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In this episode of the Industry Spotlight, we dive into why used car success in 2026 is no longer just about the purchase price, but about the high-stakes ability to acquire and articulate a vehicle's complete story. Joining host Sam D'Arc is Doug Horner of General Sales Manager at Mercedes-Benz of North Olmsted and Tyler Astorg, Vice President Sales at iPacket to discuss how precision data—specifically knowing the exact options and trim levels—serves as a dealer's ultimate superpower. They explore the fine line between profit and peril, demonstrating how missing even the smallest detail in a vehicle's history or condition can make or break your market advantage. By leveraging full data sets to acquire cars at the correct competitive price and sharing that transparency with consumers, top-tier dealers are proving that the final 1% of effort in vehicle presentation is what truly secures the deal. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by iPacket Value. @iPacketOfficial - Founded in 2012 in West Virginia, iPacket is the leading provider of digital vehicle presentations in the automotive industry. The company's cloud-based solutions help automotive dealers provide shoppers with a transparent digital vehicle-purchasing experience. iPacket also offers iPacket Recon, iPacket OnTargeting and iPacket Value - the newest product to the iPacket line-up. For more information, visit @ https://hubs.li/Q040pG-X0 or follow the company on Facebook and LinkedIn. Check out Car Dealership Guy's stuff: For dealers: CDG Circles ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cdgcircles.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Industry job board ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://jobs.dealershipguy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dealership recruiting ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.cdgrecruiting.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Fix your dealership's social media ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.trynomad.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Request to be a podcast guest ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.cdgguest.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For industry vendors: Advertise with Car Dealership Guy ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.cdgpartner.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Industry job board ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://jobs.dealershipguy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Request to be a podcast guest ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.cdgguest.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Topics: 00:17 What is Doug Horner's market advantage? 00:43 What were the NADA conference highlights? 01:39 How does social media impact sales? 05:22 What are the appraisal process insights? 11:40 What is iPacket and its benefits? 16:47 How is iPacket used in appraisals? 25:44 What are the final conclusions? Car Dealership Guy Socials: X ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠x.com/GuyDealership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/cardealershipguy/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@guydealership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/company/cardealershipguy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Threads ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠threads.net/@cardealershipguy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077402857683⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Everything else ➤ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dealershipguy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

- China to Ban Yoke Steering Wheels and Mandate Physical Buttons - Trump Administration Eliminates EPA Endangerment Finding in Historic Deregulation - Rivian Stock Surges 25% On 2026 Growth Guidance Despite 2025 Revenue Slump - Waymo Rolls Out 6th-Gen AV Tech Stack Targeting 1 Million Weekly Rides - Canada's Project Arrow Debuts Next-Gen EV Prototypes - Maextro S800 Outsells Mercedes-Maybach and BMW 7 Series in China - White House Considers Lowering Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to Ease Auto Manufacturing Costs - Mercedes-Benz To Sell Daimler Truck Stake to Boost Finances After 50% Profit Drop

- China to Ban Yoke Steering Wheels and Mandate Physical Buttons - Trump Administration Eliminates EPA Endangerment Finding in Historic Deregulation - Rivian Stock Surges 25% On 2026 Growth Guidance Despite 2025 Revenue Slump - Waymo Rolls Out 6th-Gen AV Tech Stack Targeting 1 Million Weekly Rides - Canada's Project Arrow Debuts Next-Gen EV Prototypes - Maextro S800 Outsells Mercedes-Maybach and BMW 7 Series in China - White House Considers Lowering Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to Ease Auto Manufacturing Costs - Mercedes-Benz To Sell Daimler Truck Stake to Boost Finances After 50% Profit Drop

In der heutigen Folge sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Philipp Vetter und Holger Zschäpitz über über KI-Panik in der Logistik-Branche, Sensationszahlen für Arista Networks und Silberstreif für Coinbase. Außerdem geht es um CBRE, C.H. Robinson, Expeditors, DSV, Kühne & Nagel, Algorhythm Holdings, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Cisco, Apple, Lenovo, Applied Materials, Pinterest, Draftkings, Fastly, Heidelberg Materials, Holcim, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile US, Mercedes-Benz, Uber, Tesla, BYD, Nio, Xiaomi, Hermes, LVMH und NXP. Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Noch mehr "Alles auf Aktien" findet Ihr bei WELTplus und Apple Podcasts – inklusive aller Artikel der Hosts und AAA-Newsletter. Hier bei WELT: https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html. Der Börsen-Podcast Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte! https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

Markets were mixed yesterday, with European shares dragged down by weak results from Adyen, Magnum and Mercedes-Benz, despite solid updates from Siemens and Hermès. Schroders jumped on a takeover approach from Nuveen. In the US, deepening concerns over AI‑driven disruption hit tech stocks hard, pushing the ‘Magnificent Seven' lower and marking Apple's worst day since Liberation Day. Gold and silver slipped on stronger US labour data, oil fell on rising supply signals, and US housing data highlighted growing structural weakness. We're joined by Tim Gagie, Head of FX Advisory in Geneva, for the latest on metals and currencies ahead of key US inflation data.(00:00) - Introduction: Helen Freer, Product & Investment Content (00:31) - Markets wrap-up: Lucija Caculovic, Product & Investment Content (06:45) - FX & metals update: Tim Gagie, Head of FX/PM PB Geneva (10:59) - Closing remarks: Helen Freer, Product & Investment Content Would you like to support this show? Please leave us a review and star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode of The Game Plan, Dylan Pugh is joined by Sarah Swanson, Chief Brand Officer at WTA Ventures - the commercial engine driving a new era for women's tennis.They explore why WTA Ventures was created, how the structure works day-to-day between the WTA, tournaments and players, and what Sarah's role looks like across a global season.The conversation dives into the WTA's major rebrand, the introduction of the new “swing” marketing strategy, and the significance of the long-term Mercedes-Benz partnership.Follow us on @sportindustry

In this forward-thinking episode, Sabine VanderLinden returns to kick off the year with a transformative discussion on “frontier firms” and the rise of agentic enterprises. As digital transformation accelerates, leaders face challenges like increasing climate risks, cyber threats, and widening protection gaps—pushing businesses (especially in regulated industries like insurance) to rethink strategies. Sabine explores how trailblazing organizations are leveraging AI not just as an assistant, but as an autonomous driver of capacity and productivity.  Through practical frameworks and real-world case studies, this episode lays out the playbook for riding the next wave of innovation, resilience, and growth. KEY TAKEAWAYS This year on Scouting for Growth, I wanted to regroup and make sure my podcast continues to deliver what matters most to you in the fast-paced transformation market. After a brief pause and reflection, and evaluating the insights from the World Economic Forum, with a clear sense that the world feels increasingly uninsurable—climate risk, cyber threats, and protection gaps are all expanding. But I believe that this narrative of uninsurability is simply a choice, not a certainty. I see a new class of leaders emerging, those who aren't just trying to manage risk but who are fundamentally changing how we approach it. Transformation isn't just happening in isolated labs; it's exploding at the convergence of capital, technology, and strategy—the true frontier of business. This is where agentic enterprises are emerging, blending human leadership with AI agents, forming digital workforces where competitive advantage depends on our agility with data, not just data ownership. Examples abound: Telstra is scaling AI across thousands of employees, UBS has put AI at the heart of its business via a Chief AI Officer, Mercedes-Benz uses digital twins and multiple agent systems to optimize production, and at Nestlé, AI is transforming everything from farm to fork. These companies aren't dabbling—they're fundamentally rethinking their models and leadership. My message is simple: the agentic frontier is not some distant theory—it's here and now. The uninsurable world is a choice, and you can choose to lead in this new paradigm. The tools and models exist, and the only question left is who has the courage to execute. As you listen and engage this year, I'll keep guiding you through these themes—helping you build, not just watch, the future unfold. BEST MOMENTS "The uninsurable world is a choice, not a certainty. While some twist their hands over these challenges, a new class of leaders is rewriting the rules of the game." "A frontier firm in the simplest terms is an organization that is human led but agent operated. This means your people set the vision and define success, while AI agents handle a significant share of the execution, working autonomously with oversight across processes." "Mastering [these levers] is the difference between watching the future happen and actively building it." "The market is sending an unequivocal message: the future of financial institutions including insurance, all regulated industry belongs to the agentic enterprise. This is not a distant vision; it is happening right now." ABOUT THE HOST Sabine VanderLinden is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur and the CEO of Alchemy Crew Ventures. She leads venture-client labs that help Fortune 500 companies adopt and scale cutting-edge technologies from global tech ventures. A builder of accelerators, investor, and co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, Sabine is known for asking the uncomfortable questions—about AI governance, risk, and trust. On Scouting for Growth, she decodes how real growth happens—where capital, collaboration, and courage meet. If this episode sparked your thinking, follow Sabine VanderLinden on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram for more insights. And if you're interested in sponsoring the podcast, reach out to the team at hello@alchemycrew.ventures  

Today on CarEdge Live, Ray and Zach discuss the latest news from Mercedes-Benz & Nissan. Tune in to learn more! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Trotz gegenteiliger wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse laut US-Präsident Trump Treibhausgase nicht mehr gesundheitsschädlich, Ende des Einsatzes der US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE in Minnesota geplant, Gewinneinbruch bei Mercedes-Benz, Informeller EU-Gipfel nördlich von Lüttich in Belgien, Kritik am Besuch des Gazastreifens von Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner, Fast 800 gestrichene Flüge wegen Streiks bei der Lufthansa, Mutmaßlich positive Folgen für Ökosystem Ostsee dank des historischen Niedrigwassers, Auftakt der 76. Berlinale, Deutsche Teamstaffel im Rodeln gewinnt Gold bei Olympischen Spielen, Start des Straßenkarnevals, Das Wetter Hinweis: Der Beitrag zum Thema "Olympia" darf aus rechtlichen Gründen nicht auf tagesschau.de gezeigt werden.

- Mercedes In Dangerous Downward Slide - Nissan Braces for $4 Billion Loss - Geely, BYD and VinFast Bid for Nissan-Mercedes Mexico Plant - BorgWarner Develops Turbine Generator for Data Centers - China Car Sales Plunge as EV Subsidies Vanish - VW ICEs Perform Well While Model Y Sales Crash in China - Price War: China Bans Selling Cars Below Cost - Honda Lends Team USA Its Wind Tunnel

- Mercedes In Dangerous Downward Slide - Nissan Braces for $4 Billion Loss - Geely, BYD and VinFast Bid for Nissan-Mercedes Mexico Plant - BorgWarner Develops Turbine Generator for Data Centers - China Car Sales Plunge as EV Subsidies Vanish - VW ICEs Perform Well While Model Y Sales Crash in China - Price War: China Bans Selling Cars Below Cost - Honda Lends Team USA Its Wind Tunnel

Trotz gegenteiliger wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse laut US-Präsident Trump Treibhausgase nicht mehr gesundheitsschädlich, Ende des Einsatzes der US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE in Minnesota geplant, Gewinneinbruch bei Mercedes-Benz, Informeller EU-Gipfel nördlich von Lüttich in Belgien, Kritik am Besuch des Gazastreifens von Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner, Fast 800 gestrichene Flüge wegen Streiks bei der Lufthansa, Mutmaßlich positive Folgen für Ökosystem Ostsee dank des historischen Niedrigwassers, Auftakt der 76. Berlinale, Deutsche Teamstaffel im Rodeln gewinnt Gold bei Olympischen Spielen, Start des Straßenkarnevals, Das Wetter Hinweis: Der Beitrag zum Thema "Olympia" darf aus rechtlichen Gründen nicht auf tagesschau.de gezeigt werden.

Ukrainischer Skeleton-Athlet wegen Streit wegen politischer Botschaft auf Helm von olympischen Spielen ausgeschlossen, Informeller EU-Gipfel in Belgien zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Gewinneinbruch bei Mercedes-Benz, Ausgangslage vor den Landtagswahlen Baden-Württemberg, Umstrittener Besuch des Gazastreifens durch Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner, Weitere Meldungen im Überblick, #mittendrin aus Wernigerode: Schmalspurbahn zwischen Nostalgie und Umweltschutz, Eröffnung der 76. Ausgabe der Berlinale, Das Wetter Korrektur: Die Sendung wurde nachträglich bearbeitet. Hinweis: Die Beiträge zum Thema "Olympia" und "Berlinale" dürfen aus rechtlichen Gründen nicht auf tagesschau.de gezeigt werden.

Ukrainischer Skeleton-Athlet wegen Streit wegen politischer Botschaft auf Helm von olympischen Spielen ausgeschlossen, Informeller EU-Gipfel in Belgien zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Gewinneinbruch bei Mercedes-Benz, Ausgangslage vor den Landtagswahlen Baden-Württemberg, Umstrittener Besuch des Gazastreifens durch Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner, Weitere Meldungen im Überblick, #mittendrin aus Wernigerode: Schmalspurbahn zwischen Nostalgie und Umweltschutz, Eröffnung der 76. Ausgabe der Berlinale, Das Wetter Korrektur: Die Sendung wurde nachträglich bearbeitet. Hinweis: Die Beiträge zum Thema "Olympia" und "Berlinale" dürfen aus rechtlichen Gründen nicht auf tagesschau.de gezeigt werden.

Ukrainischer Skeleton-Athlet wegen Streit wegen politischer Botschaft auf Helm von olympischen Spielen ausgeschlossen, Informeller EU-Gipfel in Belgien zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Gewinneinbruch bei Mercedes-Benz, Ausgangslage vor den Landtagswahlen Baden-Württemberg, Umstrittener Besuch des Gazastreifens durch Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner, Weitere Meldungen im Überblick, #mittendrin aus Wernigerode: Schmalspurbahn zwischen Nostalgie und Umweltschutz, Eröffnung der 76. Ausgabe der Berlinale, Das Wetter Korrektur: Die Sendung wurde nachträglich bearbeitet. Hinweis: Die Beiträge zum Thema "Olympia" und "Berlinale" dürfen aus rechtlichen Gründen nicht auf tagesschau.de gezeigt werden.

Der Stuttgarter Autobauer kämpft mit externen Schocks und Managementfehlern. Außerdem: Warum Alphabet den Bondmarkt anzapft.

Trotz gegenteiliger wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse laut US-Präsident Trump Treibhausgase nicht mehr gesundheitsschädlich, Ende des Einsatzes der US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE in Minnesota geplant, Gewinneinbruch bei Mercedes-Benz, Informeller EU-Gipfel nördlich von Lüttich in Belgien, Kritik am Besuch des Gazastreifens von Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner, Fast 800 gestrichene Flüge wegen Streiks bei der Lufthansa, Mutmaßlich positive Folgen für Ökosystem Ostsee dank des historischen Niedrigwassers, Auftakt der 76. Berlinale, Deutsche Teamstaffel im Rodeln gewinnt Gold bei Olympischen Spielen, Start des Straßenkarnevals, Das Wetter Hinweis: Die Beiträge zum Thema "Olympia" und "Berlinale" dürfen aus rechtlichen Gründen nicht auf tagesschau.de gezeigt werden.

Zo erg als de vorige keer was het nog net niet, maar het was toch weer een horrordag voor Adyen en hun beleggers. Het aandeel verloor een vijfde van z'n waarde. En dat allemaal dankzij een paar tegenvallers. De omzet was totaal niet naar verwachting. Waar de CFO in november nog uitging van 20 tot 25 procent, kwam die uit op 17. Wanneer gaat Adyen écht leren hoe goed verwachtingsmanagement werkt? Of zijn het de beleggers die veel te veel fantaseren? Dat hoor je in deze aflevering. Verder hebben we het over het duo dat afscheid van elkaar nam, maar toch tegelijk met de cijfers komt. Unilever en Magnum. Die eerste sluit het jaar prima af, maar wel met de sidenote dat het verkopen van onderdelen vrij duur blijkt. En ook Magnum voelt daar de kosten van. Dat draait op de voor de kosten van de afsplitsing en dat is toch wel even slikken voor beleggers. Je hoort ook nog over Box 3. Schoorvoetend stemt de Tweede Kamer in met een vernieuwing van de belasting op jouw aandelen en obligaties. We vertellen je wat de veranderingen voor jou betekenen. En dan kom je ook nog te weten wie Apple achterna komt omdat het bedrijf 'te links' zou zijn. Wie zou dat toch zijn???? Te gast: Hans Oudshoorn van Saxo BNR Beurs is een journalistiek onafhankelijke productie, mede mogelijk gemaakt door Saxo. Over de makers: Jelle Maasbach is presentator van BNR Beurs en freelance financieel journalist. Zijn favoriete aandeel om over te praten is Disney, maar daar lijkt hij de enige in te zijn. Sinds de eerste uitzending van BNR Beurs is 'ie er bij. Maxim van Mil is presentator van BNR Beurs en journalist bij BNR, waar hij zich focust op de financiële markten en ontwikkelingen in de tech-wereld. Je krijgt hem het meest enthousiast als hij kan praten over ASML, of oer-Hollandse bedrijven zoals Ahold of ABN Amro. Jorik Simonides is presentator van BNR Beurs, economieredacteur en verslaggever bij BNR. Hij wordt er vooral blij van als het een keer níet over AI gaat. Milou Brand is presentator van BNR Beurs, freelance podcastmaker en columnist bij het Financieele Dagblad. Jochem Visser is presentator van BNR Beurs, maakt Beursnerd XL en is redacteur bij BNR Zakendoen en de podcast Onder Curatoren. Vraag hem naar obscure zaken op financiële markten en hij vertelt je waarom het eigenlijk nóg leuker is dan je al dacht. Over de podcast: Met BNR Beurs ga je altijd voorbereid de nieuwe beursdag in. We praten je in een kleine 25 minuten bij over alle laatste ontwikkelingen op de handelsvloer. We blijven niet alleen bij de AEX of Wall Street, maar vertellen je ook waar nog meer kansen liggen. En we houden het niet bij de cijfers, maar zoeken ook iedere dag voor je naar duiding van scherpe gasten en experts. Of je nu een ervaren belegger bent of net begint met je eerste stappen op de beurs, de podcast biedt waardevolle inzichten voor je beleggingsstrategie. Door de focus op zowel de korte termijn als de lange termijn, helpt BNR Beurs luisteraars om de ruis van de markt te scheiden van de essentie. Van Musk tot Microsoft en van Ahold tot ASML. Wij vertellen je wat beleggers bezighoudt, wie de markten in beweging zet en wat dat betekent voor jouw beleggingsportefeuille.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025 hat Mercedes nur noch 5,3 Milliarden Euro Gewinn gemacht. 2024 waren es noch 10,4 Milliarden. Das sind die Gründe.

Cumbre de los 27 en el castillo belga de Alden Biesen con la intención de respaldar la posibilidad de una integración de la Unión Europea a distintas velocidades para así fortalecerla. El producto interior bruto (PIB) del Reino Unido creció el 1,3 % en 2025, un incremento superior al alza del 1,1 % registrada en 2024. Según UBS, el franco suizo cotiza en su nivel más alto frente al dólar desde 2015 debido a que los gestores de activos están comprando la divisa alpina al ritmo más rápido de los últimos diez años. Continúa la temporada de presentación de resultados con Michelin, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, Hermès y entre otros. Entrevistaremos a Juan García, cofundador y co-CEO de Tuio para que nos hable de cómo con OpenAI han sacado a la luz la app de la insurtech española en ChatGPT. Los temas de la actualidad, a debate en la Tertulia de Cierre de Mercados con Juan Iranzo, catedrático de Economía Aplicada de la UNED y director de DarmadatA, y Pedro Fernández, profesor y abogado.

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Shoot us a Text.Episode #1265: Today we cover Carvana doubling down on franchised dealerships, the solid-state battery arms race heating up as automakers target 2027 launches, and how 7-Eleven is using AI to cut frontline hiring from weeks to days—saving millions of hours while keeping humans in the loop.Carvana is leaning harder into the franchise world. The online used-car giant has acquired its fifth franchised dealership, adding a Stellantis store in Sacramento as it continues blending digital retail scale with traditional brick-and-mortar rooftops.Carvana purchased Sacramento Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram from Nouri/Shaver Automotive Group, with the deal closing Dec. 11.This is Carvana's fifth Stellantis dealership since they first acquired a store in February 2025, with locations in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, and a second California store.The move comes as Carvana reports strong momentum: used-vehicle sales jumped 44% year-over-year and Q3 net income hit $263 million.A Carvana spokesperson said, “We are proud to bring the Carvana experience to Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram customers in the Sacramento area.”Last week brought major milestones in the race to develop solid state batteries, signaling that commercial EV launches powered by solid-state tech are finally moving from promise to pilot.Volkswagen-backed QuantumScape opened its highly automated Eagle Line pilot facility in San Jose, advancing U.S.-based solid-state production.Karma Automotive and Factorial Energy announced the first U.S. solid-state battery production program for passenger vehicles, debuting in the electric Karma Kaveya in 2027.Factorial's momentum is global, with partners including Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Hyundai/Kia, and mass production targeted for 2029.Gartner's Pedro Pacheco: “This means there is now an ‘arms race' to see who gets SSBs to market the fastest and most successfully.”7-Eleven is quietly building a playbook for the future of frontline hiring. By combining recruiters, automation, and conversational AI, the convenience-store giant has dramatically cut hiring time, reduced ghosting, and freed up store managers to focus on running the business.Applicants start the process via QR codes that connect them to an AI text assistant named RITA, which gathers info and schedules store-level interviews automatically.After acquiring Speedway in 2021, 7-Eleven shifted from store-only hiring to a recruiter-supported, centralized model that drives better applicant flow.Automated hiring slashed time-to-hire from nearly two weeks to just three days, while improving retention and candidate quality.Automation has saved store leaders over 2 million hours per year, handling about 95% of the hiring process and enabling smarter, store-level recruiting spend.Rachel Allen emphasized the human-fJoin Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/

One of the biggest cultural events on the planet, South by Southwest, will be coming up soon in Austin, Texas (beginning on March 12). More info: https://sxsw.com.This video showcases how SXSW became so big, by using its own marketing playbook.So what exactly is SXSW? And how did it get so big?With an attendance of just 700 people, SXSW started back in 1987 with a goal to help creative people achieve their goals. Fast forward to 2019, and that number had exploded to over 417,000 people from 106 countries.So, what is this gathering really all about? It's not just one event. South by Southwest, or SXSW, is really built on three core pillars: Ideas, culture, and connections.IdeasSXSW is essentially a pop-up university featuring 5,000 speakers spread over 2,000 sessions — all spread across 20 different programming tracks.CultureThen you have the second pillar, which is really the cultural heart of SXSW. It's where it all started, the legendary film and music festivals. SXSW is a global stage for discovery. In 2019 alone, there were 133 feature films and almost 2,000 performing acts from 62 countries.ConnectionsSXSW hosts more than 350 official parties and networking events. This is the glue that holds the whole shebang together, where a random chat or a line for a taco can turn into a million-dollar deal.PeopleWho are the hundreds of thousands of attendees that make this whole thing tick?SXSW features almost a perfect 50-50 split between male and female attendees with 62% of attendees between the ages of 26 and 44. They make up a who's who of people in creative and innovation industries, including marketing and advertising, film and TV, books and music, technology and media.Almost 60% are there to find new business. 42% want to connect with their clients.This is why brands like Mercedes-Benz, Uber Eats, and McDonald's show up in a huge way.The big question: What's the next big idea that's will come out of this wild gathering in Texas?Book Marketing Success is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bookmarketing.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, e-commerce expert Norm Farrar shares actionable strategies for Amazon sellers to build and engage their own audiences. He discusses using insert cards to collect customer emails through offers like free products, warranties, and cookbooks, and emphasizes the importance of email marketing to boost revenue. Norm explains how to create and repurpose valuable content, such as chef-sourced recipes, across Amazon posts and social media. He also highlights the benefits of hosting live cooking shows on Amazon Live and using video creation services to enhance product listings, offering practical tips for optimizing Amazon sales and brand growth.Chapters:Introduction to Norm Farrar (00:00:00)Host introduces Norm Farrar, his background in e-commerce, and his Amazon podcast.Case Study: Email List Building with Insert Cards (00:00:33)Norm shares a case study about a beauty company collecting 280,000 emails via insert cards but not utilizing them.Insert Card Offers: Free Products and Extended Warranties (00:01:36)Discussion of effective insert card offers, including free products and extended warranties to collect customer emails.Meal Plans, Cookbooks, and Recipe Content Strategy (00:03:20)Norm explains using meal plans and cookbooks to collect emails, and sourcing recipes from chefs and culinary students.Repurposing Content: Newsletters and Amazon Posts (00:04:34)How recipes and user-generated content are repurposed for newsletters and Amazon posts to engage customers.Mindset Shift: Value-Driven Email Marketing (00:05:00)Host reflects on providing value through email, not just sales pitches, and repurposing content across channels.Amazon Live Cooking Show Launch (00:06:52)Norm introduces their new Amazon Live cooking show featuring chefs and culinary students using their products.Live Content Strategy and Product Demonstrations (00:07:45)Details on using live cooking shows to demonstrate products, increase engagement, and gain followers.Video Content Creation and Repurposing (00:09:07)Norm discusses creating videos with influencers, repurposing video content for Amazon, social media, and YouTube.Using Billo for Video Production (00:10:38)Introduction to Billo, a service for affordable, high-quality product videos, and how to use them for marketing.Three Actionable Takeaways for E-commerce Brands (00:12:57)Host summarizes key takeaways: business planning, building an email list, and repurposing content.Amazon Internal Tools for Listing Optimization (00:14:46)Norm recommends using Amazon's internal tools for listing optimization and growth opportunities to increase sales.Closing Remarks (00:16:21)Host thanks Norm for his insights and wraps up the episode.Links and Mentions:Tools and WebsitesAmazon LiveAmazon Seller CentralStrategies and ConceptsEmail List Building: 00:01:08Insert Cards for Email Collection: 00:02:06User-Generated Content: 00:04:34Content Repurposing: "00:09:07Listing Optimization Tools: 00:14:46Transcript:Josh 00:00:00  Today I'm super excited to introduce to you Norm Farrar. Norm specializes in providing e-commerce and online marketing services for brands. He has worked with fortune 500 companies such as Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, and 20th Century Fox since the early 1990s. Norm has focused on helping entrepreneurs optimize their operations and unlock their businesses potential. Presently, he is the host of the popular Amazon podcast lunch with Norm. So welcome to the show, Norm.Norm 00:00:32  Hey, glad to be here.Josh 00:00:33  So, Norm, I wanted to ask, you know, what are some of the best practices that you see with that? And maybe do you have any case studies or maybe some examples that you might be able to share with us, just to kind of spark some ideas in people's mind of the various opportunities that do lie in, you know, building your own audience off of Amazon from those insert cards.Norm 00:00:55  Well, and it's a good and bad story, but I know we were working with a beauty company who had built an email list up to 280,000 emails.Norm 00:01:08  Wow. But he would not. He never. He thought it was inconvenient. It would inconvenience people if he sent them emails.Josh 00:01:18  That doesn't make sense.Norm 00:01:19  280,000 emails. So yeah, that that that wasn't, that wasn't a smart move, but,Josh 00:01:27  Attracting. I mean, how did he attract 280,000 people to give him their email address? Right. Like, do you know what the offer was?Norm 00:01:36  Yeah. Well, different beauty products. So what it would be is you could go. You could go to the insert. It would go to a landing page. The landing page, would offer them one of his other products. So if you had the shampoo conditioner, you could have the, what's called keratin treatment, or you could have, there was, some serums and stuff like that, but you were offered a free product. So in the $10.Josh 00:02:06  In the insert card on the insert card, it says, hey, claim your free product I assume then yeah. Okay.Norm 00:02:13  Yeah. So all it did was send.Norm 00:02:16  He got the email address and the address because he had to send the product. So he had, he had it all and he did not and would not send out a single email.Josh 00:02:29  Fascinating. Yeah. Which is you know, going back you kind of shared that stat that you think that people are missing out on 40% of revenue just by not implementing, you know, additional as. Yeah. Right.Norm 00:02:43  You sell a million bucks, you're missing out a 400,000.Josh 00:02:46  Fascinating. Yeah. Any other stories or examples of, like, insert cards or, you know, ways that work to get people to provide their email address?Norm 00:02:56  Well, there's always the extended warranty. So that is something, again, going back to the knife company, extended warranty. So it's a lifetime warranty. Okay, great. That's a lifetime warranty anyway. Basically. But, you know, it's a lifetime warranty. another one was just like I was talking to you about before. A knife with the honing rod. Okay, great.Norm 00:03:20  another one that worked for that company was the meal plan and cookbook. So you can either download and get a weekly email. So what's in that weekly email with the weekly plan? Well, there's some sort of promotion. It wasn't all the time, but there was either just some recipes. So this is something that we did as well. We went out and we, talked to chefs and we talked to culinary schools, and we gave them, very expensive knife. And so the deal was we'll supply the whole class with these very expensive knives. if they provide us with a recipe and spread it out on their social media, tag us on their social media. So we got a ton of user generated content and we got a ton of Recipes. So what do we do on Amazon posts? We provided recipes. So that started to get a very unique following. And then because of that, we ended up getting all this really cool stuff that we could put onto this other page, fill in to the newsletter, and when people got their newsletter, they got recipes, which ended up being two full, really incredible recipe books.Norm 00:04:34  So now we give away the recipe books. But we could peel off one recipe at a time, which people enjoyed, you know? And we didn't do it, but you could have even segmented it further. If the person was vegan, you could just send them vegan recipes or vegetarian or, you ...

- UAW Makes History w/ 1st Contract at Southern Foreign-Owned Plant - GM Preparing for An Economic Downturn - JLR Crippled by Cyber Attack - Volvo Down as EX90 and ES90 Write-Offs Trigger Big Loss - NIO Expects to Post Its 1st Profit Ever - Mercedes, Nissan and VW Forecast Big U.S. Sales Gains - Once Taboo Salvage Titles Now Fair Game - BYD Pushes to Be #1 in Brazil - Changan 1st to Get CATL's Sodium Battery

- UAW Makes History w/ 1st Contract at Southern Foreign-Owned Plant - GM Preparing for An Economic Downturn - JLR Crippled by Cyber Attack - Volvo Down as EX90 and ES90 Write-Offs Trigger Big Loss - NIO Expects to Post Its 1st Profit Ever - Mercedes, Nissan and VW Forecast Big U.S. Sales Gains - Once Taboo Salvage Titles Now Fair Game - BYD Pushes to Be #1 in Brazil - Changan 1st to Get CATL's Sodium Battery

Después de seis borrascas en 40 días las consecuencias económicas se empiezan a notar. En el campo, COAG, cifra en más de 300 millones el impacto de las lluvias, en factorías como Stellantis, Mercedes Benz y Seat han empezado a cancelar turnos ante la falta de material para continuar con la producción y el consumo de los particulares se frena. Lo analizamos en Hora 25 de los Negocios.

Después de seis borrascas en 40 días las consecuencias económicas se empiezan a notar. En el campo, COAG, cifra en más de 300 millones el impacto de las lluvias, en factorías como Stellantis, Mercedes Benz y Seat han empezado a cancelar turnos ante la falta de material para continuar con la producción y el consumo de los particulares se frena. Lo analizamos en Hora 25 de los Negocios.

I'm back after a bit of a stop-start spell with the podcast, and I'm talking honestly about headspace, mojo, and how hard it can be to create when you're just not feeling it. The main point I wanted to cover is this: there's more than one way to do things in photography, and the “that's wrong” comments (especially online) completely miss the point. I'm sharing why I try to frame everything as my way, not the way, and how clients, time, kit, and real-world constraints always shape what works. I also give you a quick update on upcoming workshops, where to find the new short-form video content, and what I'll be covering next after a couple of judging days. Key links Mastering Portrait Photography Our Reels & Shorts Mastering Portrait Photography on YouTube Workshops mentioned Mastering Dogs With Their Owners workshop (9 Feb 2026) Mastering Advanced Studio Lighting (16 Mar 2026) Mastering Portrait Photography Bootcamp (11–12 May 2026) Transcript [00:00:00] So hello one and all. This is the Mastering Portrait Photography podcast, which hasn't, hasn't been the most frequent in the past few months, one reason or another. Um, I just haven't managed to find either the time or if I'm more honest, I guess the headspace, the difficulty with doing anything creative is that if you don't feel it, if you're not right into it, and you know this as photographers, it's really hard to do it. And every time I've sat down, it's just been incredibly difficult to find, I suppose the words, I'm not sure that last year was the greatest year on earth. We got there, we grafted, but we got there, um, massively busy year, but I don't know if the positivity that we've had over the past years was quite, quite the same. And so in that context, it's been quite hard, I think. To, uh, be a photographer, to be a portrait [00:01:00] photographer, and also to record this podcast. So when I talk to people and they say they're not feeling it, I totally understand. Somebody in a workshop the other day, we always, at the beginning of every workshop we run here, we ask the people on it what they'd like to get out of it. And I think on every single one last year, and certainly the one we ran a couple of weeks ago, there is someone who will simply say. I've lost my mojo. What an interesting line given I think I've been feeling the same way about the podcast. Not that I haven't wanted to do it. I love doing it. I love sitting here and chatting. It's sort of like having my own personal counselor, you, but I just haven't really found the energy and the headspace, um, to do it. And for a million reasons, some of it to do with just the mood, the news. Politics, the weather. Um, and then just to compound everything over Christmas, I completely lost my voice [00:02:00] and I do mean, completely caused a lot of hilarity amongst my family and my team. But I had to do a couple of workshops at the convention. And they were quite squeaky. I literally sounded like squeaky from the toy story. Anyway, you'd be pleased to hear it's all back. It's all firing on all cylinders. 2026 is a new year. I'd like to say it's the start of a new year, but given it's February, I'm not even certain. I can say Happy New Year to all of you, but here we are. I'm Paul, and this is the return of the Mastering Portrait Photography podcast. So, hello one and all. I hope you're well. I hope the weather, I dunno what the weather's like all around the world. Of course I don't. But right here, right now in this bit of the world, it is miserable. We had to drive a Land Rover over to get, um, to. I think it's called an eyebrow repaired an odd, an odd phrase, but it's the bit of the wing that pro [00:03:00] protrudes over the wheel on the front, front driver's side. Because the other day as I was about to head out and do a job for the hearing dogs and with my client, my client's climbing into the car next to me and somebody decided the gap between my front driver's side wing and the wall next to him was sufficient to get a very big Mercedes-Benz through it. It turns out it wasn't. And the only damage, sadly for me was that it put a, put a hole in the, uh, wheel arch. It's called an eyebrow, this thing. So anyway, today we must have, find someone to get it repaired. The guy's paid, it's fine. It'll all get fixed. Um, so, uh, drove over, but the weather. The weather was horrific, and it's cold and it's gray and there's just water everywhere. It's a miserable state of affairs and trying to, trying to be a portrait photographer in this. I'm glad we have a warm studio that I will say. Uh, so here we are. [00:04:00] Here we are. It is, what time is it? It's, uh, 10 past eight on a Tuesday evening. I'm still in the studio and this time. I am recording video for it Now. I don't know whether you'll see the video. This is the first time I've tried to do, what do they call it, A visualized podcast? I'm not sure. It's a video podcast. That would be, um, over egging it a little bit. It's me staring at one very small camera that I dug outta a drawer. To see if I can get this to work. If it works, then we'll throw something a little bit more sophisticated at it. But in our team at the moment, in the mastering portrait photography team, we have Katie, I've introduced you to Katie before. That's not news. But one of the things we have been doing is recording more and more and more and more content, mostly short reels, short videos of one sort or another. And it's, I mean, it's a huge amount of fun. I'm having a blast. I come in on a Monday and Katie will tell me the topics we're going to cover, uh, and we get on with it and we film small [00:05:00] videos of one form or another. Um, and it's, I'll be honest, I'm loving it because it gets, it gives us a chance to talk about this business die love. Um, however, some of the things that have popped up through that are that really the podcast also now needs to be on video. Here I am and if you take a look around me, if you are looking at this on the video and take a look around me, you can see that it's the first foray. 'cause even if, as I look around the screen here that I'm, I've got feeding information back to me, it does look like my desk has been burgled. It is pretty bad at the moment. There is stuff everywhere. Uh, which isn't great, but I will get that fixed and get it sorted. So it looks a little bit prettier. I'm not sure this is the right camera, uh, for this particular job, but, uh, if it works, like I said, we might just upgrade. Um, but off the back of these videos, this is the topic I wanted to talk about today. This is only gonna be a short podcast, uh, partly 'cause I am starving. I've been here all [00:06:00] day. I've had one banana, one sandwich, one pair. Um, and I really, really, really want to go and do a little bit of exercise, um, and maybe have some food. So this is gonna be a shorter podcast than perhaps you're used to. However, this is what I wanted to cover. I wanted to sort of cover a point that has arisen through doing these little reels and videos with Katie that there is definitely more than one way of doing things. Now I'm doing this unscripted. I've got my pen to make some notes in case I kind of lose track. Um, so forgive me if I ramble, but. There's more than one way of doing things in. When we do a workshop or I do a presentation, I will always, or nearly always put up a slide that simply has two words, opinion overload, and I put it up there to remind me, to remind the people watching me that just because I say this is a way of doing [00:07:00] it doesn't mean it's the. Way of doing it. It's just the way that I found works for me on the whole, sometimes it'll be two or three different ways I've discovered will work and I'll point out which one seems to give me the most consistent results, or is the least expensive in time and materials, or is just simply the, you know, the one I enjoy the most. Because if you, if you are attending workshops, if you are going through the process of learning, and we all do this every time the person in front of you says, this is how to do it, there's a tendency for us to believe them. There's a tendency for us to, in our head say, right, that's what we're gonna do. Their photography is what I like. That's how we're gonna do it. And that can't possibly. Be the case. There are too many different styles, too many different photographers for that to be the case, and so I try to remind people, this is just my opinion at this [00:08:00] moment in time. This is how I do it, or this is how I have done it tomorrow. It may well be different next year. It's highly likely to be different changes in technology. In equipment, in approaches in clients, your client drives an awful lot of this too. Remember, you know, if your client's demanding that you travel light, then you travel light. And so some of the techniques for lighting, for instance, won't be, uh, quite the same as if you have all the time in the world and a studio. There's always a way of doing something that works for you, and there are plenty of other ways that maybe don't work so well. And the point is, we've learned this through the reels and videos that we've been posting, but all too often I'll put something up and somebody will tell me quite, quite vigorously, that's not right. Whether it's clamshell, just use a reflector. You don't need two lights, whether it's white balance adjustments, differential white balance. I'll just do it all in night room in post, whether it's, and my favorite comment was, [00:09:00] you are three times my age. Maybe that's right for you, which I thought was entertaining, if nothing else, and these are all valid by the way, I'm not worried about it. It just struck me that people seem to think that there is just one way of doing something. And of course there isn't, there's not one technique, there's not one aesthetic. If, if we all liked the same thing, if we all liked the same output, if we all liked the same processes, life would be, frankly, frigging dull because there'd be nothing interesting every, and I use the musician, I know I use the musician musician's analogy a lot, but if you think about the number of different ways that you've heard a composer or different composers say they write music, some will sit at a piano, some will write the lyrics, some will hum it, some will record it. Some people just have their phone to their bed and record a quick snippet of vocal or whatever it might [00:10:00] be. Everyone has a different way of doing it, and yet no one seemingly anyway, no one in that world criticizes another songwriter and tells them that that's how they should do it. They should do it differently, but somehow in photography, that's okay. Or maybe it's not that it's in photography. Maybe it's just that the medium of imagery, the medium video, lends itself to social media, in which case it lends itself to people writing comments. And so I just thought I'd explain whenever I go through something. I mean, I'd love you to have a look at some of the reels and things we're posting. I'll, I'll give you the details of where they can be found at the end, um, and see what you think. But I try really hard. To make it an open conversation. It's about, here's a way of doing it. Here's an explanation of what's going on. Here's why I like it. I mean, I think that's fair. It doesn't mean I don't have things that I like, but I do try really hard not to say this is a defacto [00:11:00] thing. Technique, method route. You shouldn't, you don't have to have this equipment, you don't have to have, um, this way of doing things, you know, light meters. Another one, people are very enthusiastic about light meters, tripods, gotta have a tripod, gotta have a light meter. Um, two things that actually, I, I own plenty of them. Um, just doesn't work particularly, or it does work for me. Of course it works and that's wrong. Saying it doesn't work for me, that's not true. It's just that not using a tripod and not using a light light meter works better for me in most circumstances. There are days when actually a tripod is really useful. Long exposures stop frames when I just want that pin sharp thing you can get when your camera is bolted to a good sturdy tripod or a light meter. When I'm running lots of different light sources and I just need to run around the room, checking that everything's balanced. Yeah, line meter is brilliant for that.[00:12:00]  But most of the time I just like the freedom. I like the pace, I like the fluidity of working without either of those things. Am I wrong? Well, to some people, clearly, but it doesn't feel wrong to me. It feels totally right to me. Do I think that people that use a tripod or like me are wrong? No, not at all. Um, I can give you my reasons why. I find it easier without, I find the speed of it without, I find the availability and the fact that I can just drag a camera out and get on with it. I find that appealing, and so my point is that as fast as I'm trying really hard to provide information, provide insight into one photographer's way of doing things. I think it's important to note that there's always more ways, um, of achieving an end result. Um, and I will try in the videos, actually, I'm gonna try in the coming months to do things in different ways. Things that I maybe I wouldn't normally do to illustrate my own point. Maybe [00:13:00] I will use a tripod to nail the sharpness. Maybe I will use a light meter. Um, to show how that works. Maybe I will just do, I'll listen to the comments coming back and I will try some of these routes. Maybe I'll do differential white balance in Lightroom and Photoshop rather than using actual lights. And all of these things are doable and it'll be a huge amount of fun, actually. 'cause I love, I love the idea that there's a million ways of, um, creating things because the more ways you learn, the more holes you can get out of. And we've all been there, right? We've all been in a shoot. Where chaos ensues or there's no time, or the weather doesn't play ball or the client or the location, or it doesn't matter, whatever it is, that just is causing you a headache. And so the more techniques you have at your fingertips, the better. And that's if there is one way of doing things. If there is a case where there's one way of doing it, there's the one thing I would say you should definitely do is learn lots of different ways [00:14:00] to do things. So I will try. Um, on that note, I said this is gonna be a short podcast. It just occurred to me today that I would have a quick, um, chat about that and also test whether doing this straight to video is gonna work, in which case we can move to some, uh, maybe some longer topics and some interviews. Uh, so some updates on where we are with everything else. It has been a busy start to the year. Lots of different things going on. Uh, workshops. Sarah's asked me to mention the workshops that we have, uh, in the diary at the moment. So I've got one next Monday actually, where we have a space left. It's dogs and their owners, I should say, photographing dogs and their owners. Uh, which is all about it's dog photography, but because I'm a portrait photographer, it's as important to me that we photograph the dogs with the people that bring them, their owners, their loved ones, all those kinds of things. Um, and so it's a day's workshop, uh, February the ninth, um, here at our studio, uh, on March the [00:15:00] 16th. And this might. Be my favorite single workshop to run. It's Advanced Studio Lighting and I love it because people just rock up with ideas and we play, we play all day. Uh, the one we did a couple weeks ago was off-camera flash, and that was a huge amount of fun too because people just ask us to try things. And I love that. I love the idea that, um, we have a maximum of five delegates on these workshops, and that's deliberate. It gives us a chance to chat. It, it gives us a chance to talk our way through things. Uh, so the off-camera flash, uh, day was just brilliant. And the advanced Studio lighting, which is on March the 16th, um, is fun. Uh, for the same kinds of reasons, five people and me and a model or two just playing, just trying stuff and seeing what happens based on experience. And for me as a, um, as the person running the workshop. I love it when people come with ideas too, because. Quite often it pushes what we do here [00:16:00] at the studio a little bit further. We try new things and it's great. And I mean, the other thing of course is I'm an crom ambassador, so I get to play with all of this kit, um, that I so love using. So that's March the 16th. Now, may the 11th and May the 12th. This is a two day bootcamp. Uh, there's a space, I think there's one space left. Um, we didn't know last year when we ran the first one quite what this would be like. Um, we had to change tack a little bit, so we had a hall booked. Um, rather than do it here at our studio, uh, we had a hall booked at, um, a local hall. Um, and for one reason or another on the day before the bootcamp workshop, it just wasn't gonna happen for a million reasons at their end, not ours. And, and it just. We decided in the end to sidestep it and run everything here. We reworked the studio, we changed the way we were gonna do things literally overnight. We're not, I'm not joking now, that's overnight. [00:17:00] Um, and it worked really well because everything's to hand. So anything that someone asks, we can try again. Very limited number of people. Um, so it's not too busy. And that's a two day bootcamp. Um, and the other thing we did is at the end of the first day, we said if anyone fan sticking around in the evening and having a pizza and, and a beer, then you're very welcome to. It wasn't really part of the planned workshop as such. It was just rather than everyone scattering to their bread and breakfasts and hotels and things. Why don't, if you want to, why didn't stick around? Everybody stuck around. Um, and so actually we dragged lights out into the garden. We did different things. We tried different things. We had really nice food and a beer and laughed away, uh, into the we hours. It was brilliant and picked up the next day. So March, uh, sorry, may the 11th, may the 12th, two day boot camp. If you fancy it. Um, so those are the things. What have I got left for this week? Oh, right. I said, I'd say where the reels and things are. So we are publishing reels at the moment. Lots of short snippets alongside our long form stuff on, uh, you can head to [00:18:00] YouTube. Instagram is mastering portrait photography. That's um. Our ID for that. Um, and TikTok as well. Um, TikTok is a whole new thing, uh, for us. I feel about four times the age of the people on there. Uh, but Katie, who's in charge of all the seeing, who's, uh, much younger than us, um, assures us it's a good idea. So we're also putting content up onto there and get some really interesting conversations. Um, we're also putting all of those reels up on our mastering portrait photography.com website in a reel section. Um, still uploading those, still tuning them. So if you want to go to a single place. Uh, if you are not a social media freak, um, you can go up there and all of the little short reels will be on there with various links out to long form, uh, content that you have to be a member for, for the long form. But the reels, the short form, uh, will be on there. Uh, what else, latest? Oh, this week is judging. Um, I do, I think I'm due to give a quick update [00:19:00] on the judging I did at The Convention in London. As ever, when I do a judging. Um, a whole process of judging or a couple of days of judging. I normally come back with some things I've learned, but this time, because I'm going into The Guild judging, I'm chairing the guild judging, I thought I'd combine the two and go through my notes from. Both sessions. Uh, to be honest, I'm beginning to sound like a broken record. It's the same things you know. Don't blow your highlights. Don't block your blacks. Clean your sensor. Learn how to print. And for goodness sake, mount your finished work beautifully because it counts. If it's a print competition, make sure your work arrives immaculate. Um. So there you go. Those are some of the things I learned. Um, but I'll cover it properly when I've been through judging for the Guild, um, later this week, and I think that is everything. If not, um, Sarah will kill me or kick me or both. Um, if you have any questions at all, you can always reach me. And if you fancy, just browsing a ton of stuff, [00:20:00] lighting, diagrams, um, guides, videos, uh, the, um, frame previews that we can, you can download to visualize, uh, your, how your images will look on a wall. Then it's all on mastering portrait photography.com, which is also, as it happens, the spiritual home of this particular podcast and whatever else you're doing on this, really quite miserable Tuesday night before I go home and climb onto the Peloton bike to do some exercise. Please, whatever you do, be kind to yourself. Take care.   

#384 – Autotelefon-Autorätsel: Wenn neue Autos keine echten (Funk-)Schlüssel mehr haben und vom Nutzer keine Smartphone-App installiert werde möchte, hilft bei einigen Autos nur eine NFC-Scheckkarte weiter. Aber wo bitte hält man sie denn hin, um das Auto zu öffnen? Genau so ein Gefährt hat Paul-Janosch gerade als Testwagen vor dem Büro stehen. - Weitere Themen der heutigen Sendung: 140 Jahre Automobil und die MOPF der S-Klasse von Mercedes-Benz, der Subaru Crosstrek und der DS N°8. Hosts: Paul-Janosch Ersing, Michael Blumenstein // Wer lesen kann, ist klar im Vorteil? Zumindest unsere Podcast-Hörer*innen wissen Bescheid und können sich auf https://www.autotelefon-podcast.de auch mit dem geschriebenen Wort auseinandersetzen. Wir nennen es Lektüre. Jede Woche neue Themen zum Nachlesen!

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What if success isn't about how you get in, but what you do once you're there? And what if saying "yes" matters more than having the perfect résumé? In this episode of World's Greatest Business Thinkers, host Nick Hague sits down with Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist at Canva and former Apple evangelist, for a masterclass in career serendipity and mission-driven leadership. Drawing on five decades in Silicon Valley, Guy explains why execution beats credentials, how authentic evangelism cuts through noise, and why he once turned down a billion-dollar CEO role. From Steve Jobs' uncompromising standards to spotting transformational talent early, the conversation explores design as a competitive moat, saying yes to unexpected opportunities, and building influence by helping others succeed. Packed with practical wisdom, this episode is a guide to leading with integrity and leaving a lasting impact. What You Will Learn: How to leverage serendipity strategically Why design is your competitive moat The distinction between mission-driven and ego-driven assholes How to apply the law of large numbers to innovation and opportunity Why true evangelism flips the incentive structure How to build a sustainable career by staying open to unexpected paths If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Podcasts. Instructions on how to do this are here. Guy Kawasaki Bio: Guy Kawasaki is Chief Evangelist at Canva and host of the acclaimed podcast *Remarkable People*, bringing nearly five decades of Silicon Valley experience to his work in design, innovation, and digital transformation. A former Apple evangelist and venture capitalist, Kawasaki has authored 18 books and served in leadership roles at iconic companies including Google, Wikipedia, and Mercedes-Benz, making him uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between technology innovation and human-centered business strategy. His expertise spans brand evangelism, product design, and organizational culture, areas directly relevant to ambitious professionals seeking to build loyal audiences and create meaningful impact.   Quotes: "The overarching lesson that I learned from Apple is that design truly matters. Apple is Apple because of its design. I would make the case that Apple has proven that enough people care about design so that you can be a successful company." "The lesson is that it is not how you get your job. It's what you do once you get the job. Once you get into the company, nobody gives a shit about your degree, about who you know. You either are delivering or you're not." "One of my philosophies is you should always say yes. If you say no, you stop right there. But if you say yes, at least you gain the optionality to see more and more." "I believe that a book is a work of art, and it is an end in itself. You don't write a book to get to another point. You should write a book only when you have something to say."   Episode Resources: Guy Kawasaki on LinkedIn Canva Website  Nick Hague on LinkedIn World's Greatest Business Thinkers on Apple Podcasts World's Greatest Business Thinkers on Spotify World's Greatest Business Thinkers on YouTube

- Used EVs Have Lowest Ownership Costs - Lisa Drake to Lead Ford Energy - Renault Bets on India As World's New Growth Market - Stellantis Slashes Prices Putting Volume Over Profits in Europe - Genesis Europe Ditches Direct Sales, Goes with Dealers - GM's Billion-Dollar Subscription Surge - Ford BlueCruise Usage Skyrockets As F-150 Drivers Embrace Hands-Free Tech - Mercedes Rejects U.S. Pressure to Move HQ To U.S. - Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks Outsell ICE in China

- Used EVs Have Lowest Ownership Costs - Lisa Drake to Lead Ford Energy - Renault Bets on India As World's New Growth Market - Stellantis Slashes Prices Putting Volume Over Profits in Europe - Genesis Europe Ditches Direct Sales, Goes with Dealers - GM's Billion-Dollar Subscription Surge - Ford BlueCruise Usage Skyrockets As F-150 Drivers Embrace Hands-Free Tech - Mercedes Rejects U.S. Pressure to Move HQ To U.S. - Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks Outsell ICE in China

Acompáñanos en este monográfico de una hora sobre la figura de Hans Herrmann. Analizamos en profundidad la carrera del piloto alemán que marcó un antes y un después en la historia de Porsche y Mercedes-Benz.En este episodio cubrimos:Sus inicios: Cómo cambió la pastelería por los circuitos.La anécdota del tren: El increíble suceso en la Mille Miglia de 1954 con el Porsche 550 Spyder.Supervivencia extrema: El espectacular accidente en AVUS 1959 donde salió despedido de su BRM.[3]Duelo en Le Mans: Su amarga derrota en 1969 por apenas 120 metros contra Jacky Ickx.El triunfo final: La primera victoria absoluta de Porsche en Le Mans (1970) con el 917K y su retirada inmediata.Un homenaje a la leyenda que nos dejó recientemente, siendo el último piloto superviviente de los podios de la F1 de los años 50.Si quieres ayudar a este podcast puedes comprar en Amazon con nuestro enlace de afiliados.https://amzn.to/4pkAGDmEl Libro de Alonso de Iván. https://amzn.to/3NINSFcGracias por la escucha. He quitado los comentarios, para cualquier cosas historacingpodcast@gmail.com

 Jill and Tom open the show acknowledging a few foreign cities in which there are Car Stuff Podcast listeners. Listen in for the list. Stories this week include news that Mercedes-Benz is dropping its Drive Pilot semi-autonomous driving system in the U.S., and Buick is moving production of the U.S.-market Envision small crossover out of China. Tom also shares the results of his very unscientific “Most American” car poll. Did the Corvette, Mustang, or Wrangler win? Listen in for details. Still in the first segment, Jill reviews the 2026 Kia K4 Hatchback. Does the hatch make for a better compact Kia? Signs point to “yes.” In the second segment, Jill and Tom are joined by automotive legend Steve Saleen. Steve talks about the development of the S7 super car, modifying Mustangs and F-150s, and his super-car show at the LeMay Museum in Tacoma, Washington. It's a great conversation. In the last segment, Jill is subjected to Tom's “2025 Car Sales” quiz. The hosts close the show discussing the impact of cold weather on the Lucid Air, and the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. 

Jill and Tom open the show acknowledging a few foreign cities in which there are Car Stuff Podcast listeners. Listen in for the list. Stories this week include news that Mercedes-Benz is dropping its Drive Pilot semi-autonomous driving system in the U.S., and Buick is moving production of the U.S.-market Envision small crossover out of China. Tom also shares the results of his very unscientific “Most American” car poll. Did the Corvette, Mustang, or Wrangler win? Listen in for details. Still in the first segment, Jill reviews the 2026 Kia K4 Hatchback. Does the hatch make for a better compact Kia? Signs point to “yes.” In the second segment, Jill and Tom are joined by automotive legend Steve Saleen. Steve talks about the development of the S7 super car, modifying Mustangs and F-150s, and his super-car show at the LeMay Museum in Tacoma, Washington. It's a great conversation. In the last segment, Jill is subjected to Tom's “2025 Car Sales” quiz. The hosts close the show discussing the impact of cold weather on the Lucid Air, and the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The GoGaddis Real Estate Radio Show with Cleveland (Cleve) Gaddis | Neighborhood & Hyperlocal Market Insight | Presented by Modern Traditions Realty Group www.moderntraditionsrealty.com The Atlanta market is feeling the impact of major corporate shifts. In this 12-minute segment, we discuss why Mercedes-Benz is doubling down on its investment in the Metro area and what that means for homeowners. We also take a deep dive into the Townsend Creek community, one of Suwanee's most beloved suburban enclaves. The Rebranding of an Icon: We break down the news about Mercedes-Benz establishing Atlanta as its North American Headquarters, centralizing key corporate functions and launching a $34 million research and development facility. The World Cup "Debranding": Learn why the Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be temporarily renamed "Atlanta Stadium" during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to comply with strict branding regulations. Neighborhood Spotlight: Townsend Creek: Discover why this Suwanee neighborhood is a "delightful subdivision" perfect for those seeking suburban tranquility without sacrificing urban convenience. -Lifestyle & Amenities: We explore the community's offerings, from its tree-lined streets and well-maintained traditional homes to the resident-only swim and tennis facilities. -Education & Location: Located in the award-winning North Gwinnett high school district, Townsend Creek offers easy access to I-85 and the vibrant dining scene at Suwanee Town Center. Understanding how major corporate investments influence your home value is the key to smart real estate planning. This episode bridges the gap between high-level economic news and local neighborhood data, helping you decide if it's time to "anchor" in a community like Townsend Creek. Want more local real estate insights? Visit our website to see more market updates or call us at 770-497-0000 to discuss your specific home value. The insights shared on the show reflect the same guidance provided daily by Modern Traditions Realty Group. If you'd like a no-pressure conversation about your home's value, equity position, or the right timing for your next move, visit ModernTraditionsRealty.com or to connect with Cleve and submit questions for future segments, visit GoGaddisRadio.com.

—¡Feliz cumpleaños, querida! —dijo el esposo. —Muchas gracias, amor —respondió la esposa. El regalo era un auto Ferrari Testarossa, que vale una fortuna. Y eso no era todo. Dentro de la guantera había un diamante de un valor fabuloso. La fiesta se hacía en un hotel de increíble lujo, en la ciudad de Melbourne, Australia, con ciento diez invitados, todos amigos de la pareja. El Ferrari Testarossa se sumó a otros dos Ferrari, cinco Mercedes Benz, tres Rolls-Royce, un Jaguar, un Aston Martin y un Porsche. Danilo Ortiz, de cuarenta y cinco años de edad, y su esposa Sara, de cuarenta y tres, parecían nadar en dinero. Sin embargo, había un problema. Ese dinero provenía de transferencias ilegales que Danilo había hecho durante diez años en una compañía de metales preciosos donde era empleado. El total del desfalco era siete millones, novecientos mil dólares. Esa pareja se enriqueció demasiado rápido. Hacían grandes obras de caridad. Poseían muchas casas lujosas. Viajaban por todo el mundo. Sara compró, en un solo año, cuatrocientos mil dólares en joyas y adornos. Pero todo era falso. Habían hallado la manera de derivar dinero de la empresa a sus propias cuentas, y de ahí el enriquecimiento súbito que tenía asombrados a todos. «Porque el amor al dinero es la raíz de toda clase de males» (1 Timoteo 6:10). La sociedad presente vive fascinada con el dinero. Como que hay una atracción seductora hacia las cosas materiales. Por dinero las mujeres venden su honra. Por dinero los hombres hacen caso omiso de su conciencia. Por dinero se fraguan grandes delitos, e incluso, por dinero gobernantes, servidores públicos y aun clérigos entierran sus convicciones. La utilidad momentánea vale más que el honor, y la conveniencia más que la integridad. Hubo días en que estrecharse la mano sellaba el negocio más complejo. Hoy hay que firmar contratos complicados hasta para comprar un perro. «Más vale lo poco de un justo que lo mucho de innumerables malvados», dice la Biblia (Salmo 37:16). ¿Dónde está el antídoto contra ese veneno de las almas? En Jesucristo. Él perdona el pecado de ambición, pone en nuestro corazón los verdaderos valores de la vida, despierta nuestro anhelo por las cosas del espíritu, nos sana de fiebres enfermizas y nos da el verdadero sentido de la vida. Cristo es el antídoto contra ese veneno. Hermano PabloUn Mensaje a la Concienciawww.conciencia.net

From viral social-media-driven theft spikes to long-running emissions deception allegations, state attorneys general capped 2025 with two high-profile multistate settlements against major car manufacturers, resulting in millions of dollars in consumer relief and compliance commitments. A 35-state coalition secured a $9 million deal with Hyundai and Kia over allegedly inadequate anti-theft technology and related disclosures, and a broad coalition of 50 states resolved claims with Mercedes-Benz over hidden emissions defeat devices — illustrating that AG offices remain aggressive in protecting consumers from safety risks and deceptive practices across the automotive sector. For legal, compliance, and marketing teams, these settlements signal that multistate enforcement isn't limited to traditional product defects but extends to safety-critical and environmental representations, and that companies should be prepared to address social media effects on product misuse, transparent disclosures, and evolving AG expectations. Hosted by Simone Roach. Based on a blog post by Paul L. Singer, Beth Bolen Chun, Abigail Stempson, Brianna Robinson.

This week we're covering the latest news in construction, including:Washington DC's $2BN new stadiumEthiopia's $12BN new airportMercedes-Benz branded city planned for DubaiThis episode is sponsored by Sage. Learn more about Sage Intacct Construction here

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- Hyundai Surpasses GM Market Cap - VW Overtakes Tesla in Europe - Chinese EVs Surging in Mexico - Data Center Chip Shortages Affecting OEMs - New Mercedes S-Class and Level 4 Tech - VW Project Trinity and Recycling Hub - Renault Bringing Ampere In-House - Mazda and Volvo Hybrid Pivot on EVs - Nissan Dealer Profit Crisis

- Hyundai Surpasses GM Market Cap - VW Overtakes Tesla in Europe - Chinese EVs Surging in Mexico - Data Center Chip Shortages Affecting OEMs - New Mercedes S-Class and Level 4 Tech - VW Project Trinity and Recycling Hub - Renault Bringing Ampere In-House - Mazda and Volvo Hybrid Pivot on EVs - Nissan Dealer Profit Crisis

Short Bio:Chelsea Pottenger is a leading international keynote speaker, bestselling author of The Mindful High Performer, psychology postgraduate, and founder of EQ Minds.She works with global brands like Google, Amazon, and Mercedes-Benz, delivering science-backed strategies on mental well-being, mindfulness, and sustainable high performance.A former corporate executive who experienced postnatal depression in 2015, Chelsea transformed her life and made it her mission to help others thrive — mentally, physically, and professionally.Now represented by The Harry Walker Agency, she has trained over 2 million people worldwide and is a proud ambassador for The Gidget Foundation.Links:Connect with her at The Mindful High Performer, EQ Minds, or on LinkedIn.

Hey everybody, welcome to the RV Podcast News Edition for Monday, January 19, 2026. I'm Mike Wendland.This is where we cut through the noise and bring you what's really happening right now in the RV lifestyle and the RV industry. Five stories this week, and taken together they paint a clear picture.The RV world is not just changing. It is restructuring.Let's get started.STORY 1. TAMPA SUPERSHOW AND THE MEGA-DEALERS GET EVEN BIGGERThe Florida RV SuperShow wrapped up this weekend in Tampa, and once again it was the Super Bowl of RVing. Huge crowds, massive inventory, and a lot of signals about where the industry thinks things are headed.One number really stood out.Lazydays RV, now operating as Lazydays RV powered by Campers Inn, announced it brought more than 450 RVs to the show. Four hundred and fifty units on the grounds. There were over 1,300 new models here. That means Lazydays, if it really bought that many uits - I didnt count them - accounted for a third of the total new units on display.That is more than confidence. That is making a statement and claiming market power.It highlights how the biggest RV chains keep getting bigger. Camping World, General RV, Blue Compass, and Campers Inn have all been aggressively buying up smaller dealerships across the country.In many markets, those big names now sit next to each other, or even across the street from one another.That kind of saturation creates brutal competition and raises a serious question. How many stores can a market really support?What we kept hearing in Tampa is that 2026 may be the year underperforming locations start quietly closing.We already saw a preview late in 2025 when Camping World abruptly shut down its store in Escanaba, Michigan.For shoppers, this environment cuts both ways. There is more inventory and more choice, but dealers are under pressure to move aging stock. That pressure can work in your favor, if you negotiate wisely.STORY 2. INFLUENCER FATIGUE. THE MARKETING MODEL IS BREAKING DOWNAnother major theme at the Tampa show had nothing to do with floorplans.Influencer fatigue.By our count, there are now at least 500 so-called RV influencers. Probably more. Anyone with a cellphone camera can claim the title, and many have.For years, manufacturers poured money, free gear, and perks into this system.But saturation has changed everything.Behind the scenes, RV manufacturers and marketing teams are saying the influencer model no longer delivers like it once did. They report being flooded with demands for free RVs, guaranteed commissions, and paid travel just to show up.There are clear signs of a pullback.Winnebago has ended relationships with some influencers. Keystone RV has done the same.The issue is trust. When every product is “the best ever,” audiences stop believing any of it.I overheard it firsthand in Tampa. Outside the influencer building, one man said, “I'd be an influencer too if they gave me free stuff. But since that hasn't happened, I don't trust what any of them say. Free stuff and money can buy anything.”That comment captures the problem perfectly.STORY 3. TARIFFS ARE HAMMERING MANUFACTURERS, AND ROADTREK MAY BE THE HARDEST HITAnother major topic of quiet but intense conversation at the SuperShow was tariffs and the damage they are doing to certain RV manufacturers.Start with Europe.The Italian manufacturer Wingamm has been trying to bring compact Class B style motorhomes into the U.S. market for at least the last four years. At one point, the tariff hit on a Wingamm imported from Italy was estimated at roughly $70,000.That nearly killed the effort.The tariff has since been restructured into a fixed import fee announced in mid-2025, about $9,500 on the Oasi 540.1 and roughly $11,100 on other models. Even so, Wingamm has now turned to crowdfunding to help finance its U.S. market entry.Canada is being hit even harder.Many popular Class B vans sold in the U.S. are built in Canada. Tariffs stack up at every step.A prime example is Leisure Travel Vans.Their Unity models use Mercedes Sprinter chassis and major components built in Germany, shipped to Canada, assembled there, and then exported to the United States. Tariffs apply to the chassis, the imported parts, and the finished vehicle.Industry sources say tariffs alone are adding at least $20,000 to the price of a Leisure Travel Vans motorhome. The new Mercedes Benz model that introduced at the show last week was sticker shock on steroids. It's show price was $272,000. For a B + van. Over a quarter of a million dollars! Yikes. And then there's Class B campervan maker Roadtrek, made in Ontario.Roadtrek's situation may be the most severe.The company has struggled since 2019, following a massive financial scandal involving its previous owners that ended in bankruptcy. Roadtrek is currently owned by a French RV company that took control as part of that restructuring.Since then, Roadtrek has faced repeated Mercedes Sprinter chassis shortages, production disruptions, a weak market, and the loss of key personnel.Most recently, Roadtrek lost its longtime National Sales Manager, Mike Williams, widely known across the industry and to customers as “Canada Mike.” He has now joined Sunshine State RVs in Gainesville, Florida, where some are already calling him “Florida Mike.”That is a significant loss of leadership and visibility for the brand.At Tampa, the buzz was everywhere. Roadtrek is struggling badly, and many insiders believe the company may be for sale again. Nothing official, but the talk was constant and came from dealers, current employees,  and industry veterans.Tariffs are a huge reason for all of this pressure.STORY 4. MORE CONSOLIDATION, MIDWEST AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN LIKELY TO BE SOLDAnd speaking of major brands being in play, we're hearing strong indications of another significant acquisition.Multiple sources tell us that Midwest Automotive Design, a high-end builder of luxury Class B motorhomes on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter platform, is about to be sold.The buyer, according to what we're hearing, is Alliance RV.Alliance RV was founded in 2019 by industry veterans Ryan and Coley Brady and is best known for its Paradigm line of luxury fifth wheels. The company has built a reputation for high-quality construction and strong customer loyalty.Midwest Automotive Design is a powerhouse in the luxury van segment. It is known for models like the Passage and Luxe Cruiser and has also built private-label vans for Ultimate Toys, Chinook, Holiday Rambler, Fleetwood, and American Coach under the REV Group umbrella.This is not a small boutique operation.If confirmed, this move would signal Alliance's expansion beyond towables into the premium motorized market.It reinforces the larger pattern. The RV industry is entering a major consolidation phase, with strong operators positioning themselves to acquire respected niche brands as costs rise and margins tighten.STORY 5. ZION NATIONAL PARK WILL RESTRICT LARGE RVS ON A KEY ROUTENow an important heads-up for anyone planning a Southwest RV trip.Zion National Park has announced a major change taking effect June 7, 2026.Large vehicles will no longer be allowed to travel through the Zion–Mount Carmel Highway, including the famous tunnel.Vehicles longer than about thirty-five feet, wider than seven feet ten inches, taller than eleven feet four inches, or weighing more than fifty thousand pounds will be prohibited. The long-standing escort system for oversized vehicles is being eliminated.The Park Service says the road was never designed for modern RVs and that safety concerns drove the decision.You can still visit Zion, but many large motorhomes and fifth wheels will need alternate routes or off-site parking.This is a major planning issue for RVers heading west.BONUS STORY. HONDA OFFICIALLY ENTERS THE RV SPACE WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT TRAILERAnd here's one of those moments when we get to say, we told you so. This is a BONUS STORY THIS WEEK.Two episodes ago, we reported that Honda was quietly working on something big in the RV space. Now it's official.Honda has unveiled the Base Station Prototype, an all-new lightweight travel trailer designed by Honda engineers at the company's U.S. research and development centers in Los Angeles and Ohio.This is not a rebadged camper. Honda says the Base Station Prototype brings segment-first innovations that only Honda can deliver.The stated goal is to “democratize outdoor adventures.” In plain English, make RVing accessible to more people.Honda designed the Base Station to be towed by many of the most popular vehicles in America, including crossovers like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4, as well as electric vehicles such as the Honda Prologue and Honda's upcoming 0-Series SUV.That is a major shift.Most lightweight trailers still require full-size trucks or large SUVs. Honda is aiming directly at the millions of households that already own smaller vehicles and have been priced out of RV ownership.Honda also says the Base Station will remain competitively priced in the lightweight travel trailer segment, signaling this is not just a concept vehicle but a serious market entry.If Honda follows through, this could reshape the entry-level RV market in a very big way.And as soon as we can see one in person, you know we'll bring you a full report.CLOSINGAlright. That's this week's RV News Edition of the RV Podcast. For links, documents, and deeper background on every story we covered today, be sure to check the show notes on our website at RVPodcast.com. That's our central hub for everything we do, podcasts, blogs, videos, and our community.You can also leave us a voice message, comment, question, or tip right there on the site. We read them all, and many of them help shape future episodes.And a quick reminder that on February 5, I'll be hosting a live, interactive RV Travel Planning Workshop designed to help you plan smarter trips, avoid costly mistakes, and travel with confidence. You'll find all the details and registration information at RVPodcast.com/workshop.That's your RV Podcast Monday News Edition for Jan. 19, 2026. We'll be back Wednesday with our Stories from the Road RV Podcast. I'm Mike Wendland. Thanks for listening, and until next time, have fun, make friends, and find adventure. Happy Trails.Sources and Further Reading2026 Florida RV SuperShow and Dealer ConsolidationLazydays by Campers Inn Brings Over 450 RVs to Tampa Showhttps://rv-pro.com/news/lazydays-by-campers-inn-brings-over-450-rvs-to-tampa-show/Florida RV Trade Association, Official 2026 Florida RV SuperShow Pagehttps://www.frvta.org/show/florida-rv-supershow/Influencer Fatigue and RV Marketing ShiftWinnebago Industries Corporate News and Investor Updateshttps://investor.winnebagoind.com/Keystone RV Company Official Sitehttps://www.keystonerv.com/Tariffs and Cross-Border RV Industry ImpactRV Dealers Association of Canada Update on Counter Tariffshttps://rvbusiness.com/rvda-canada-gives-update-on-counter-tariffs-on-u-s-rvs/How Tariffs Could Impact the RV Industryhttps://www.rv.com/rv/how-tariffs-could-impact-the-rv-industry/Canadian RV Association Statement on U.S.–Canada Tariff Impacthttps://www.rvnews.com/crva-issues-update-on-u-s-canada-tariff-impact/Class B Forum Discussion on Canadian Tariffshttps://www.classbforum.com/threads/canadian-tariffs.654811/Wingamm European Import TariffsWingamm Official Websitehttps://wingamm.com/Wingamm Oasi 540.1 Model Pagehttps://wingamm.com/en/oasi-540-1/Invest in W Motorhome Sales North America (equity crowdfunding on StartEngine)https://www.startengine.com/offering/wmotorhomeLeisure Travel Vans Tariff ExposureLeisure Travel Vans Official Websitehttps://leisurevans.com/Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Global Production Informationhttps://www.mbvans.com/en/sprinter/Roadtrek Company BackgroundCourt-Ordered Receivership for Erwin Hymer Group North America (which included Roadtrek)https://rvldealernews.com/the-court-appointed-receivership-auction-of-erwin-hymer-group-north-america-will-begin-on-tuesday-july-16-and-continue-until-friday-july-19-2019/How Rapido Group Plotted the Rebirth of Roadtrek https://rv-pro.com/features/how-rapido-plotted-rebirth-roadtrek/ Roadtrek Motorhomes Official Websitehttps://roadtrek.com/Alliance RV and Midwest Automotive Design PurchasAlliance RV Official Websitehttps://www.alliancerv.com/Midwest Automotive Design Official Websitehttps://midwestautomotivedesign.com/Midwest Automotive Design About Us Pagehttps://www.midwestautomotivedesign.com/about-us/Midwest Automotive Design Luxe Cruiser Modelhttps://www.midwestautomotivedesign.com/luxury-vans/luxe-cruiser/REV Group Brand Portfoliohttps://www.revgroup.com/our-brands/Zion National Park Large RV RestrictionsZion National Park to Restrict Large Vehicles on Zion–Mount Carmel Highway Beginning June 7, 2026https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/01/zion-national-park-restrict-large-vehicles-traveling-zion-mt-carmel-highwayZion to Ban Most Large RVs on Mount Carmel Highwayhttps://www.thetraveler.org/zion-to-ban-most-large-rvs-on-mount-carmel-highway-june-7-2026/Honda Enters the RV Market with the Base Station PrototypeHonda Press Release, Honda Unveils Base Station Prototypehttps://hondanews.com/en-US/honda-automobiles/releases/honda-unveils-base-station-prototype-a-lightweight-towable-travel-trailer-with-modular-design-smart-technology-clever-packaging-to-democratize-campingRV Business, Honda Unveils Prototype Base Station Lightweight Camperhttps://rvbusiness.com/honda-unveils-prototype-base-station-lightweight-camper/The Drive, Honda's Secret Project, A Futuristic Camper Trailer You Can Tow With a CR-Vhttps://www.thedrive.com/news/hondas-secret-project-a-futuristic-camper-trailer-you-can-tow-with-a-cr-v

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The day has come… Jason's VR6 swap on his Mk3 Volkswagen Cabrio is finally on the road! ….well, sort of. With some frustrating snafus along the way, there's still plenty of work left to be done. But not enough to prevent a first shakedown (and burnout, of course) from happening with the existing stock 12-valve VR6 before it gets replaced by a built motor from Techtonics Tuning. === Visit http://JasonSentMe.com to get a Hagerty Guaranteed Value (TM) collector-car insurance quote! === Derek and Jason begin today's episode with a recap of the swap progress so far - in a matter of weeks, Jason's 1996 Volkswagen Cabrio went from being gutless, to gutted, to glorious - receiving not just an engine swap, but also a full subframe and suspension swap from a VR6 Jetta as well. To top it off, Jason mounted period correct BBS RX multi-piece wheels that really tie everything in together. If Volkswagen had made a true Mk3 GTI Cabriolet, this is about as close as you could get! After discussing hours and dollars spent on the project, Derek circles back on other cars that sound better or worse than a VR6. The Ferrari 512BB comes to mind, even being a Bosch CIS-equipped car. Amongst other CIS cars, Jason also discusses the rich induction sounds of his other cars - including his Mercedes-Benz 2.3-16 Cosworth and Mk1 Volkswagen Cabriolet. And of course, it's not a Carmudgeon Show without critically blasting other lesser-sounding cars - in this case, the S14 in the E30 BMW M3 and all Nissan VQ engines. Was all the fuss worth it? You'll have to watch (or listen) and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices