Group about innovation. I’m Wichita that do a deep dive sometime I think I would drop some serious knowledge of their want to thank them for having us up and then we were able to lay down a podcast since I’m up here. Jason: [1:06] Yeah I feel like it’s super distracting to actually get to look at you while I’m talking to you usually it’s just the the picture that I have hanging in front of my desk. Scot: [1:14] Yeah your hair is amazing today I think we referenced in the taco or that you had a Brazilian blowout so it’s looking good. Jason: [1:21] Yeah I’m not going there but I’m glad it worked for you. Scot: [1:23] It’s also chilly here in Chicago I was in nice 90 degree weather down in North Carolina and flu up in my shorts I made that Strategic Air and it’s like 52 and rainy here in Chicago. Jason: [1:35] Exactly but I I would like the record to show that I’m still not ashamed of you because I have brought you to my office in your goofy shorts and Jack. Scot: [1:47] Yeah the other thing I’ve learned is when your Chief Commerce retail strategy digital officer you get Swanky Office Space. Jason: [1:55] Yeah I don’t know I don’t know about that they just don’t know that I’m here so that’s like until they discover me I’m going to. Scot: [2:01] It’s like we work but in Wedding Crashers all together. Jason: [2:05] Exactly exactly show us to talk about this week Scott. Scot: [2:10] Yeah we have some trip reports of you and I have both been to New York recently and went to the Hudson yard new set up there which was pretty cool how did you get to walk around the structure there called I caught the structure I think they’re going to rename it it’s the vessel did you get to walk around and. Jason: [2:32] I did and this is going to be a big problem for me if the new attraction in all malls is hundred and fifty-four staircase structures I’m in a lot of trouble I might have to change my my field because my fitness level is not appropriate for climbing. Scot: [2:47] Yep sadly when we went the line was like 45 minutes to get into the vessel so we pass on the vessel but I did get to go into the I don’t know we’re supposed to call I know they are violently against calling it a mall so we went. Jason: [3:02] Next you shopping space. Scot: [3:04] Yeah I went into the mixed-use shopping space that was good so they have a beta store they’re obviously that you’re on the show, first answer my family down there they really enjoyed the show and then I went with my younger daughter and they had this whole thing called a smart Park, news this whole combination. Art installation space and kind of amusement area, I’m in when we went there they had this really interesting kind of amazed so there’s imagine these sheets hanging from the wall in about a 3000 square foot area you navigate through these things and you kind of confined a lot of little interesting. Art displays inside of there and then there’s a fun mirrored area we can watch everyone kind of getting lost inside of the maze that we enjoyed that. Jason: [3:51] And is it purely to experience or is it also one of these places it set up to take like unique Instagram photos and. Scot: [3:59] There was some of that yes so some of the art installation she likes it in so imagine a column that’s hollowed-out with a seed in it and then a mirror kind of a disco ball mirror on the inside so yes there’s a lot of lot of selfies taken lot of Instagram exciting. Jason: [4:15] Yeah so it’s like taking me I have to be back as. With most malls apologies these days that’s it’s sort of intended to be a mixed-use space so there’s, luxury condos there’s a bunch of retail space, there’s a bunch of Premium food and then there are these sort of experiential spaces inside the vessel is this free one which is this really interesting structure with all these staircases outside there’s one you just mentioned and then it’s not open yet but they’re going to have, it’s very tall tower and they’re going to have I think the highest outdoor deck in the in the in Manhattan. Scot: [4:57] Yeah it’s called The Edge not to be confused with, one of the members of U2 but it’s cool yes cantilever doubt and I believe it’s like 70 or 80 stories up. So it looks like it’s going to be fun and it has an area there so he’s in Las Vegas on if you’ve been to them we’re going to glass bottom to it so not only are you you know I made some behind it in the air but it seems like. Jason: [5:24] Charter member of the ghost bar in Las Vegas. Scot: [5:26] I’ve also been there how about that. Jason: [5:32] Boiler word that means that place is no longer cool when Jason and sky. Scot: [5:36] We’re all in for table service and were the only people there so that’s going to be kind of fun to see what that’s like unless you’re scared of heights than that will not be fun. Jason: [5:47] Into what was your overall impression this development a little controversial. Scot: [5:53] Yes oh my I always go to my wife on this she felt like everything there was crazy expensive so so there’s as you know there’s an anchor stores a band I like to find things that can go on sale and there was like nothing on sale at this entire mixed-use environment so the betta shop was a power favorite another one there is a direct consumer sock company called stance and they were there so that was kind of interesting. Jason: [6:25] I have an inkling why you like them. Scot: [6:26] Yep they have Star Wars socks sadly they did not have them at the location, you know as a operator I just kind of couldn’t get my head wrapped around how many socks should have to sell to pay for the rent so I felt like something like 10,000 pairs a day so I’m not sure you allow these things, I lost four companies and they’re really more of the flagship branding kind of on the p&l versus like a real money maker. Jason: [6:52] Yes what it is going to be interesting to watch the. Anita manhattanites have been a little negative on this base you know they all tend to be tribal and stay in their own neighborhoods and there’s some well-established shopping district either close to where they work or where they habitually shop instead of Hudson yards is in a new, area that doesn’t have a lot of residential so it’s right next to Javits Center it’s coming on the water on the 33rd and 34th, and when you talk to about a manhattanites there like who’s going to go down there. Scot: [7:25] I’m so far away. Jason: [7:26] To go shopping and I always remind them like. Retail here isn’t probably first and foremost for them like it’s meant to be another tourist destination some of the traditional shopping centers for like luxury shopping like Fifth Avenue are actually starting to dying and brands are moving, away from there because their rent has just gotten so crazy, and so these kinds of places are are potentially alternative so I I don’t rule out Hudson you are being successful because of that like all mixed-use properties. What’s really going to make it successful or not is how successful they are at the mixed-use part like if they sell out all the the residential there and they. [8:06] Build a big community of potential customers and the the food is attractive enough to draw people there for date night and stuff. It’ll probably go well if those things end up being a facade and the only reason you’d go there is to shop the beta store or the stand store. There are other beta and stand stores in Manhattan so like I don’t feel like their store assortment is really differentiated like in fact. It’s mostly the assortment you see it at any other sort of a or even being Mall, in the US at this point and we’ll maybe talk about that in a minute the one really Unique Piece of retail there is the Neiman Marcus I’m in the reason I say That’s Unique is because Neiman Marcus is a texas-based, luxury retailer would like 40 stores open the new store and sometime and they haven’t been in the new New York market and so it’s kind of interesting. They’ve been relatively successful in the markets there in but. Opening a new luxury department store in New York is very ambitious because there’s a lot of pretty well-established luxury department stores inside this. You know it’s the newest in there for probably the nicest Neiman Marcus but it’s you know very high-risk high-reward whether they’ll be able to win over manhattanites with their ton of the Dallas Vibe if you will. Scot: [9:29] Yes several New Yorkers I know pointed out the a bit of hypocrisy about it because I think the the state and city gave a lot of development funds to this group I’m actually more than were proposed for Amazon so it’s kind of funny that this was allowed to continue but then you’re bringing Amazon which would actually I have more jobs than a bunch of living and retail space would have to be very interesting to see the the politics of Play-Doh. Jason: [9:54] I mean these kind of Economic Development incentive programs are super dominant in retail and in development and obviously. Why do you think there’s some hypocrisy there I also think it’s somewhat of a self-inflicted wound I mean Amazon dramatically raise the. The the the public awareness and therefore like made themselves as a Target so I maybe don’t have total empathy for them. But that this does dovetail to that the other thing I did in my New York trip is I went to another mall that’s south of Hudson yard called Brookfield Place and the reason I went to. The place is that’s that’s a downtown that’s very near the new World Trade Center. And it’s a similar mall with a very similar assortment of stores and actually I would argue while the food is is much more. New indistinct at Hudson yard the retail mix between Brookfield Place and in Hudson yard is very similar and therefore not differentiated. [10:58] What place has a lot of businesses already in it and they just open the first Amazon go store in Manhattan so for the, all the retail price that’s based in New York and I want to say Bloomberg might even be based in Brookfield Place, this became news because it was their first chance to experience Amazon go in their local market and so I want to see if they did anything different than they’ve done in the other nine Amazon go store. Scot: [11:26] Today was a similar footprint cuz it got like a sassy that got alcohol in some now there’s some big ones and some small ones but they all tend to have prepared meals and kind of more of a convenience store type selection. Jason: [11:39] Yeah I think if you drop those people in the store they wouldn’t be able to differentiate it from any of the other ones it’s definitely on the small end of the footprint. And it does not have alcohol and the one differentiating characteristic you would you would really struggle to noticed so, Manhattan is one of several municipalities that have this local ordinance that retail stores must accept cash. And so big that’s a big controversy for Amazon go stores because they they were not designed to accept cash and so, when Amazon open this store in Manhattan part of the pr round it was oh this is the first go store. That would accept cash so I went there you know amongst other things to see how they they plan to handle that in the answer is badly. Scot: [12:30] What kind of ruins the experience right the whole experience supposed to be totally digital. Jason: [12:33] So again the whole point is like you use the app to show barcode to scan your way into the store you just grab whatever you want and walk out in the cameras automatically charge you for everything and it’s just walk out technology. The pay with cash this time you can’t get through the turnstiles so you have to flag down an associate when you’re outside the store and get them to launch their app and cashew in meaning scan you in as a cash customer. And then when you’re done shopping you have to flag down another employee who’s going to wheel out a portable. Cash register with a cash box to accept your cash and then they’re going to have to walk you out of the car and it just. It’s a very light. Obviously they put a process in place to comply with the ordinance but if people really wanted to pay with cash this is an extraordinary High friction and experience and of course. I like to joke it with Amazon go stores they invented just walk out but they broke just walk in. Because there’s always a line in front of the store people trying to download the app to get in and now there’s people like, turn the flag employees to get cashed in it’s it’s an awkward situation for them I don’t think any of their customers want to use cash I think it’s just an order in this thing. Scot: [13:51] I bet they’re like a podcaster that wants to talk about our turbocash. Jason: [13:57] Exactly I like to pretend that I’m such an irritant that there’s a picture of me in the in the employee room that there probably isn’t. Scot: [14:06] Just a quick note we’re coming up on trade show season I am not going to a lot of trade shows but Jason is so code recode is coming up June 10th and that’s in York. Jason: [14:18] That this year so historically has been in Southern California is the first year they’ve moved it to The Phoenician in Scottsdale Arizona. Scot: [14:26] Should be nice and hot by them the show previously known as Internet retailer Conference & exhibition is now called retail X and that is June 25th I don’t think either of us are you going. Jason: [14:38] If I’m in so that’s in here in Chicago if I if I’m in town I will at 10 but I haven’t. Scot: [14:46] Poops then NRF has a new show called NXT or next and that’s going to be July 22nd etail East is in August 19th Jason speaking at grocery shop which is from the shop talk folks and that is September 15th what he’s thinking about. Jason: [15:04] Back in Vegas I’m moderating a couple of panels and you’ve totally busted me because as I sit here right now I can’t yeah it’s a. Scot: [15:11] I said grocery stuff from side delivery. Jason: [15:15] Transformation of a digital grocery is going to be super exciting don’t miss it. Scot: [15:19] Well it wouldn’t be a Jason Scott show if we didn’t talk about some Amazon news. Jason: [15:24] Amazon news new your margin is there opportunity. Scot: [15:38] A quiet couple of weeks at Amazon couple things we wanted to hit on so one thing I thought was interesting is in India Amazon is testing a travel program this is kind of like what I would look at liked Expedia business model were there, instead of just being a a better site there actually looks like they’re taking inventory so imagine imagine that goes well Amazon Alexa test these things a lot different markets imagine that goes well and in the next couple years imagine you could book your travel through Amazon and you know what can you tell me about that cuz imagines part of prime, I’m the beer that starts your travel habits Amazon so good at all this data processing they can do and they could give them an edge on going out and buying inventory so that the secret of the travel industry is a lot of times it’ll use this data and I’ll go by rooms Expedia will go take inventory risk, and then because they can go and say I was in Chicago’s when he busy and they go buy a bunch of rooms they can solve them and then they can you make a bigger profit or give a bigger discount so you can see Amazon doing some really interesting thing for Prime users wear you can effectively married with data you can effectively you know part of your Prime benefit would be really good hotel room kind of pricing I thought that was interesting. Jason: [17:01] That further expanding the definition of the everything store. And went winning is mounting interesting to me about that is wow they’re pursuing that business model in India that model in the US has become somewhat controversial because you know who is really. Threatening the traditional travel portals here is the Google so you know very hot you you do what you Google. Hotel or flight information and now the incident answer box pops up and you can actually book your travel through that, is answer box a lot of the traffic that would normally flow from Google the Expedia or Travelocity or those sites Google’s now. Started stealing and monetizing and that’s like you know obviously that the traditional travel portals are not in love with it. So that’s an interesting watch another part of the world Amazon acquired a delivery company in the UK called delivery. The main reason I want to bring that up is because it’s really fun to say deliver roof. But this is another one of those businesses that they’re not. As big and in the u.s. delivery was sort of the doordash in the UK there are a meal delivery service in so that that was interesting acquisition as Amazon continues to bolster their. Their breath of offering and their global. Scot: [18:25] Speaking of delivery in Amazon so we talked about on the last show day Amazon in their q1 earnings, announce that they are going to move Prime from two to one day now a lot of that is being driven by this program called the delivery service providers and that’s where they have these really fancy Mercedes sprinters out there they’re kind of like this gray with the orange Amazon smile. I see you like 20 a day in my area I think they, Danish about 20,000 of those next day delivery they talk about an 800 billion dollar investment I think that’s going to be a lot into that program and I think they’re having enough challenge getting people there then now that any Amazon employee that want to set up their own DSP business Amazon will, set them up the game guarantee volumes and then they’ll actually pay their there previous job out three or four months so you know if they’re getting very creative on how they get more people to start these kind of 1099 delivery businesses for. Jason: [19:28] And the way I think that’s got like it’s it’s not a 1099 individual employee delivering stuff from Amazon it it’s essentially. Amazon hiring a franchise business to do deliveries and I think they’re their preferred version of that business has more than one van. Scot: [19:46] Absolutely yeah they want they want employees to go and set up you know a business and hire 10 people and manage the whole thing and, 10 20 30 40 50 people, the first company that did this is FedEx Ground so ground is effectively uses if you go to the dance closely every fax van has kind of been the corner operated by, Jason Chicago delivery company FedEx air is completely owned and operated this broad category there’s a lot of legislation around this, out there the labor market just the labor department actually just opined and said individuals as 1099-r can still be 1099 now we’ll see how long that stays there because it’s in the political world and there’s been a lot of FedEx has done a lot of litigation around the way they do the businesses and that’s that’s pretty. I’m pretty well litigated and if there is a business a true business then it can be kind of 1099 relationship. Jason: [20:46] And this is not so uncommon like obviously a lot of other kinds of businesses are are actually a network or franchisees like a lot of fast food restaurant chains for example and often, when you when you’re in growth mode one of the ways you if your Burger King or McDonald’s that you might grow your franchise footprint is you, you looking at an employee base and go to all those good assistant managers and offer them financing to buy their own, franchise in so I think of this Amazon program is someone on the same one. Scot: [21:18] Yeah where it could bite you is I say you have you know this engineer working on AWS who gets a wild hair and wants to be on. That made a harsh Street place I don’t know how many people I don’t know who they’re actually offering this to my my guess is probably kind of like supervisor enough time in the Fulfillment center so so they didn’t cover that in the Presley’s but I bet there’s a certain type in that yeah if you are a senior developer this probably isn’t available to you. Jason: [21:48] I would say if you were a conspiracy theorist. Amazon is sort of rejiggering they’re the real estate and they’re moving a lot of employees around and one of the things that happens as you have. Sojourn. And so potentially this is also a way to mitigate mitigate some of that turn that some of those employees that maybe wouldn’t have relocated to the new facility that you’re moving their team to stays in the family with one of these business. [22:19] In tow, you sort of wrapping up our Amazon delivery news Amazon of course I made a Big Splash in the US they announced that they were primarily going to, one day delivery and we we’ve talked about this in a previous episode of the show Because of Winn Amazon on their earnings call announce, did they were moving from 2-day delivery free with prime to one day delivery free with prime there was kind of a snarky tweet from Walmart. Saying at that doesn’t sound like you do News free one-day delivery with no Prime Membership would be a much bigger deal. And we all took that to imply that that was something Walmart was working on with but wasn’t prepared to announce. And so now of course they have announced it and, I would say it’s kind of mixed it was not exactly what I expected so they’ve they’ve announced that they’re Walmart has announced that they’re going to provide free one day delivery on orders over $35 which is their usual shipping threshold. In initially in three marker. [23:27] What’s it isn’t that big a deal but they sound like they’re they’re intending it to scale at rapidly so they they intend to reach 75% of the US population by the end of the year. And so you know they I’m calling this the one day Shipping Wars as as both these companies are sort of escalating the. The shipping promise. As we talked about in the previous episode Amazon has a lot of infrastructure to leverage to do this and it’s probably kind of a incremental thing for Amazon, it’s probably going to take a much bigger investment from Walmart and arguably Walmart eCommerce already isn’t profitable so this is probably like, a pretty painful move for Walmart to further a road margins to keep up the service level that that Amazon has offered, are you a Walmart can afford to do that what’s going to be interesting as the rest of the the market right at Walmart and Amazon are both offering one day delivery that’s going to set a new expectation level that all the rest of retailers are going to really struggle to me. Scot: [24:32] Yeah I saw an interview with Mark Lori and another reporter said you must be doing this from the stores and they said no it’s going to be from the warehouses and so it’s interesting so there’s like a whole different set of inventory that will be available for that I’m going to be kind of play this out you know the next kind of domino fall is Target and noble fir Target talk about more than 50% of their stuff is so from the store so what are Target can almost get there faster on the smaller selection of store items by cranking up the ship from store kind of capability. Jason: [25:05] Yeah I think that’s exactly the the trade-off that they each have to make Amazon’s got. North of 400 million skus that they sell now. Several million of those are available for this too and that one day shipping likes them millions of skus in there one day shipping program Target. [25:29] Primarily sells the assortment that they have in the stores now they do have a broader assortment online and and they recently made no news because they’re adding their own Marketplace but all that ship from store, is the store inventory so the overwhelming majority of Target sales are the 60,000 skus that are in a Target store side note. Those those popular shoes are generally the hardest ones to be profitable. And then Walmart has been kind of in-between they have a hundred thousand skews in a typical Walmart store and I assumed that’s what they were going to offer one day on because that would be a pretty painless thing to do is ship from store. And they actually didn’t do that they’re they’re saying that they’re assortment for one day shipping is going to be about 200,000 skews so that’s twice the assortment of a store. They’re shipping from the Fulfillment center it sounds like least initially they’re shipping from existing fulfillment centers but they’re going to have to dramatically expand those performance centers cuz traditionally. Walmart is spread their inventory around there 8 for filament centers in when you order 10 things you may well get three boxes and so what they’re now saying is you’re going to get everything from one for the moment Center and it’s going to be up to. 200000 items that we can promise one day and so essentially what Walmart is really doing is. Adding a bunch of capacity to their existing Adidas e fulfillment centers to offer this new service. Scot: [26:51] There’s a beauty that means just bigger or more robots or more people. Jason: [26:55] So don’t know they haven’t said but I suspect the answer is going to be Automation and the not so much because the automation is more efficient that’s a benefit but. One of the cool things about these automated systems is they stack up higher in so you can get inventory all the way to the ceiling as opposed to just inventory that a person. Marker 02 [27:14] Speaking of Walmart we are entering a peak earnings reporting season for retailers and so Walmart did report their earnings and, is generally pretty good. Their earnings were slightly above expectations of Revenue was slightly below expectations same-store sales were up 3.4% which is right about, we’re the analyst expected them to be and then the big number I always like to watch at Walmart was there eCommerce sales were again up 37% for the quarter so they’ve been in that, 40% range last year they promised 40% for the year and they basically hit it I think they said that that for the year that the growth will still be big this year but slightly lower and so starting off with 37% is probably pretty good. Scot: [28:02] Yeah an Amazon this slow down so Amazon’s kind of in the low 20s now and you Walmart Ecommerce going twice the size of Amazon which will help him catch up now you pointed out on the show a lot that’s coming from grocery so what can I have to see you at some point every store has curbside grocery then it becomes a game to see if you know can you drive more general merchandise and grocery sales do that that e-commerce pipe. Jason: [28:27] Yeah I think Walmart has basically laughed all of their big Acquisitions and so the company against those now but they still only halfway to plug with groceries so they’re still comping against stores that have you just called her the didn’t that goes to ask. Scot: [28:42] Yep and they always do more Acquisitions that always helps with the inorganic I’m so set up going into the earnings was interesting cuz Macy’s surprised books in a positive way same-store sales grew .6% which you know you may say wow that doesn’t sound great but you know I think while she was looking for a flat down and then they you know the the stock reacted positively I visited I actually here in Chicago I visited Macy’s and we went to the one in York is really interesting to see story so in Chicago is pretty start there’s other renovating it so there’s like all these gray sheets hanging around and then, talk to you in theirs is colorful section of the store so it almost felt like story was taking over Macy’s in the signage everywhere and even the one in New York the story really like you. So interesting to see a lot of innovative things are doing at Macy’s. Jason: [29:37] For sure the next one really surprised me is Kohl’s and Kohl’s has been sort of an outlier in the his department store stories they’ve been the one, department store that isn’t completely value-oriented that like has been generally conferring comping pretty favorably, and in particular their same-store sales have comp favorably every quarter for I think the last two years they made a lot of news around their partnership with Amazon and letting you return Amazon packages in the store which they, have said drives a lot of incremental traffic to the stores so they’re a little bit of a earnings darling and they just had their earnings call this morning and. Surprisingly pretty severely down so same-store sales were down 3.4% I think the the initial reaction on the market is the stock really took a hit the management team, talked about my favorite excuse they bring the weather, which to me is always a warning sign and they you know they talked about the risk from tariffs. Potential warning sign at Kohl’s at first first sort of chink we’ve seen in their armor in a while. Scot: [30:49] Yeah I also heard and we’ll talk about JCPenney I heard Kohl’s and JCPenney are trying to dial down promotions in the consumer is not reacting well to that they’re kind of like I’m not coming to your store unless you’re going to give me some kind of a promotion of some kind. Jason: [31:02] Yeah and so I think Kohl’s answer in his earning call is so we’re going to go back to the promotions and if that’s of course a one-way door that you you basically can’t reverse once you educate customers to only shop for the deal your car stuck with that for the rest of your life. Scot: [31:17] Yeah it does so JCPenney also announced today and it was kind of a worse-than-expected situation so they’re the same store sales were down 5.5% revenues down 4.1% I’m so you may ask yourself why is that different will there be the closing stores quickly which which kind of helps and then the bad news is why all this is happening there they’re spending more than expected so they missed on DPS as well Macy’s telephone Tale of Two Cities with Macy’s and Wal-Mart so far really kind of coming out ahead and then Kohl’s and JCPenney I’m coming down behind, I also was announced today in a we try Molly getting here on the show Dress Barn announcer closing 650 stores we’ve had I think we have had more store closures and now started this year than all of last year, so so this kind of in a mulligan is worsening it kind of went was flat from 17 and 18 you’re 19 feels like it’s definitely kind of the snowball is gaining momentum so I think there’s white like 5,000 stores that have been announced and that’s what we did last year. Jason: [32:25] Potentially even a little more now. Scot: [32:27] Yeah so that’s that’s. I kind of used his good news I think we need to kind of clear out this dead underbrush and then build a new retail experiences so we’ll see how that goes. Another we want to spend time on today we kind of touched on it while the whole episode with web episode 174 was about direct-to-consumer digital native vertical Brands but really there’s been a lot of news they’re so we so Perry’s was acquired for 1.6 billion what is interesting things about that acquisition is that we’ve seen this too so I kind of called this analog company buys digital DNA and then what it what do they do with that digital DNA so some of the early ones were PetSmart bought chewy Walmart by jet and they took the leadership of Jet and put him in charge of a lot of things mostly e-commerce and then we saw it with Dollar Shave Club, I think they founder of Dollar Shave Club is now running a pretty big piece of the car and Company there so it was interesting about this announcement is the Harry’s team is going to be running the whole us operations of the clearing company which is shiksa substantially. Jason: [33:45] That’s kind of a pun for the shipping industry. Scot: [33:48] Edgewell Cooks so you know this this is and of course 1.6 billion is nothing to sneeze at so it’s really heating up in this space also a way to raise capital. Jason: [34:03] Yeah where is the another hundred million dollars, I think we talked the last year mid-year they raise about 50 million dollars but what got people’s attention was they raised it a 1.4 billion dollar valuation so I think it was Wellington Capital Management LED this particular round but one of the things they said they’re going to do with this cash is open 50 new stores in a bunch of new markets and potentially introducing new product. Scot: [34:30] Yeah in love and one of the things in the world of venture capital that we look at is this whole unicorn Club so once a company gets up to a billion dollar valuation it’s called The Unicorn there’s not that many of them that’s why I’m so now we’ve got. Between 6 and 8 depending on how you’re counting companies in that club so I’ll just go quickly through it Warby has a 1.75 billion valuation is raised about 300 million allbirds is at 1.4 has raised 77 million weigh at 1.4 billion and has raised a total of 156 Harry’s which was acquired their previous valuation was 1.4 and they raced 250 million eyeglasses at 1.2 billion valuation 187 million raise Casper 1 billion valuation at 340 million raised Dollar Shave Club 1 billion at 163.3 million and finally hymns in kind of the direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical space a billion dollar valuation on about 200 million dollar wrist so. [35:34] You know those are interesting numbers you can kind of look at the multiples there you made a point that was interesting can I sell you on the show you guys should get such a big valuation why would a way not raise more capital and I think you know. Couple things are sometimes these sometimes I sugars are choosing to get in this billion club and then the capital E raised have a lot of negative aspects to it it’s effectively almost like alone so so the people in the investors at that scale will say all right I’ll give you this evaluation but I got all these protections there’s several. Jason: [36:10] Ratchets in the. Scot: [36:11] Yeah there’s there’s they can double dip on participation so there’s like there’s all these things that you can bake in there took the really kind of take their us-20 could be part of it is there is no you don’t want to. Pull down a lot of that kind of capital another thing that could be in there is. Also you could have things that commit to going public so some of this is called mezzanine Capital has kind of a trigger in there that says in 3 years if you don’t come go public or have an exit this thing kind of like explodes on you or it turns into start paying it back. So the other one that I’m seeing is if we pick on a way the big fan of the brand they’re I think they’re actually profitable so when they’re going in and raised in this Capital it’s usually for a very specific purpose that says, Iowa krapfl right now but we want to own we want to open 40 stores that’s going to take 30 million to open those doors so then we’re going to go ahead and kind of little cushion on that and draw down a hundred so you know so is that that could be another reason why there’s not a lot of capital being pulled down. Jason: [37:17] That meant that makes total sense. Scot: [37:20] Another thing I wanted to talk about that that I’m watching really closely is the IPO windows open so we had you know you could argue if it’s successful or not but we had IPOs from lifting, if someone else in our space that is filed to go public is chewy so when you file go public the document you file with the SEC is called the s-1, is pie crust dry reading everywhere it’s kind of a poop sandwich I like to talk about it so so what you know the because of the way the laws are set up, you almost have to discourage people from investing in your company I haven’t gone through this process before so what you do is the bread you have to have kind of like the SEC is in 3 sections the first part is you know All These Warnings you know. And it’s kind of funny that the the buses to financial press boost the Press I’ve noticed retail they kind of focus on those things and they’re like oh my God they could be exposed to all this competition and but you purposely have to make that negative so you avoid lawsuits from someone saying chewy didn’t tell me PetSmart was a competitor blah blah then the delicious middle part is called the management discussion and then you have a bunch of the end so I encourage listeners to kind of open up the two S1 go right to the management discussion and then this really interesting things there I wanted to share. Jason: [38:38] Answer a question for me about the wrist part. You read those sections and it’s super Armageddon the and I sort of imagine that there’s somewhere there’s this really funny we go boilerplate of all the bad things that could happen to a business and so you I suspect you’re not inventing this way from scratch every. Scot: [38:57] Yeah what you do is you look here, so you go out there and you look at all the other risk factors every public company update some annually typically when they do so you have to accuse and then your cat when they do their K they will update the risk factors so I’m sure I’m sure you know what the lawyers did is they went out they looked at all the public retailers and they kind of whittled it down to the most Salient ones her for 2. Jason: [39:19] I’m talking like the population could catch SARS and not go outside and stuff. Scot: [39:25] Yeah yeah you know how lawyers are they want you to just kind of put everything in there. [39:31] Dep so nothing ever comes out of the risk section I can definitely play that easy to add stuff nothing ever comes out. So just some highlights there in just a refresher so so chewy sells obviously pet in the pet category they were acquired by PetSmart in Q2 of 2017 so it was actually kind of a spin out that way and they were founded back in 2011 in the second quarter. [39:58] It was impressive to me was the scale so so chewy is now a 3.5 billion annual revenue company, that was a 2018 Revenue compared to 2.1 billion in 2017 so that’s a 67% year-over-year growth rate, which is pretty impressive now the losses were pretty sizable so I filled it this thing called adjusted ebitda they lost 268 million on that three and a half billion, I’m set that equates to kind of a minus 6.5% margin so snarky folks would say sure anyone could build a business with this going that fast if it’s losing money but the way you think about this, you know this business is trying to get into a very high orbit and when you try to get more of it you have to burn some some people to get there since essentially what they’re doing and if I think if you looked at other companies you don’t like as a post or you know any of these other kind of companies that I’ve got to the scale I think they’ve actually done it in a pretty efficient way. What do you peel the onion on a wire that is another aspect I will also point out is. [41:05] Justin Bieber dies in Oxford or tend not to look at that because you don’t have a lot of control over it there’s all these County roles you can’t control, right so a lot of the stuff that comes out you run your business you think you’re doing a great job is in your adjusted ebitda got worse on there so why would sound of your control so what most companies do as they look at free cash flow which is as an operator while you have more control over and I can’t I can’t control what you’re going to do to my Revenue when it runs in the counting rule that I can control you’re selling more and spending less so there are actually free cash flow was -57 Million so I would argue with a 3.5 billion top-line you’re effectively, cash or break even. Is that that’s a good indicator that that you know this is a really well-run business and those lines that I would imagine unless they accelerate further at that same growth rate they would be free cash flow positive so why is that what was kinda secret while they were the things I love about this management discussion is you get kind of inside the head of the operators and they spend a lot of time in there. [42:07] Talking about subscription spend their version of that is auto-ship so 65.7% of their revenue is on auto-ship which is amazing you may know better than I do what the typical industry averages but I think most retailers that have a subscribe function and it’s probably like in the 10 to 20% range but of course obviously not stitch fix or something like that the whole model I think it’s really impressive for a general merchandise kind of retailer in the category to have so much on auto-ship, they have 10585 active customers another thing will try to put the show notices. A lot of these as ones do really interesting job looking at Kotor analysis so get as an operator I like to look at this because I like to kind of think about how I think about my business and compared to how they think about their business Uber and Lyft had really interesting examples of this. [42:58] What things they show is in their cohort analysis is they’ve been able to take the average sales per customer from 2016 at about $297 today at $334 so it’s nice about that is in addition to acquiring new customers in there, kind of increase the sales from existing customers more than 20% Which is pretty impressive a lot of times that goes down over time so they’ve done a really good job of. Building loyalty from a wallet standpoint and part of it probably is related to this auto-ship program. Jason: [43:35] To me it’s it’s the interesting thing here is they they were acquired a couple years ago by brick-and-mortar retailers and now that retailers spinning them off again as a separate public company in it it seems obvious. There really an outlier in terms of how well they’re performing as a pure play e-commerce site in many ways by, the profitable are not very few. Play companies have gone to that two to three billion dollars in Revenue in almost all Pure Play retailers struggle with the repeat purchases and so, repeat purchases and such a valuable spent per customer and have so much of that locked in Via Auto replenishment. Is terrific, oh, because they’re still not making a lot of money I feel like they’re they’re not getting a lot of credit for all those good things so I’m assuming they’re going public because they feel like. The the stock market will better reward them for their scale even if they haven’t achieved profitability. Scot: [44:35] Yeah could be of value unlock play it could also be you know I don’t think integrated the websites did they so so he’ll be really weird if I’m running petsmart.com I’m probably I’m going to go out on a limb and guess I’m getting my butt kicked by chewy I I can’t imagine that is growing 67% and that 3.5 billion dollars may have seemed like a good idea and then they may actually be good kind of moved to an arm’s length relationship. Spend it out I’m kind of thing that could be part of it as well. Jason: [45:08] So that’s going to be interesting to watch we’re coming up on time but there were a couple of interesting grocery tidbits I wanted to at least. Briefly acknowledged there was an interesting partnership that was announced this week between Lidl and boxed and is a reminder for our listeners Lidl is a highly successful German grocer that’s really focused on low high quality with low cost of goods and they they famously tried to enter the US market a couple years ago and, your your hometown is one of their initial markets, and they weren’t super successful so they kind of slowed down retooled and now they’re getting ready for a second big push in the US, wheedle in a very similar company them all the historically they really focused on No Frills, barebones price in so they therefore completely ignore digital so one of the interesting things to me is as we don’t rely on Chaz in the US they’ve done this interesting partnership with, text in there they’re essentially renting, the Fulfillment of hardware and software the Box built for their own business to do. What to use for grocery fulfillment as part of a digital offering so I’m excited to see, what sort of digital experience Weedle is going to offer when they they relaunch here in the US and it’s going to be fueled by box. Scot: [46:35] Shelby Nursing I get smart on the box side to have differentiated Revenue so they can sell direct to Consumers and also be a technology provider into the grocery. Jason: [46:45] Yeah I was disappointed digital didn’t play any part in their initial launch so I’m pleased to see that they’ve seen the air in their ways there, Kroger announced a new investment arm to invest in these, direct-to-consumer cpg brands that they’re launching into it we talked before. Maybe the most successful venue for launching new branches is inside of a retail store instead of seems like Kroger’s way of getting unlocking some extra value for helping some of these Brands become successful, and then a funny when I saw is Bed Bath & Beyond just launched a new commercial. Which is intended to be humorous. Sort of that commercial where they’re explaining brick-and-mortar shopping to a millennial. Scot: [47:40] Yes it is only a couple is kind of like sitting in bed online shopping and then they’re like trying to encourage them to come to a store so so I thought it was quite interesting to me is somebody like some kind of sign of the apocalypse and realizing that it is nigh in a pond. Jason: [47:54] Yeah I feel I feel like there’s some infection point we used to have the funny commercials where these well-established brick-and-mortar Brands were trying to convince people to buy online so you know, it was the ice shipped my pants campaigns and things like that in the in the early days of e-commerce and now the fact that we’re having to do funny commercials to remind people you can still go to a store and buy something, definitely definitely said something about where we are. And that’s probably why you’re all listening to the show and therefore it’s not going to surprise you that it’s happened again we’ve run out of our, a lot of time so if there’s something you had a question about a want to continue the dialogue we’d encourage you to hit us up on Twitter or jump on her Facebook page and as always if you got bad you out of this episode we sure would appreciate it if you had. 30 seconds jump over to iTunes and give us that five star review we desperately crave. Scot: [48:44] Thanks everyone we appreciate your five star reviews and we will be back next week. Jason: [48:49] And until then happy commercing.

Dressbarn, Magic Johnson, and Buffalo Wild Wings

Cass Micah Luke and guest Ryan cover how it's been 20 years since Star Wars prequels began, fans requesting rewrites, Elizabeth Warren's call to strengthen the US military in order to fight climate change, Chelsea Manning's return to prison, the giants of the gaming industry collaborating on tech, Alexa and the gamification of being an Amazon warehouse worker, The STEM school shooter being tried as an adult and the construct of adulthood, the legacy of Grumpy Cat, Uber's new Quiet feature, the finale and appeal of The Big Bang Theory, Arnold Schwarzenegger getting drop-kicked in South Africa, the echoes of Columbine and the adult lives of those affected by school shooter trauma, consent and sexual relations in 2019, Alabama's refusal to air the Arthur gay rat wedding, and the death of Dress Barn and the future of retail jobs.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The retail industry suffered another blow Monday after Dressbarn's parent company announced it was shutting down the clothing chain's operations."It has been our pleasure to serve you, making it all the more difficult to let you know that the decision has been made to begin winding down the Dressbarn business," Gary Muto, CEO of Dressbarn's parent company Ascena Retail Group, said in a statement.Muto said the company will eventually close all its roughly 650 Dressbarn stores, but that they remain open for now. Ascena indicated the winddown would not affect its other brands — which include Ann Taylor and Loft.#GwinnettNews, #DailyHoroscopes, #GwinnettSmallBusinessNews

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Dress Barn is closing again; Whitney Hologram tour; Second Chance Friendship

Cicadas and Dressbarn

Many thanks to today's sponsor.... Mac Medics, located conveniently in Severna Park and Lanham. Check them out--you'll never go back to the mall! CONNECT WITH US!  LOTS OF WAYS:  http://bit.ly/EOAConnect Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.   Today...Christian Schwein topped the Herndon Monument yesterday and all the commissioning week info you need!  Kenny Kirby withdraws leaving a two-way race for Alderman. Kudos to Freshman of the Yer Senator Elfreth. Dress Barn to close. And listen to a Maryland podcast at Maryland Podcast Month! And, of course, George from DMV Weather with your local weather forecast!  Flash Briefing for Alexa. Yep, I finally brought the Daily News Brief to Alexa. Search for "Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief" in your Alexa app and enable it--and be sure to drop us a rating! More info here.  The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Google Music, Stitcher Radio, tunein, IHeartRADIO, Amazon Echo,  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and of course at Eye On Annapolis. Our weather partner is DMV Weather based in Annapolis. Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! Please be sure to check out our weekly sister podcast, The Maryland Crabs!

Three hand-written wills penned by Aretha Franklin are discovered. The first trailer for the "Downton Abbey" movie. How long do you have to wait to reveal a spoiler? A movie theater that allows dogs. Dress Barn closing. What happens to kids who play Fornite?

Matt Koppenheffer returns after a far-too-long absence from the studio to share his thoughts on Warren Buffett in the wake of Berkshire-Hathaway’s latest annual meeting. Ascena Retail Group brings a merciless end to the Dressbarn era by announcing the closure of 650 stores, which triggers an ominous statistic for traditional bricks-and-mortar retail. Plus, Matt discusses his work at MyWalletHero (www.mywallethero.com) and why he’s excited about Beyond Meat’s recent IPO.   Thanks to Sprout Social for supporting Motley Fool. To learn how your brand can create real connection, visit sproutsocial.com today.

Cicadas and Dressbarn

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In 1984, a young podcaster begins to question reality as he works to adapt his crazy life into a 1080p 60FPS stream! On Episode 337 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss, dissect and get confused as we talk about the Netflix interactive event, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch! We finally get to our holiday edition of the Double Tap and recommend some media we've been digging! We also hear about Marz’s crazy day, we talk about the illusion of choice, and find out some very intimate details about all the hosts! So grab your Walkman, choose your path wisely, and strap on for the world’s most dangerous talk radio show!Stuff we talk about: Pop-ins, The Vault, Rum and Pills, poppin’ a rib, mall toilets, Dynamo’s captain hat, MZ’s diet update, Seeds, the new studio PC, the Dangerously Aroused Goblin, 1080p and 60FPS, RadioDJ, AEW, All Elite Wrestling, Chris Jericho, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Wrestle Kingdom 13, WWE Royal Rumble, Cornelius’ Rock and Shock stuff, Ravenshadow’s shipping prowess, 401 Stories, Positively Aggressive, Good People Doing Good, Split, Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, Choose Your Own Adventure, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Will Poulter, Alice Lowe, Fionn Whitehead, Majora’s Mask, N64 Expansion Pack, Sinclair, Bandersnatch, Imagine Software, Van Halen’s 1984, pre-planned improv, the illusion of choice, soft versions of art, Netflix, word of mouth, Independence Day, drug use, Warren Ellis, branching paths, don’t sneak up on Ares, Broken Brain Nesting Doll, Repairman Jack, Clue, Jack Reacher, crazy ass Tom Cruise, Martin Scorlazy, Gap Jeans, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, The Dress Barn, True Stories, David Byrne, Talking Heads, Transformers Takara Tomy Masterpiece Grapple, Fangoria, Joe Bob Briggs, Amanda Palmer’s Drowning in the Sound, The Double Gap, Eduardo Rizzo, Brian Azzarello, Jazz Maynard: The Barcelona Trilogy, Peter David’s Aquaman, Fangoria Presents The Narrow Caves, Witherfall, Yashira, Zeal and Ardor, Leprechaun Returns, Paranoia Tapes 4, Trevor Moore’s The Story of Our Times, Ravenshadow’s 8x10, The White Vault, Movie Massacre, From the Canopy, Ravenshadow’s field trip for Cory’s ink, Stargate, Ken Olandt, Super Force, Larry B. Scott, Iron Chef Japan, Takeshi’s Castle, Moonlighting, Ares’ love of theater/musicals, King Kong, Cabaret, and Robert Zemeckis’ I Wanna Hold Your Hand.Send Email/Voicemail: podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comUse our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TheDeaditesFacebook: http://facebook.com/TheDeaditesYouTube: http://youtube.com/TheDeaditesTVInstagram: http://instagram.com/TheDeaditesBuy our music on Bandcamp: http://thedeadites.bandcamp.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

I love the holiday season but not the pressure that comes along with it! So, I rounded up my tips (you know that I like tips) to avoid stress during the holidays along with some fun holiday outfits. I partnered up with Dress Barn for a couple holiday looks. Those pieces were sponsored. This episode is based on the blog post, 5 Tips To Avoid Stress This Holiday Season , http://bit.ly/5TipsToAvoidStress, on Mixitupwithcurves.com http://bit.ly/MixItUpWithCurves. You can always find me on Instagram @mixitupwithcurves http://bit.ly/InstagramMixItUpWithCurves Check out my Patreon so you can support the development of the content you like http://bit.ly/DontMixInPatreon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dontmixin/message

Rhea talks Dress Barn, crystals and DivaCups. Sets from Candy Lawrence, Cara Connors, Chris Martin and Howard Kremer.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Grateful and excited to be interviewing Micah West on Living Fearlessly with Lisa McDonald 1-26-18 on The Contact Talk Radio Network! You can listen live at https://www.ctrnetwork.com/lisamcdonald Micah West is a digital marketing nerd and growth hacker running growth strategy for companies making $1 - $1B+. He's worked for eBay, Overstock.com, Dressbarn, and Eastern Mountain Sports and a handful of start-ups formulating strategy, launching digital marketing departments, growing channels, and building teams/processes. Micah recently took the leap of faith and founded his own business: Micah West Consulting - a growth consulting agency located in New York. Thank you for generously being one of nearly half a million Living Fearlessly Podcast Subscribers! Deeply grateful to each and every one of you! Uplifting you to fear less and to live more! #Grateful #Radio #Podcasts #CSuiteRadio #CTRN #HaltonHonda #Sponsored #LivingFearlessly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan Rico joins the guys for Devil's Night at the pizzeria to discuss Halloween costumes, basements, darts, Riverdale, Scooby-Doo, Teen Titans Go, rural Staten Island, older relatives on social media, bad candy, Mountain Dew addiction, Hey Arnold, Patti Mayonnaise, Pizza D'Oro's decor, foreign language slang mishaps, Dress Barn, peeing and pooping in weird things, When Harry Met Sally, Robin Hood toys, the Ewok movies, Brian K Vaughn comic books, Lost, women who look like Jeff Goldblum, Tim Allen, Ted Danson, Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K., and the Impractical Jokers writer's room. The Super Live Adventure Podcast is hosted by John Szeluga (Impractical Jokers) and Chris Sorrentino (Wahoo Skiffle Crazies). New episodes are released every Monday on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, iHeartRadio, and SuperLiveAdventure.com. Download the free Podcast Source App or Amazon's Super Live Adventure App for Android to access bonus content. The Super Live Adventure theme was created by Ezra Donellan.

In this episode I’m chatting with Sheena Schoolcraft, a fashion designer in NYC who’s worked with brands like OshKosh, Tommy Hilfiger and Dress Barn. During our conversation, Sheena shares how to present your online portfolio and why it should be different than your physical portfolio, why being easy to work with can be key to your success, what you can bring to an interview to impress the hiring manager, and the best strategies to make sure your resume stands out. You will learn: How to make your resume results driven - even if you don't have a lot of experience The value of relationships and a positive attitude Why happy hour and casual work engagements may be where you land your next gig The one thing nobody brings to an interview but should The importance of showing brands how you can benefit them What employers really want in their employees Guest Info & Resources: Sheen's Website LinkedIn Enjoy the show? You can help us out by: Rating us on iTunes - it really helps! Subscribing on iTunes - I appreciate each and every one of you! Looking for more resources? Get free fashion design templates, tutorials and more from Successful Fashion Designer

Welcome to Episode #60 of the Zacks Market Edge Podcast. Every week, host and Zacks stock strategist, Tracey Ryniec, will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds and ETFs and how it impacts your life. In this episode, Tracey is joined by Maddy Johnson, Zacks Editor and co-host of the Friday Finish Line Podcast, to discuss the best, and the worst, in the retail sector right now. The retail space covers a lot of areas from apparel, to shoes, to food, to toys and even to cars. Some areas are struggling, even though the consumer is spending. Tracey and Maddy drill down into what they are seeing out at the malls, how Black Friday and Cyber Weekend are impacting the retailers, and how you can cash in. But there are two sides to every story. And there’s a lot not to like about the retailers right now, even with a 4.6% unemployment rate. The apparel retailers, in particular, are still having a tough time. Maddy and Tracey cover their sad tales and discuss when, or if, some of them will turn around in the new year. Two Retailers to Avoid Next Year 1. Express (EXPR) is seeing decent sales trends but they are having to be extra promotional in order to get them. This is a bad sign this holiday season. It means the discounts are going to be more extreme as December goes on just to move merchandise. And don’t think the consumers don’t know it. 2. Gap (GPS) is still trying to right the ship at its flagship Banana Republic chain. Both Tracey and Maddy think they are on the right track but not quite there yet. This is one of the cheapest retailers, with a forward P/E of 12, but Tracey is still waiting for a single digit P/E before she dives in. Other apparel retailers that Maddy and Tracey aren’t keen on for 2017 include Land’s End and Ascena Retail, which owns Ann Taylor, The Loft, Dressbarn and Justice, among others. But all is not lost on the retail side. There are still a handful of retailers that are doing everything right. And with consumer confidence on the rise, they are poised to cash in. The 3 Top Retail Stocks for 2017 1. Ulta Beauty (ULTA) is the top retailer in America right now. It recently saw comparable store sales of 16.7% when no one else in the industry is even doing 10%. It has posted company record comparable store sales the last 2 years. And growth is expected to continue for the next several years as it continues to open new stores. Makeup is hot. (Tracey owns ULTA in her personal portfolio.) 2. Nordstrom (JWN) continues to be on point with both its brick and mortar operations and its online segment. Earnings are expected to grow 8% next year. Analysts have been raising earnings estimates. 3. Home Depot (HD) has been on quite the run. But if consumer confidence stays elevated, those kitchens and new appliances will be bought. Tracey likes it even more if the shares pull back a bit as it trades with a forward P/E of 20. Investors have to weed through the entire retail group in order to find the winners, and avoid the losers. It won’t be easy. But Tracey and Maddy give you some tips in order to be a successful retail investor in 2017. What else should you know about the important retail sector as we head into the new year? Tune into this week’s podcast to find out.

Episode 175 of Trick or Treat Radio is the first episode in our brand spanking new studio! To help us celebrate the occasion, we are joined in studio by the God of War, Ares to review the Eli Roth produced flick, The Stranger! Tune in to find out the answers to the following questions: which posters did MZ bring to hang in the studio? Which seat is Dynamo sitting in? How much whiskey can one God consume? Will Johnny hold it all together? How many amazing voicemails will we get?? Well, you better tune in! So grab the latest issue of Tiger Beat, bolt your door and strap on! Topics discussed: Green Inferno, new camera angle, Myra, Donnie Darko, Vampires, the Dress Barn, Captain America: Civil War, Good movies for bad people, Contracted, Ryan Gosling, Innocent Blood, Aftershock, unfair expectations vs other films, new studio, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Momoa, MonsterZero’s posters, Dawn of the Dead and Tom Savini, Pieces, Batman v Superman, Koop, the new trend in not naming the monster, Dynamo's bowel movements, young Han Solo, Wooberman’s IMDB listing, drunk vs alcoholic, MZ's DSLs, ambiguous remakes, Star Wars: Force Awakens, bad dubbing, Cult of Muscle, Robin, Yakuza Apocalypse, new green screen, Doomsday, Ren and Stimpy, truth about yakuza, now-git, Podcast Without Honor and Humanity, Werewolf stories, Irish Whiskey, The Stranger, Guillermo Amoedo, V=5 and Kylo Ren.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

Legal Eagle and the Coach Radio hosted by David Altenbern and Bryan Kiser with their guest Vaughn Sigmon & Mike Ferry: Vaughn Sigmon - 40 years as a retail executive with the last 10 with CarMax running the Los Angeles Region of stores. I have grown several companies in my career to become major players. Bass Shoe Outlets in the 80s and 90s, Dress Barn in the late 90s, Performance Bike shops in the mid 90s and Kohls departments stores. I left them in 2003 to join CarMax. I was a thought leader and influencer within that company and was instrumental in making many positive changes to the company. Mike Ferry - Author of "Teaching Happiness and Innovation" - we can teach our kids habits that will make them (and ourselves) happier, more successful, and more creative in life-12-year veteran middle school teacher-Father of 4. As a teacher and dad, I want kids to have the best possible lives. Using what I've learned while teaching, parenting, and writing my book, I want to share this message with as many people as possible. My book has been out since August of last year. I have been discussing it on TV, radio, and podcasts since then. My mission is to help people find greater happiness, success, and creativity at school, at work, and in other facets of their lives.

Legal Eagle and the Coach Radio hosted by David Altenbern and Bryan Kiser with thier guest Vaughn Sigmon & Mike Ferry: Vaughn Sigmon - 40 years as a retail executive with the last 10 with CarMax running the Los Angeles Region of stores. I have grown several companies in my career to become major players. Bass Shoe Outlets in the 80s and 90s, Dress Barn in the late 90s, Performance Bike shops in the mid 90s and Kohls departments stores. I left them in 2003 to join CarMax. I was a thought leader and influencer within that company and was instrumental in making many positive changes to the company. Mike Ferry - Author of "Teaching Happiness and Innovation" - we can teach our kids habits that will make them (and ourselves) happier, more successful, and more creative in life-12-year veteran middle school teacher-Father of 4. As a teacher and dad, I want kids to have the best possible lives. Using what I've learned while teaching, parenting, and writing my book, I want to share this message with as many people as possible. My book has been out since August of last year. I have been discussing it on TV, radio, and podcasts since then. My mission is to help people find greater happiness, success, and creativity at school, at work, and in other facets of their lives.

June 28-July 4, 1997 This week Ken welcomes comedian and poet Wes Hazard. Ken and Wes discuss Ken's hoodie collection, shared celebrity birthdays, Ken's 17th birthday, Agent Orange, the you now and the you at 17 having different tastes, Cops, America's Most Wanted, the scariest Unsolved Mysteries Ken ever saw, learning gay pick up spots from Farley Bros movies, Fashion Bug, Dress Barn, Snick, Robin Williams, Ernest's career, Krull, Beastmasters of the Universe, Early Edition, being introduced to 70s Green Arrow by your doctor, The DC Animated Universe, Isabella Rosellini, Kablam!, Charles Burns' Black Hole, Oddville, Ken's punk rock teenage band days, banning the Simpsons, Ken's arguments with the dude from Dashboard Confessional, Real World vs. Road Rules, King of the Hill, Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Big Top vs. Big Adventure, Fargo, Unhappily Ever After, The Wayans Bros, rare diseases, the over lap of Kids Inc and Children of the Corn, UPN shows, L.L. Cool J's unplugged comeback, Broken Arrow, John Woo's US career, Pump Up the Volume vs. The Superbowl, working in the media section of a library vs living in the media section of your own home, Bad Brains, Henry Rollins' movie career, roommates with Flea (s), Ruby Wax, Strongest man in the world competitions, ER, snuff tapes, real life death scenes, TV Week, TV Guide Channel, Bewitches, Nick At Nite, Get a Life, Newhart, Secret World of Alex Mac, Roseanne, Dictionary dicks, Tanya Roberts, The Naked Truth, the greatness of Tea Leoni, Home Improvement, Neneh Cherry, Can't Hardly Wait, Point Break, meeting Kelsey Grammer, Hazard Mail, HP Lovecraft's Curse, The Experts: World's greatest cold war movie, Parker Lewis, Beach MTV, Step by Step, Cutting Class, adult cartoons, One Crazy Summer, and the glory of Independence Day. 

It's our oversized spooktacular Halloween warm up extravaganza! We review the Jim Jarmusch vampire flick Only Lovers Left Alive starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton and we each toss in another vampire recommendation free of charge. In our next installment of our Top 13 list, Dynamo serves up his favorite Halloween/Autumn stories as we begin celebrating our favorite time of the year a bit early. We hear from Senor Isaac and Sing Sang Soon and wrap things up with a Halloween story from Monsterzero's twisted childhood that must be heard to be believed. So grab your Halloween bag, jump in a pile of leaves and strap on! Topics discussed: Halloween Blu-Ray box set, Johnny being vegetarian, Halloween time, Ray Bradbury, Ghostly Sounds, playing in the leaves, scary stories to read in the dark, Ravenshadow's offensive comments from Episode 112, XSplit 2.0, The Halloween Tree, Dynamo vs Tiny pre show, Creepshow, Tailypo, Wolfie’s health, Trick or Treat Radio death pool, Tiny and Dynamo’s room in the 90's, Benedict Cabbagepatch, Tom Hiddleston, film releases in 2014 and forward, The Deadites 18th Annual Halloween Extravaganza, Detroit and Tangier, vintage guitars, Jack White, the girls, Fat Albert Halloween specials, hating fake boobs, Chucky, Outside the Cinema, the three breasted woman, Myra from the Evil Streaks, Jim Jarmusch, side boob, Dynamo's new TV debacle, Loki, Tilda Swinton, Vampires, Near Dark, Ravenshadow at Start on the Street, what porn spells like, naming your musical instruments, Dream Theater, the Ravenshadow vampire, Twilight, Betsey Johnson, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Dress Barn controversy, Mel Brooks, how cool Mz. M is, masturbating and Clive barker.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

This week we pull up at the Long Island headquarters of The House of Horror Podcast to pick up our buddy Joe and we go on a long ride to discuss the Film Locke, starring Tom Hardy. From there we pick up speed to tackle our new segment, Demonocracy, where we gave the fans on the FIB a chance to vote on the topic and they picked the bands we would like to see score a film! We cruise control through our October film schedule, bang a right to give you all the 411 on purchasing advance tickets for for the Halloween Extravaganza and much more. So reach down between your legs and ease the seat back, turn up the radio, step on the gas and buckle up! Topics discussed: Gamble and Burke, smoking bananas, Jean Michel Jarre, Maximum Overdrive soundtrack, Roky Erickson, the pros and cons of the the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K release, Jose Gonzales, Long Island, Collateral, Tom Cruise, Buried and Frozen, Drive, Steven Knight, Speed?, high concept movies, Stake Land, Her, Edge of Tomorrow, Frank, the expectation of guessing voice actors, Lucio Fulchi’s Door into Silence, The IT Crowd, The Guest, Michael Mann films, Ravenshadow directing a film, Underworld, the type of films we usually review, Low, 7500, Muse, movies like stage plays, Dogville, Lars Von Trier, the agony of driving in a car, Vox, Outside the Cinema Episode 278, Franco Nero, TheHorrorClub.blogspot.com, The Evil Streaks, The Halloween Extravaganza, the three E's in Teeel, The House of Horror Podcast, Professor Jay duping us and not sending a voicemail, Tori Amos, The Dress Barn, Jason Statham and his sweaters and his Netflix presence, Eddie Furlong’s vocal stylings, Japanese pro wrestlers from Korea, Halloween season, expensive Transformers toys, Black Dahlia, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre box set, cool vs lame film collectibles, Mike Patton, The Protomen, small boutique Blu Ray companies, Locke, Chroma Key, Bobby Chaynz’s film Smitten, King Starscream, Tom Hardy, Guillermo del Toro and At the Mountains of Madness, the great Halloween debate, Tiny's synths, Deadites Scoring a film, Power Glove (with two words) and Devin Townsend.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

On this pun-ultimate episode of the clitorally acclaimed Trick or Treat Radio, we all get along! Does that sound boring? Well... a major fashion announcement! MonsterZero plays hooky! Sir Isaac takes care of business! Joey Tron is still loose! Mercy gets steampunky! Psycho Patrick is back! Ares drinks! Ravenshadow reads books! Dynamo stares at a sexy picture! Wolfenstein and Tiny talk Injustice! All this and a call from the City of Worcester and a video game evolved fish monster brings the house down! Bueno!Topics discussed: The search for Instagram, alliteration and puns, Dynamo's new Star Wars shirt, MonsterZero imitations, Oliver Stone and his son, Swedish Meatballs from Ikea, 2013 Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, new marketing ideas for The Dress Barn, Chopper J Designs, Death Valley, remembering Ray Harryhausen, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Chuck Palahniuk's Damned, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, World's End, the future of Star Wars games, Injustice: Gods Among Us trash talk, Wesley Willis, Scream Factory, Fire Pro Wrestling returns, Mz. M's corset, Tarzan, Sean Hunter, the genre known as the found footage genre, sexy librarian photos, Greystone Park, He-Man, Gandalf Gandalf Gandalf, A MONKEY WITH A GUN, Hoax Hunters, High School Musical 3, Showgirls special edition, Godin and Magloofabits (never in the same room), token Hemlock Grove mention, The 8th of May, Bungie, Lobo, Injustice dream picks, PS3 and PS4, Seaman, Robust Fleischman and internal penal castration devices!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

Today Joe and Megan dig into the cause marketing closet of Joi Gordon, CEO of Dress for Success. Joi shares how this leanly-staffed nonprofit approaches their cause marketing partnerships and how they've managed to recruit and retain partners such as Dress Barn, JCPenney, Puffs and more. And, of course, Joi explains how you can spread the Valentine's Day love for an amazing cause with the Puffs Kisses Facebook Campaign. Tune in for this special Valentine's Day episode of Cause Talk Radio!

It is finally here, Tawnny's Spring Fling Cotillion at the Queens County Mens Correctional Facility! Tune in this week to hear audio recorded live at the event! Sunday Morning Mimosa! Unscripted...Unpredictable...Unbelievably Funny! www.Youtube.com/SundayMorningMimosa www.SundayMorningMimosa.com

According to a UBS poll, investor optimism about the outlook for U.S. financial markets fell this month to the lowest since September 2005 after concern grew that the world's biggest economy is headed into a recession. The Index of Investor Optimism dropped to 44 in November from 70 last month.The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced it will conduct a series of term repurchase agreements that will extend into the New Year "in response to heightened pressure in money markets for funding through the year-end." The first operation will be arranged and settle on Nov. 28th and mature on Jan. 10th next year for an amount of about $8 billion.There are news reports that Citigroup (C), the top U.S. bank by assets, is planning major job cuts over the coming months. No exact number had yet been set, though some jobs were already being eliminated but it is estimated that the cuts could total anywhere between 17,000 and 45,000. Prospective buyers of online brokerage E*Trade Financial (ETFC) are battling over the value of its weakening mortgage portfolio. Analysts have previously said E*Trade will have to pursue strategic alternatives, such as a deal of some assets, after large losses in its mortgage business. Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) is considering a tender offer to buy Restoration Hardware Inc. for $6.75 per share but said it is prohibited by the company's refusal to provide confidential information. Defying concerns about gasoline prices and macro-economics, shoppers gave U.S. retailers some relief after initial sales and traffic from Black Friday weekend indicated a solid start to their biggest selling season. Sales on Black Friday rose 8.3% to an estimated $10.3 billion.In Forex News The euro rose slightly against the U.S. dollar as traders consolidated their positions following a volatile week that saw new highs daily for the 13-nation currency. The euro, the pound and other currencies have been climbing steadily against the dollar since August amid fears for the health of the U.S. economy, stoked by the subprime credit crisis. The dollar has been further weakened by interest rate cuts, which can be used to jump-start an economy, but can also weaken a currency as investors transfer funds to countries where they can earn higher returns. The Federal Reserve has already cut rates twice and speculation is growing that as the subprime fallout continues, it will be forced into another cut.Markets remain in narrow range as the quiet start of the week continues. Some volatility is seen in the Japanese yen following a strong Asian stock market and after news that China is going to invest a portion of its Foreign Exchange reserves in Japanese stocks. But the impact is expected to be brief and volatility in the yen is anticipated to decrease after European stocks markets turn flat at the beginning of the week.Scheduled Economic Reports (Tuesday)Retail Chain Index (Week of Nov 17th), Housing Starts (Oct), Building Permits (Oct)In Earnings News SkillSoft PLC (SKIL) reported net income in the quarter ended Oct. 31 fell to $6 million, or 6 cents per share, from $7.1 million, or 7 cents per share, in the year-ago period.TAT Technologies Ltd. (TATTF) third-quarter earnings rose to $26.1 million, or $3.98 per share, from $1.7 million, or 27 cents per share during the same quarter a year ago.Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) cut back its sales targets for the fourth quarter and year, but maintained its profit view, as it struggles with weakness in the office products retail market. Scheduled Earnings Reports (Tuesday)Staples, American Eagle Outfitters, Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, Dress Barn, Pep Boys, Talbots, Marvell TechnologyStocks in the NewsSony (SNE) traded higher after Dubai International Capital, a unit of Dubai Holding, said it bought a stake in the Tokyo entertainment giant.Rio Tinto (RTP) said it would lift the dividend in 2007, 2008 and 2009, increase its divestment target by more than 50%. Countrywide Financial (CFC) has turned to the Federal Home Loan Bank in Atlanta as its major source of funding and the bank?s borrowing stands at $51.1 billion.Freddie Mac (FRE) is expected to announce a share offering of as much as $5 billion early this week.

In this afternoon's podcast, I take a look at DressBarn (DBRN), a retail stock that I do not own any shares yet has been performing well recently. I review the latest earnings, the Morningstar.com financials, and take a look at a chart.