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Send us a textSchedule an Rx AssessmentIs Your Pharmacy Prepared for a Cyberattack?In this episode of The Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast, Scotty Sykes, CPA, CFP and Austin Murray sit down with Trenton Thiede, President of PAAS National, to unpack the rising cybersecurity threats facing independent pharmacies and what owners must do to stay compliant and protected.We dive into everything from:HIPAA compliance updatesAI risks, multi-factor authentication, and risk assessmentsThe growing pressure of PBM audits and the need for strong advocacyClick here for the transcriptMore About Our Guest:Trenton Thiede is the President of PAAS National (Pharmacy Audit Assistance Service).Trenton started his journey working at Shopko, a community pharmacy, in 1999 for 15 years, holding positions as Pharmacy Manager and Regional Pharmacy Supervisor while completing his PharmD from UW-Madison and MBA from UW-Oshkosh.In 2013, Trenton took over Shopko's Long-Term Care division and helped divest it to KPH HealthCare (Kinney Drugs/HealthDirect).There, he helped grow their business throughout the Midwest, eventually servicing 20,000 beds in just under four years. In 2018, Trenton joined PAAS and oversees the daily operations as President.With his operations experience, Trent knows what's involved, and at stake, with pharmacy audits; taking pride in helping independent pharmacies win against ruthless PBMs.Learn more about Trenton and PAAS National:Trenton Thiede LinkedInPAAS National WebsitePAAS National FacebookPAAS National Twitter (X)PAAS National LinkedInStay up to date on new episodes by liking and subscribing!Check out all our social media:FacebookTwitterLinkedInScotty Sykes – CPA, CFP LinkedInScotty Sykes – CPA, CFP TwitterMore resources on this topic:Podcast – Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Audit UpdatesPodcast – Pharmacy Audit Master Class: Strategies for Audit Success
Old Fashioned Football Podcast hosts J Mark and Merr sit down with Dan Oskey, the co-founder of Tattersall Whiskey, for an insightful discussion about the origins, processes, and philosophies behind one of Minnesota and Wisconsin's distinguished distilleries. The conversation covers everything from the unique flavors of Tattersall Distillery's offerings to the sustainability efforts in the new River Falls facility. For those who appreciate the craft of whiskey, this episode is a deep dive into how passion and innovation can harmonize to create exceptional spirits.A Deep Dive into TatterSall WhiskeyThe episode kicks off with an introduction to the unique Tattersall distillery whiskey varieties. Focused particularly on the Minnesota Rye. Dan shares that their rye uses 85% rye grain and 15% malted rye. This is entirely crafted from local Minnesota ingredients. He explains the flavor profile to the hosts. This includes black pepper spice and subtle cocoa bean notes that characterize their rye, making it perfect for cocktails or a neat sip.Tattersall's philosophy centers around using locally sourced grains. This includes rye and other key ingredients to enhance the complexity and authenticity of their products."We have a great soil and climate here," Dan notes, emphasizing the importance of sustainable and local farming partnerships, such as their long-standing collaboration with Dale Anderson of Cambridge, Minnesota.A Journey to DistillationDan told Old-Fashioned Football about his journey to establishing Tattersall. He reflects on his early years as a bartender, where he developed a passion for crafting every element behind the bar. His transition to distilling was sparked by a childhood friend's proposal to create something more than just cocktails — to distill the spirits themselves.For Dan, distilling was a natural progression. After bartending and creating small-batch bitters and sodas, the idea to open a distillery allowed him to bring everything full circle. He recounts the reunion with Jon Keidler, a childhood friend turned business partner. Jon came to dinner at his restaurant and proposed the idea of starting the distillery together. Jon, with his investment background, had a business plan ready, and Dan's expertise in flavor and distillation made them the perfect team.Tattersall's New Home: River FallsOne of the most exciting advancements for Tattersall is their move to River Falls, Wisconsin. As Dan and the team sought to expand and optimize operations, they settled in a repurposed former Shopko building. This new facility is not just larger but also beams with sustainability efforts. This includes the largest solar array of any distillery in the country, water reclamation systems, and zero waste operations.Dan proudly describes the facility as perhaps the greenest distillery in America. Tattersall's commitment to sustainability is enhanced by its involvement in the White Oak Initiative. This is an effort to plant American white oaks necessary for future barrel production.Exploring the Tattersall Product LineThe conversation also ventures into Tattersall's diverse product offerings. This includes unique launches like their toasted coconut avi, lauded for its innovative combination of botanical ingredients. There's something for everyone at Tattersall, including their award-winning absinthe and canned cocktails.Dan explains how Tattersall approaches canning by lowering alcohol content for more refreshing, sessionable drinks. This includes their blueberry basil vodka collins, which has become a popular favorite. Though the whiskey peach tea didn't find its footing in the initial launch, it remains a hidden gem beloved by its loyal fans.An Invitation to VisitTattersall doesn't just want people to buy their products—they want to welcome them to the distillery itself. With events ranging from free mini margaritas on Cinco de Mayo to broader public tours, Tattersall ensures a visit is worth every minute.The distillery offers tastings of their complete product line. Their unique design features a tasting bar and dining area, emphasizing their mission of offering hospitality through flavor and experience.ConclusionWhether you're a whiskey enthusiast, a curious spirit aficionado, or someone just discovering the depth of craft distillation, the story of Tattersall Whiskey is one of passion, precision, and progress. Their varieties offer complex tasting notes. Nurtured through sustainable practices and local sourcing—truly embodying the notion that flavor is hospitality.Head to River Falls for an experience of a lifetime, or explore their offerings via their website. Tattersall welcomes you to taste beyond the ordinary, offering a delightful adventure in every bottle. 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Old Fashioned Football Podcast hosts J Mark and Merr sit down with Dan Oskey, the co-founder of Tattersall Whiskey, for an insightful discussion about the origins, processes, and philosophies behind one of Minnesota and Wisconsin's distinguished distilleries. The conversation covers everything from the unique flavors of Tattersall Distillery's offerings to the sustainability efforts in the new River Falls facility. For those who appreciate the craft of whiskey, this episode is a deep dive into how passion and innovation can harmonize to create exceptional spirits.A Deep Dive into Tattersall WhiskeyThe episode kicks off with an introduction to the unique Tattersall distillery whiskey varieties. Focused particularly on the Minnesota Rye. Dan shares that their rye uses 85% rye grain and 15% malted rye. This is entirely crafted from local Minnesota ingredients. He explains the flavor profile to the hosts. This includes black pepper spice and subtle cocoa bean notes that characterize their rye, making it perfect for cocktails or a neat sip.Tattersall's philosophy centers around using locally sourced grains. This includes rye and other key ingredients to enhance the complexity and authenticity of their products."We have a great soil and climate here," Dan notes, emphasizing the importance of sustainable and local farming partnerships, such as their long-standing collaboration with Dale Anderson of Cambridge, Minnesota.A Journey to DistillationDan told Old-Fashioned Football about his journey to establishing Tattersall. He reflects on his early years as a bartender, where he developed a passion for crafting every element behind the bar. His transition to distilling was sparked by a childhood friend's proposal to create something more than just cocktails — to distill the spirits themselves.For Dan, distilling was a natural progression. After bartending and creating small-batch bitters and sodas, the idea to open a distillery allowed him to bring everything full circle. He recounts the reunion with Jon Keidler, a childhood friend turned business partner. Jon came to dinner at his restaurant and proposed the idea of starting the distillery together. Jon, with his investment background, had a business plan ready, and Dan's expertise in flavor and distillation made them the perfect team.Tattersall's New Home: River FallsOne of the most exciting advancements for Tattersall is their move to River Falls, Wisconsin. As Dan and the team sought to expand and optimize operations, they settled in a repurposed former Shopko building. This new facility is not just larger but also beams with sustainability efforts. This includes the largest solar array of any distillery in the country, water reclamation systems, and zero waste operations.Dan proudly describes the facility as perhaps the greenest distillery in America. Tattersall's commitment to sustainability is enhanced by its involvement in the White Oak Initiative. This is an effort to plant American white oaks necessary for future barrel production.Exploring the Tattersall Product LineThe conversation also ventures into Tattersall's diverse product offerings. This includes unique launches like their toasted coconut avi, lauded for its innovative combination of botanical ingredients. There's something for everyone at Tattersall, including their award-winning absinthe and canned cocktails.Dan explains how Tattersall approaches canning by lowering alcohol content for more refreshing, sessionable drinks. This includes their blueberry basil vodka collins, which has become a popular favorite. Though the whiskey peach tea didn't find its footing in the initial launch, it remains a hidden gem beloved by its loyal fans.An Invitation to VisitTattersall doesn't just want people to buy their products—they want to welcome them to the distillery itself. With events ranging from free mini margaritas on Cinco de Mayo to broader public tours, Tattersall ensures a visit is worth every minute.The distillery offers tastings of their complete product line. Their unique design features a tasting bar and dining area, emphasizing their mission of offering hospitality through flavor and experience.ConclusionWhether you're a whiskey enthusiast, a curious spirit aficionado, or someone just discovering the depth of craft distillation, the story of Tattersall Whiskey is one of passion, precision, and progress. Their varieties offer complex tasting notes. Nurtured through sustainable practices and local sourcing—truly embodying the notion that flavor is hospitality.Head to River Falls for an experience of a lifetime, or explore their offerings via their website. Tattersall welcomes you to taste beyond the ordinary, offering a delightful adventure in every bottle. 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WIZM's Brad Williams in studio to recap La Crosse's biggest topics of 2024 from the porn scandal at UW-La Crosse to Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigns in town and capped off by development in the area. A week ago, we broke down the Top 25 most viewed stories on the WIZM News website, but this conversation is about Williams Top 3 story categories, which was led off with the UW-La Crosse saga involving fired chancellor Joe Gow and the aftermath of Board of Regents learning he has sex with his wife on camera and with adult film stars that makes its way to the internet. After that, we talk about all the presidential campaigns that barnstormed through La Crosse right up until the day before the election, plus the local political headlines, like the mayor not seeking reelection or not having enough candidates running for La Crosse School Board. The last topic to top off 2024 was all the development that happened — or didn't — in La Crosse, including the Macy's getting torn down for more parking, another Starbucks, a Raising Canes, a Panda Express and a carwash. Plus, every Shopko in the area was converted into something, while the old Kmart is still standing and when that might be coming down. And things that didn't happen, like the Kmart getting demolished or Costco going up near downtown.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The studio begins to fill up this Friday morning! Our first guest is our friend Mark Husen from Bellin Sports Medicine. Mark always shares helpful information and tips for staying healthy through physical activity. Then Frank Hermans with Let Me Be Frank Productions slides in for crazy conversation and to announce that season tickets are available for the 2025 season of shows! Season tickets are $170 and are flexible. Some of the conversation turns to Mr. Whipple and Charmin toilet paper, Maino's growth plates, and spokespeople for Fleet Farm and ShopKo. Maino and the Mayor is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-9 am on WGBW in Green Bay and on WISS in Appleton/Oshkosh. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast lineup. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Maino and the Mayor! Guests: Mark Husen, Frank Hermans
Send us a textNavigate pharmacy audits in this masterclass! In this episode of The Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast, Scotty Sykes, CPA, CFP and Bonnie Bond, CPA sit down with Trenton Thiede, President of PAAS National to discuss all things Pharmacy Audits including: Best practices for copay collection Current trends and tactics in PBM audits Proactive strategies that reduce audit risks Join the discussion with us!Stay up to date on new episodes by liking and subscribing Want to read and follow along with this episode? Click here for the transcript: More about our guest: Trenton Thiede is the President of PAAS National (Pharmacy Audit Assistance Service).Trenton started his journey working at Shopko, a community pharmacy, in 1999 for15 years, holding positions as Pharmacy Manager and Regional Pharmacy Supervisor while completing his PharmD from UW-Madison and MBA from UW-Oshkosh.In 2013, Trenton took over Shopko's Long-Term Care division and helped divest it to KPH HealthCare (Kinney Drugs/HealthDirect). There, he helped grow their business throughout the Midwest, eventually servicing 20,000 beds in just under four years.In 2018, Trenton joined PAAS and oversees the daily operations as President. With his operations experience, Trent knows what's involved, and at stake, with pharmacy audits; taking pride in helping independent pharmacies win against ruthless PBMs.Learn more about Trenton and PAAS National:Trenton Thiede LinkedInPAAS National WebsitePAAS National FacebookPAAS National Twitter (X)PAAS National LinkedInStay up to date on new episodes by liking and subscribing!Stay connected with us on social media:FacebookTwitterLinkedInScotty Sykes – CPA, CFP LinkedInScotty Sykes – CPA, CFP TwitterBonnie Bond – CPA LinkedInBonnie Bond – CPA Twitter More resources on this topic:Podcast – Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Audit Updates
Update on the Downtown Public Square Revitalization Project and the temporary water bill drop off location for Monmouth residents at the Monmouth Police Department, Discussion on the project to replace lead service lines throughout the City of Monmouth, which will begin in the 4th Ward, Discussion on the demolition of the former Western Stoneware Building, brick work at La Pequenita, updated lease of the Field of Dreams and request for a 5k Walk for Alzheimer's, Discussion on the proposal by Sarah Walters to City Council of replacing the fountain in the Downtown with a rotating statue of a Maple Leaf, plus the plans of how the Square will look once the Revitalization project is complete, Update on the progress of the new gymnasium on the ICS campus and the Beck's project, which will be adding a truck stop location, Update on Woodard and Currans involvement in the ongoing projects around the City of Monmouth, Discussion on the replacement of water lines in Downtown Monmouth, and an Update on the former Shopko building.
It's finally Friday, and we're not sure how, but the meanderings start off with Jim talking about the 12 sets of china he has. (Who has 12 sets??) Pecan pie, the ease (or not) of growing raspberries...we're all over this morning! The guys start talking about ShopKo and K-Mart. We all miss those stores. Then talk about key lime pie, and Nice Sandy and Naughty Sandy in Grease! AND Jim was on Fox 11 last night...so here's a picture: Maino and the Mayor is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-9 am on WGBW in Green Bay and on WISS in Appleton/Oshkosh. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Maino and the Mayor!
Discussion on National Public Safety Telecommunication Week and siren meanings during severe weather locally, Monmouth Fire and Police Department monthly reports at the Monmouth City Council meeting, covering trainings and new hires, Discussion on approved bids for the demolition of two properties in Monmouth and the amended General Fund budget and TIF Districts, Requests from City residents on constructing garages and the approval by City Council of the $39.1 million budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, and An update on the former Shopko location and future development projects within the City of Monmouth.
Today's guest is Ben Lapidus. Ben Lapidus is the Chief Financial Officer for Spartan Investment Group LLC, where he has applied his finance and business development skills to construct from scratch a portfolio of over $500M assets under management, build the corporate finance backbone for the organization, and organize over $200M of debt capital from the firm. In addition to completing over 50 real estate transactions at and prior to Spartan, Ben is also the founder and host of the national Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference and managing partner of Indigo Ownerships LLC. Best Ever Conference Code Use code “INVEST” for $300 off any ticket type at https://www.besteverconference.com/ Show summary: In this episode, Ben Lapidus joins Sam to discuss the nuances of the commercial real estate market, with a focus on self-storage and investment strategies. Lapidus shares his expertise on navigating the current market, the importance of robust business plans, and the challenges of finding attractive yields. They also talk about the Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference, detailing how it adds value for passive investors and the innovative strategies used to attract them. -------------------------------------------------------------- Self-Storage Market Insights (00:00:00) Introduction and Background (00:00:37) Current State of Self-Storage Market (00:02:03) Investment Strategies and Passive Investors (00:03:34) Conversion Deals and Opportunities (00:05:18) Shift from Office to Self-Storage (00:06:00) Interest Rates and Debt in Self-Storage (00:07:14) Pricing Mechanism and Market Response (00:08:36) Commercial Real Estate Market Overview (00:10:33) Alternative Investments and Portfolio Allocation (00:11:57) Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference (00:13:46) Strategies for Attracting Passive Investors (00:15:41) Conference Organization and Team Management (00:18:28) Closing Remarks and Special Discount (00:20:16) Best Ever Conference (00:20:30) Contact Information (00:20:50) -------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Ben: Web: https://www.benlapidus.com/ Connect with Sam: I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowtoscaleCRE/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwilsonhowtoscalecre/ Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A RATING. Listen to How To Scale Commercial Real Estate Investing with Sam Wilson Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-scale-commercial-real-estate/id1539979234 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m0NWYzSvznEIjRBFtCgEL?si=e10d8e039b99475f -------------------------------------------------------------- Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: Ben Lapidus (00:00:00) - If your business plan can survive 2 or 3 years of negative leverage, because you can take a low enough IRR that you can store enough cash on the side, then it is a great time. If your business plan is overly aggressive or you're trying to seek a very high IRR at a at a velocity of capital deployment, that's unachievable, then now is a bad time to make an investment. You might want to wait 12 or 18 months to do so. Welcome to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we'll teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big. Sam Wilson (00:00:37) - For those of you that don't know Ben Lepidus, you need to know him. I've known Ben. Now. What? Man? What's been seven, eight years at this point? Yeah. About to go about that. I met you normally, Ben. I love to do a long winded introduction about how great the guest is. You are a great guest. I'm. It's my honor to have you on the show today, but before I give you my own introduction, I'd love for you maybe just to come on the show today and tell us a little bit about who you are, and then we'll get into it from there. Ben Lapidus (00:01:03) - Yeah. I'm the founder and host of the best ever Real estate investing conference., not the brand, just the conference. And,, was a founding team member of Spartan Investment Group, which bought a half a billion assets under management in self-storage, recently retired, but have a long history of buying single family multifamily self-storage assets over the last 12 years., recently or prior to that,, was in the adtech space, learned a lot about big data, started a study abroad company Costa Rica., and have tried several other startups that failed. So I'm an entrepreneur at heart and can't wait to talk about whatever you want to talk about. Sam Wilson (00:01:36) - Dude, that's that's a whole lot. I mean, my gosh, that's a lot of moving pieces there. Most recently you were like you mentioned a,, a partner there at Spartan Investment Group where you guys bought an absolute ton of self-storage. Why don't you just give us maybe a high level view recording this? What? Its end of February 2024, high level view of where self-storage is now and then maybe is what you see across the commercial real estate space as a whole. Ben Lapidus (00:02:03) - Yeah. So self storage still has incredible fundamentals. When you look at the supply demand of self-storage, it's gone from 1 in 11 households to one in less than nine households are leveraging self-storage or consuming self-storage just over the last 5 or 6 years. That's an incredible shift in demand in a 5 or 6 year period simultaneously, construction costs,, going up, interest rates going up have made new supply difficult. So the fundamentals that drive storage is still in a very attractive asset class. That's on the consumption side on the on the,, the consumer side, on the investor side, investors have wised up to it. So it's become incredibly competitive. And the the spread between what you can get on the equity side versus what you can borrow on the debt side, has been radically compressed., and it now mirrors one of the major five food groups. You've got all of this office money, which was the largest component of commercial real estate coming out of office. And it's number one place to place it is self storage. Ben Lapidus (00:02:59) - And that's just a lot of moving money. So from an investment perspective, the supply and demand,, isn't as attractive as it used to be. So I think what we're going to see over the next two years is do rates compress faster than cap rates?, and do the supply and demand economics on the consumer side kind of create a skyrocket effect of occupancy and rental rates such that it's attractive enough despite the competitiveness on the investment side? Sam Wilson (00:03:23) - Wow. That's a that that that's an impressive,, impressive insight there. So yeah, I guess, you know, in short, is now a good time to to be investing in self-storage. Ben Lapidus (00:03:34) - Now, there is never a bad time to be investing in self-storage. To be clear, it's recession resistant. It's always going to go up because of those supply demand economics. It's just is this the best time to generate the cash flow that you need to kind of cross the chasm if you're buying in a negative leverage environment. And so it's really about your business plan. Ben Lapidus (00:03:54) - If your business plan can survive 2 or 3 years of negative leverage because you,, can take a low enough IRR that you can store enough cash on the side, then it is a great time. If your business plan is overly aggressive or you're trying to seek a very high IRR at a, at a velocity of capital deployment, that's unachievable, then now is a bad time to make an investment. You might want to wait 12 or 18 months to do so, right? Sam Wilson (00:04:18) - Right. What about what about that conversation with investors like as in passive investors? How does that work when you're looking at deals that may be negative leverage? I mean, is that even a conversation that's being had? Ben Lapidus (00:04:30) - It is. And that's because you just kind of find a different investor profile as the yield moves from kind of value add to more opportunistic, you have to find the investors who are willing to take the risk return ride with you at the end of the spectrum where those yields are achievable and attractive. If you're trying to get, you know, a 6% cash flow with a 14% IRR on an asset, that's 70% stabilized, that's been in existence for ten years with no expansion potential, that's going to be really tough. Ben Lapidus (00:04:59) - But if you can find a conversion opportunity or the doughnut hole in a state that is booming with those supply demand,, economics working in your favor on the consumer side, then you can achieve those 20, 25, 30% IRR on a ground up development or conversion deal or an expansion. Sam Wilson (00:05:15) - What do you say when you say conversion deal? What comes to mind? Ben Lapidus (00:05:18) - Yeah, conversion is just taking,, a space that is not used for storage today and converting it for,, storage purposes. If you if you like, like a Macy's, a Kmart, a Shopko and just converting it into kind of like how urban air. I don't know if you've got urban air where you are, but I. Here in Colorado, there's an urban air chain, which is like an indoor like,, pre-teen park for trampolines and stuff. And they've just been converting, you know, grocery stores basically into,, urban air adventure parks. It's the same thing with storage. Sam Wilson (00:05:51) - Same thing with storage. Be it office. Sam Wilson (00:05:53) - , I know I'm a passive investor in an office to storage conversion project right now. Ben Lapidus (00:05:58) - Hotel to storage? Yeah, all sorts of things. Sam Wilson (00:06:00) - Which is wild because you're looking at this. They've they've converted it from,, office to storage and, and just like you're saying, the opportunity in this particular area was unbelievable. I mean, it's leasing up at like 30 or 40 units a month. I mean, it's just flying off the shelves as soon as they got their Co, which was,, kind of kind of crazy to see. So that opportunity exists. You mentioned the money that's coming out of office and going into storage. How are people even getting their money out of office? I mean, talk about something with negative leverage. What's that look like? Ben Lapidus (00:06:31) - I mean, we're seeing,,, gosh, I'm gonna I'm gonna fail to come up with specific examples, but we're talking like, institutional level, like CRO holdings,, tremble., you know, bam capital, like those, those size of organizations,, dumping their office assets or dumping their office up co partners and selling them off, whether it's at pennies on the dollar or not. Ben Lapidus (00:06:55) - And they are recalibrate or,,, rebalancing their portfolio to not reinvest that into office but say let's let's find alternative assets. Self-storage being the darling of the alternative asset space inside of commercial real estate. Sam Wilson (00:07:08) - Got it. Very, very interesting. What's that look like on self-storage right now? Ben Lapidus (00:07:14) - That is just as attractive in self-storage as it was anywhere else. And now that's a misnomer because nothing is attractive in debt., I just I use that to say it is just as attractive as any other lending rate outside of the agency world. So you're not going to ever beat, you know, government backed loans like you would get in housing. But outside of that,, you can get self-storage. Lending rates are akin, if not better than than office lending rates today, if not better than retail rates today., you can still find like, kind of the needle in a haystack. Sub six low 6%,, interest rate. Although the majority of what you are seeing on average, when you make those phone calls or high sevens, low eights, and then you're kind of getting to the riskier stuff of nine, ten and even double digits, you know, interest rates. Sam Wilson (00:07:59) - Anybody doing long term fixed rate on that or is it all floating debt. Ben Lapidus (00:08:03) - Oh, sure. Yeah. You can find long term fixed rate either, either by way of, you know, like doing shorter term or by doing a swap,, or some other derivative that, that, that creates that, that fixed rate despite starting with the floating rate product. Sam Wilson (00:08:17) - Okay. Very very cool. Have we seen maybe you've answered this already and forgive me. I'm I'm,, I'm riding the short bus here today, but have you seen seller prices come up as interest rates have also climbed or not? Solid prices go down. Rather like have we seen that that sellers become more realistic or is it still. Ben Lapidus (00:08:36) - Yeah. So? So I drove the acquisitions team and was very familiar with that up until about 7 or 8 months ago. So I've started to fall off of my, you know, a thumb on the, on the pulse of things. But we haven't seen the correction that you would assume,, with, with,, interest rates climbing. Ben Lapidus (00:08:54) - So number one, we've only seen rental rates correct by 3% with all this inflation maneuver. And that is incremental street rates not in place rates. So revenue is still going up at self-storage consistently in the industry. And you look at the rate level reporting revenue still climbs quarter after quarter after quarter. The incremental customer rates might be decreasing. But you've got one month leases. You can you can do existing customer rate increases after providing that discounted rate almost immediately if you choose to. So we're still seeing rates increase. So it's an inflation hedge. So we haven't seen the pricing correction in response to the interest rates that you might assume. Because you've got investors coming out of longer term lease product like office like retail like industrial, for the purposes of hedging their inflation and going into short term lease product like self-storage, because they see the future potential of that inflation benefit. So yes, we we have seen pricing come down a little bit. But now instead of, you know, pricing to,, a 4.75% cap rate on a T3 or maybe pricing to a 6% cap rate on a year two pro forma. Ben Lapidus (00:10:03) - So we're just we're seeing a different heuristic to kind of come to the same pricing or margin of error pricing as we were just a couple of years ago. Sam Wilson (00:10:10) - Right? No, that's very, very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to give us kind of a brief snapshot on where the self-storage industry is today and kind of what's driving the pricing mechanism behind that. Certainly appreciate that. Let's hear what your thoughts are on the commercial real estate market as a whole. Like where is opportunity if that's still one that people are, you know, fighting tooth and nail over to get involved in? Where do you see opportunity today? Ben Lapidus (00:10:33) - Yeah, I think commercial real estate just doesn't have the spreads that it did for the last decade. I mean, it was if you're listening to this podcast, you probably have a sentiment that there was a time where raising capital was on the easier side of the spectrum if you wouldn't just blatantly say easy. And that's because you could achieve like a yields an IRR just by consequence of of appreciation that was happening in commercial real estate in general. Ben Lapidus (00:11:01) - , that appreciation has evaporated as a result of interest rates climbing., and maybe that appreciation will return if and when interest rates decrease. But for right now, you do not get the cash flow that you're you're used to getting after the last decade and a half, you do not get the appreciation that you're used to getting after the last decade and a half. So kind of commercial real estate wide, it's just not a very attractive time to be in commercial real estate relative to yields that you can get in other places. And, you know, modern portfolio theory suggests that up to 30, 35% of somebody's portfolio should be an alternative assets, with real estate being the largest segment of it. About 9 or 10% of the average portfolio contains real estate. So there's a long way to go for alternative assets to kind of climb to 35% to get to that modern portfolio theory number. But there's a lot of other segments of alternative assets like precious metals, operating businesses, secondaries,, private equities that have not been tapped into nearly as much. Ben Lapidus (00:11:57) - And I think that those yields are more attractive today than what commercial real estate offers. And that's and that's probably going to be for the next 18 months at least. Sam Wilson (00:12:05) - Well, yeah, absolutely. And I'm I'm testament to that. I mean that's what we're investing in right now is operating business simply because it is inflation resistant. It's recession resistant, like it's it's stuff that spins off cash flow at rates that commercial real estate just simply can't. And that's like. Ben Lapidus (00:12:22) - I'm more interested in the activity of how the space is being used right, right now than the than the value of the space itself. Right. As an investor mindset. Right? Sam Wilson (00:12:33) - Right. Yeah, absolutely. That makes a heck of a lot of sense. So you've got you've been through,, you know, all of this here with with Spartan here up until, you know, seven, eight months ago. And what do you do with your time now, like when you talk about these things and you think about, okay, alternative investments, operating businesses, what what are people doing with the space? Like what piqued your interest today? Ben Lapidus (00:12:51) - Yeah. Ben Lapidus (00:12:51) - And the way that I found my way to,, the partnership at Spartan was through the Best Ever conference, which I founded with Joe Fairless the year before, joining up with with the guys at Spartan Investment Group. And,, that that conference has been a North Star for me because I've been building it to service me as an avatar consumer of the conference. Who do I want to learn from? Who do I want to meet? Who do I want to be surrounded by? And let's just kind of create all of the details of this conference to attract those people, those speakers, those sponsors, those attendees. And, and I don't I don't know if you've seen that consistently year over year, Sam, but you were there at the first year. Every single speaker that I picked was somebody that I wanted to hear what they had to say personally, like myself. And that's still the case today. We don't have anything to sell at the. Conference. We just want to create a community of like minded people who are intelligent, are having a good time, and want to collaborate with each other to get more out of their businesses and out of their lives. Ben Lapidus (00:13:46) - , and so that's that's the premise of the conference today. And,, I'm just kind of using the small amount of free time that I have,, after prioritizing my family and my kids, which is the major shift that I made this year into growing and improving the quality of that conference., and so a lot of our effort this year, with the conference coming up in April, April 9th, ten, 11 and 12, in Salt Lake City, is to focus more on the needs of the the passive investor. So as our conference has grown, we've attracted a lot of participants on the syndication side of the house, the operator side of the house, the people who have their their fingernails dirty with the real estate. But the passive investor hasn't had as much,,, emphasis at the best ever conference. So we've built a deal list site that we're going to be launching next week that allows all of the passive investors who are going to be in attendance to review all of our pitch slam competitors and all of our syndication sponsors deals in advance. Ben Lapidus (00:14:45) - We're going to have a scheduling feature where you can, without walking around the conference and being cultured upon. You can establish one on one sessions with the syndicators that you want to get to know, like, and trust before putting your money in. It is the number one place to show up and look in the eyes. Hundreds of potential,, companies to invest your money into, and not just in commercial real estate, but into a growing number of private placement,, opportunities. And so that's that's really our focus for growth this year is just making the conference useful and desirable for the passive investor, which then, of course, makes it more useful and desirable for the syndicator, who's looking to join forces with those passive investors in growing their portfolio. Sam Wilson (00:15:27) - That's really cool, I like that. What what have been some strategies that you've implemented to bring in that more passive investor? The people like how how do you draw in that ideal clients? The wrong word attendee how do you do that? Ben Lapidus (00:15:41) - Yeah. So I think the experiments that we've done in the last couple of years are, number one, you know, three years ago we tried out this pitch slam. Ben Lapidus (00:15:48) - It's kind of like a TechCrunch disrupt where,, a panel of judges decides on who has the best deal of the year. And the first two years was,, kind of pay to play, and it wasn't a very good situation. But last year was the participation by merit. And you were actually a brick and was one of 12 finalists,, put up on stage. And that got to compete for prize money of $600,000 by actual investors who are on stage. And so we're going to be repeating that this year. We had over 80 applicants this year,, and we have 12 finalists selected for the stage. So that's number one. Number two, we've been trying to partner with investor communities like IDC, intelligent investors, real estate community last year, left field investors this year,, long Angle is another great investor community that we're going to be highlighting on our stage this year., 506 group is,, you know, Mark Robertson, somebody that we've highlighted on our stage before. So trying to partner with investor communities, number three is building that directory so that you can in the comfort of your home, review and plan for your time so that you're not just kind of showing up and hoping that something good happens, but rather you're reviewing materials and saying, I actually have an interest in this. Ben Lapidus (00:16:50) - I have an interest in a laundromat fund or a Texas vineyard fund. Let me,, or neighborhood retail fund that only buys nine caps or a hotel conversion,, into a bed and breakfast fund or something like that. Right. We've got all of these disparate, kind of nuanced data center style, as well as the traditional multifamily retail office opportunities that you could review. But looking at them in advance and determining, I want to interact with these people,, from the site, that's a new feature, as well as the scheduling one on one feature where you can kind of come up with your agenda as a passive investor in advance. And we've got a speed networking session that we've never had before that only qualified, excuse me, accredited investors are allowed to participate in with prevented sponsors who are,, either on our pitch slam stage or,, sponsoring the event so that you can have kind of five minute curated,, one on one rapid fire conversations. So those are some of the features that we're adding to the experience this year. Sam Wilson (00:17:45) - Dude, that's really cool I love that. And yeah, I've been,, coming to the conference since 2017. And it's been it's always proved incredibly valuable. So if you're listening to this and you've not been to the Best Ever conference, go check it out. It,, is definitely worth your time. You'll get way more out of it than you put in., so yeah, that's,, that's my plug. My shameless plug as well, for the best ever conference I have. I have benefited from that, Sam. Absolutely, man. It's been a blast, dog. Well, you know, it's fun, man. It's kind of like homecoming. Like you go back and see all your friends. You're like, hey, man, what's up? I missed everybody, it's been an entire year. I can't believe it. But you also have, you know, have created an environment where meaningful relationships, relationships. So if I could speak today are formed. So that's,, that's very, very cool. Sam Wilson (00:18:28) - On the technical side of that, I look at that conference, Ben and I just kind of go, my gosh, like, this is a ton of. Work. How? How have you organized your team, your people, and your time to pull off something of that magnitude? Because honestly, I look at it from the outside and it seems like you've done it pretty effortlessly. Ben Lapidus (00:18:49) - But I appreciate that. I, you know, the first 4 or 5 years did all myself on top of growing Spartan at the same time., and, you know, we were just starting to have kids then, so it was a little bit easier to do the multitasking, right?, but around your 4 or 5, I got, I got burnt out, you know, we were we had scaled it from, I think the first year we had 170 people. By year 4 or 5, we were at like 800 people. Now we're this year, it's probably not going to grow just because of the challenging macro environment and people having surplus budgets for marketing and travel, what have you. Ben Lapidus (00:19:19) - But we'll have over a thousand still., and around that year I said, you know what? I, we just gotta have to hire some people. And so we've built a team, and now they're in their third year of doing this conference together. And so they've, they've just got a great rapport with each other and are capable of seeing the bigger picture that's being put in front of them, the strategic plan that's being put in front of them and executing on that. So I'm I'm very fortunate to be in a position where I only spend about an hour or two a week on that conference up until maybe a week beforehand. And I can I can use all of my extra mental load to be creative with. How can we improve the experience and offer more value to everybody participating? Sam Wilson (00:20:00) - That's really cool, Ben. I've enjoyed our conversation today. As always, it's a pleasure to get to chat with you. I always feel smarter,, after those engagements, so appreciate you taking the time to come on the show today. Sam Wilson (00:20:11) - Is there anything else you want to cover here on the show? Before we wrap this up? It's just burning a hole in your mind. Ben Lapidus (00:20:16) - Yeah, I think we're going to have a special discount,, for your audience, so I don't know what it is, but I don't know if you know what it is, but we're gonna have a special discount for your audience that you can put in the show notes, and you can check us out at Best Ever conference.com, and I hope to see everyone there. Sam Wilson (00:20:30) - Best ever ecommerce.com. Yeah, check that out. I will get that special discount for our listeners to the how to scale commercial real estate podcast. Put there in the show notes. You'll have to find the episode on our website in order to find that discount, but it'll be there and I hope to see you all at the Best Ever conference as well. So, Ben, thank you again. If our listeners want to get in touch with you and learn more about you, what's the best way to do that? Ben Lapidus (00:20:50) - Yeah, you can reach me at Ben at Best Ever Conference. Sam Wilson (00:20:55) - Fantastic. Thanks again, Ben. Great to see you. Have a great rest. Your day. Ben Lapidus (00:20:58) - All right. Thanks, Sam. Sam Wilson (00:20:59) - Hey, thanks for listening to the how to Scale Commercial Real Estate podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen. If you can do that for us, that would be a fantastic help to the show. It helps us both attract new listeners as well as rank higher on those directories. So appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.
Mac Kiel and Mackenzie Mindel in studio discussing the culture of La Crosse's city council, three years into the first-ever female majority. We also talked about the city's EV busses in the cold, homelessness and recapping last month's meeting and next week's Judiciary and Administration (J&A) Committee. Mindel is the chair of the J&A committee and Kiel is also on it. Toward the end of the show we talk about two items on Tuesday's agenda — essentially rezoning proposals for a UW-La Crosse parking ramp and updates at the REACH Center. Before that, however, we began the show with the most important thing from the February meeting — (2:45) allowing us to drink and play pickleball — the saga of Blue Zone Pickleball getting their alcohol license at the north side building that used to be Shopko. After that, (7:20) we talk about how things have changed three years into a female majority on La Crosse's city council. Began the second half of the show with a couple of updates from Kiel on how the city's EV busses handled last month's very cold spell, along with a bit of a homeless update (25:50), as she goes out with the outreach team weekly. We then recapped (29:30) a couple of items passed in the February council meeting, including allowing Accessory Dwelling Units and setting aside $7.6 million for Phase 3 of the River Point District (32:50) and how that came to be. Lastly, a look at the J&A meeting Tuesday and a quick breakdown (34:20) of the UW-La Crosse and REACH Center rezoning requests.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tammy Elliott is back with our local Wisconsin news headlines including the demolition of the old Shopko building in DePere and what they are turning that into, and why there is a shortage of nurses in this country.
A transformation for De Pere's downtown is possible as a plan to redevelop the former Shopko site has been unveiled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mayor Davies and Helms talk Monmouth Police Department Officer Jimmie McVey was recognized for his 23 years of service to the force, following his retirement, plus discussion on a street closure request by Karla Wallace, Discussion on the Fire and Police Department reports at the Monmouth City Council Meeting, including trainings, retirement announcement of Robin Avery, and planning for the upcoming Car Show, Discussion on the lease of the Vaugh Building to Super Mercado Four Hermanos, Passing of ordinances by the Monmouth City Council to provide virtual participation of meeting when necessary and set back variances on three units at the Monmouth Townhomes, Discussion on the Urban Hen Ordinance, which will be up for vote at the August meeting, plus Council is seeking input from local residents regarding this ordinance, and Discussion on the progress of the Dollar General being constructed on Broadway and the former Shopko building and the challenge of seeking a retailer for the City of Monmouth.
My guest today is Keachen Abing from La Crosse Adventure Films. We're talking about an outdoor gear swap coming up on April 29/30 at the old Shopko store on the south side of La Crosse. We also talk about an upcoming film night at the Rivoli Theater on April 28 as well as the next adventurer night at the Pump House in May. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
City Administrator Lew Steinbrecher provides the latest update on Hy-Vee moving into the former Shopko building
Discussion regarding the Downtown Revitalization Project and Hy-Vee moving into the former Shopko location
Saagar and Ryan discuss General Milley's interview where he states the Ukraine war needs to be ended at the negotiating table, the US paying Ukraine teachers pensions, Hillary calling for Putin regime change, SCOTUS on Student debt relief, will SCOTUS end the Elizabeth Warren agency, Trump attacking Fox News over Desantis praise, Brett Favre serving Pat McAfee threatening bankruptcy, Nina Turner on CNN slamming Joy Behar for shaming Ohio residents for the train derailment, Saagar looks at Buttigieg's failures exposing Affirmative Action, and Ryan looks into how Wall Street destroyed a beloved midwest institution Shopko. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Saagar and Ryan discuss General Milley's interview where he states the Ukraine war needs to be ended at the negotiating table, the US paying Ukraine teachers pensions, Hillary calling for Putin regime change, SCOTUS on Student debt relief, will SCOTUS end the Elizabeth Warren agency, Trump attacking Fox News over Desantis praise, Brett Favre serving Pat McAfee threatening bankruptcy, Nina Turner on CNN slamming Joy Behar for shaming Ohio residents for the train derailment, Saagar looks at Buttigieg's failures exposing Affirmative Action, and Ryan looks into how Wall Street destroyed a beloved midwest institution Shopko.To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
'I'm boredddddd' - Everyone's kids, all the time. George has a guest on today's episode. Mike Drummer is here to talk about his development in the former Shopko location. It will be a family entertainment destination that will include restaurants, ice skating, an arcade and more! This is an exciting addition to our community!
Hello Washington County! This week, we're talking to West Bend's City Administrator Jay Shambeau about some of the great developments in West Bend. In this episode, Jay joins me to talk about the Downtown West Bend Main Street renovation, the west side of the Riverwalk, and Christmas decorations. We also talk about what is going in to the old Boston Store building: Old Navy, Dunhams, and Ross Dress for Less. And what is going in the old ShopKo building: Five Below, HomeGoods, Big Lots, and Sierra. Plus there some great new development in TID 16 (the old concrete plant). Economic Development in West BendWest Bend broadens redevelopment plan for industrial land near downtownIf you like the show, please consider subscribing at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. New episodes every Monday at midnight. Thanks for listening!https://fifteenwithfuzz.com/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Taylor Heinicke deserves a deal with Heineken. Remember when you could smoke inside? That was wild. This game felt like sitting in the non-smoking section. The Green Bay Packers lose to the Washington Commanders in a very bad loss. Matt & Mike are tired. Does anyone have a beer they can share with us? Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to expect a Packers win. Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Jeffrey P. McNulty is a Founder & CEO, Leadership Coach, Retail Analyst, Speaker, and International Author. He is considered a "hybrid" in the business world as he has 30 years of experience as an executive leader for the Home Depot, Lowes, Barnes & Noble, PetSmart, Shopko, Toys R Us, Publix, and Festival Foods as well as over 16 years experience as a Retail Analyst. He has conducted over 1000 consultations/engagements with clients on Wall Street, Hedge Fund Managers, Equity Investment Partners, retailers {niche players to Big Box), business owners, and entrepreneurs on the retail sector throughout his career.
It's an honor to welcome back to the show, my friend Jeffrey P. McNulty! Jeffrey P. McNulty is A Founder, CEO, Retail Turnaround Expert, Retail Educator & Trainer, Leadership Coach, Innovator, Online Course Creator, Mentor, Retail Expert, and Best-Selling Author of "The Ultimate Retail Manual.” Mr. McNulty is currently the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of New Retail Ethos, which assists retail organizations/businesses (regardless of size, scope, or niche) with alleviating and addressing common "Pain Points." He has been labeled a "Hybrid" in the business world as he has over 30 years of experience as a Retail Executive for The Home Depot, Lowes, Barnes & Noble, PetSmart, Shopko, Toys R Us, Publix Supermarkets, and Festival Foods, as well as over 17-years of tenure as a Retail Market Research Analyst. He is also the Founder & CEO of The Ultimate Retail Course. I asked Jeffrey to come back on and share some insights on what is going on with retail in these crazy times. If you like what he shared in here, you should check out his book (manual), course or possibly if you ant to go big - retain his services to get your business on track for massive results in tough times. Find him on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypmcnulty/ NEW RETAIL ETHOS CONSULTING: www.newretailethos.com THE ULTIMATE RETAIL COURSE WEBSITE: www.theultimateretailcourse.com THE ULTIMATE RETAIL MANUAL: STRATEGIES FOR RETAILERS TO THRIVE & SUCCEED IN THE DIGITAL WORLD: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Retail-Manual-Strategies-Retailers/dp/1732565414 THE ULTIMATE RETAIL COURSE: BECOME A RETAIL ROCKSTAR!: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/BECOME-A-RETAIL-ROCKSTAR THE ULTIMATE RETAIL HR COURSE: BECOME AN HR ROCKSTAR: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/BECOME-AN-HR-ROCKSTAR THE ULTIMATE RETAIL COACHING PROGRAM: EMBRACE YOUR FUTURE TODAY!: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/THE-ULTIMATE-RETAIL-COACHING-PROGRAM THE ULTIMATE RETAIL BUNDLE: STRATEGY, INSIGHT, & COACHING: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/bundles/THE-ULTIMATE-RETAIL-BUNDLE THE ULTIMATE RETAIL FOUNDATIONAL COURSE: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/THE-ULTIMATE-RETAIL-FOUNDATIONAL-COURSE ***** The Dealership fiXit podcast exists to tap dealerships into high performance ideas! Please support us by rating, reviewing and/or sharing the #dealershipfixit podcast on your podcast player of choice! Thank you! Brian Croft ***** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dealershipfixit/message
My friend Jeffrey P. McNulty joins me for a "quick" Gamify Heartburn to Heartbeat segment! Jeffrey P. McNulty is A Founder, CEO, Retail Turnaround Expert, Retail Educator & Trainer, Leadership Coach, Innovator, Online Course Creator, Mentor, Retail Expert, and Best-Selling Author of "The Ultimate Retail Manual.” Mr. McNulty is currently the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of New Retail Ethos, which assists retail organizations/businesses (regardless of size, scope, or niche) with alleviating and addressing common "Pain Points." He has been labeled a "Hybrid" in the business world as he has over 30 years of experience as a Retail Executive for The Home Depot, Lowes, Barnes & Noble, PetSmart, Shopko, Toys R Us, Publix Supermarkets, and Festival Foods, as well as over 17-years of tenure as a Retail Market Research Analyst. He is also the Founder & CEO of The Ultimate Retail Course. I asked Jeffrey to come back on and share some insights on what is going on with retail in these crazy times. If you like what he shared in here, you should check out his book (manual), course or possibly if you ant to go big - retain his services to get your business on track for massive results in tough times. Find him on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypmcnulty/ NEW RETAIL ETHOS CONSULTING: www.newretailethos.com THE ULTIMATE RETAIL COURSE WEBSITE: www.theultimateretailcourse.com THE ULTIMATE RETAIL MANUAL: STRATEGIES FOR RETAILERS TO THRIVE & SUCCEED IN THE DIGITAL WORLD: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Retail-Manual-Strategies-Retailers/dp/1732565414 THE ULTIMATE RETAIL COURSE: BECOME A RETAIL ROCKSTAR!: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/BECOME-A-RETAIL-ROCKSTAR THE ULTIMATE RETAIL HR COURSE: BECOME AN HR ROCKSTAR: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/BECOME-AN-HR-ROCKSTAR THE ULTIMATE RETAIL COACHING PROGRAM: EMBRACE YOUR FUTURE TODAY!: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/THE-ULTIMATE-RETAIL-COACHING-PROGRAM THE ULTIMATE RETAIL BUNDLE: STRATEGY, INSIGHT, & COACHING: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/bundles/THE-ULTIMATE-RETAIL-BUNDLE THE ULTIMATE RETAIL FOUNDATIONAL COURSE: https://theultimateretailcourse.thinkific.com/courses/THE-ULTIMATE-RETAIL-FOUNDATIONAL-COURSE ***** The Dealership fiXit podcast exists to tap dealerships into high performance ideas! Please support us by rating, reviewing and/or sharing the #dealershipfixit podcast on your podcast player of choice! Thank you! Brian Croft ***** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dealershipfixit/message
Onalaska Mayor Kim Smith dropped by the WIZM studio. Kicked off the show talking about her position as mayor, some of the unique things the city is doing with the fire department and where Onalaska is at with budget limits, yet rising inflation. Also got an update on what's going in the old Shopko and if we can just turn that whole area into one big roundabout.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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West Bend City Administrator Jay Shambeau comes back to the show for 15 more minutes on what's going on in the City of West Bend. On this episode, we discuss the construction on the West Bend Riverwalk, an update on the new businesses going in at the old Shopko building, plans for the renovations to downtown, and a grant to the West Bend Police Department. There are a lot of cool things going on, so buckle in and join us for another episode of 15 Minutes with Fuzz! https://www.ci.west-bend.wi.us/news_detail_T41_R171.php (Governor Tony Evers Announces $91.9K in Funding for City of West Bend Police Department) https://biztimes.com/big-lots-five-below-sierra-home-goods-proposed-for-former-shopko-in-west-bend/ (Several stores planned for former Shopko building in West Bend) https://www.ci.west-bend.wi.us/departments/parks_recreation___forestry/parks_information/riverfront_parkway.php#:~:text=The%20Riverwalk%2C%20a%20project%20of,to%20snow%2Dshoe%20and%20ski. (West Bend Riverwalk) - Information on the West Bend Riverwalk. If you like the show, please consider subscribing at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fifteen-minutes-with-fuzz/id1578203280 (Apple Podcasts), https://open.spotify.com/show/51vwn8hpDUqKG8LnACkpYK (Spotify), or https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vZmlmdGVlbndpdGhmdXp6Lw (Google Podcasts). New episodes every Monday at midnight. Thanks for listening! https://fifteenwithfuzz.com/ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
The Positive Effect - A retail leaders guide to changing the world
This week I will be chatting with Jeffrey P McNulty Founder and CEO of "The Ultimate Retail Course" Jeffrey is considered a "Hybrid" in the business world as he has 30-years' experience as an Executive Leader for The Home Depot, Lowes, Barnes & Noble, PetSmart, Shopko, Toys R Us, Publix, and Festival Foods, and 16 years of experience as a Retail Analyst. He is the Founder & CEO of New Retail Ethos, which assists retailers & businesses {regardless of size, scope, or niche} with alleviating and addressing common "Pain Points" through consumer insights, anticipatory intelligence, and retail research. He has conducted over 1000 consultations/engagements with clients on Wall Street, Hedge Fund Managers, Equity Investment Partners, retailers {niche players to Big Box), business owners, and entrepreneurs in the retail sector throughout my career. This is going to be a fascinating conversation. Tag someone and share this with your network, and let's talk retail! #linkedinlive #career #experience #share #leadershipdevelopement #retail #retailleadership --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/april477/support
Church and Main: At the Intersection of Religion and Public Life
We take a break from religion to focus on hedge funds. Hedge funds and private equity firms have an outsized role in the American economy. Some of your favorite stores might have been owned by a hedge fund or private equity firm. Some of these stores still exist, but some don't. Stores like Shopko, ToysRUs, Payless Show and Sears were all at some point owned by a hedge fund or private equity firm and most of these firms have gone out of business. Coincidence? Jan Weir doesn't think so. Jan Weir is a Canadian litigation attorney in Toronto and he has followed how financial firms like hedge funds and private equity firms have inserted themselves in the economy and how they affect people from the choices we have in the marketplace or lack thereof to your pension fund. We had a great conversation about how these firms are able to do this, how the media and politics ignore what's going on and what if anything can be done about it. website: enroutepodcast.org Leave a Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/churchandmain Email: reverendpodcast@gmail.com YouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteyt Show Notes: How Hedge Fund Billionaires Loot Worker Pensions by Jan Weir How Greedy Investors Looted Sears Into Bankruptcy by Jan Weir How Hedge Funds Helped The 1% Profit From The Great Recession by Jan Weir A hedge fund has targeted Kohl's Corp. with an unsolicited $9 billion purchase offer- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel The Rewards of Poor Performance: CEO, Hedge Fund, and Private Equity Compensation by Dean Baker The Value of Nothing: Capital versus Growth by Julius Krein Who Killed Sears and Kmart? Podcast Episode The Men Who Are Killing America's Newspapers by McKay Coppins Support the Show! https://pod.fan/en-route-journeys-in-faith-and-modern-life
Plus we found out a young Cutter got busted "crotching it" at a Shopko
Welcome back to the series on POSSIBILITY! This first month of 2022 I'm sharing with you all kinds of inspiring stories on what is really possible for you if you dream big and all the tips, tools, and lessons from each story, so you can tangibly apply it to your big goal. This episode is about me my mom and I completing the MS 150 Bike Ride, 75 miles one day, slept overnight in a high school gym on a mat, then riding another 75 miles the next day - all on no training-other than a ride in the neighborhood or doing my paper routes, a diet of cereal & mac & cheese or whatever food we could get with food stamps, and to top it off, on Shopko bikes! (Y'all may not even have ever heard of Shopko;0 It's basically a Kmart or Wal-Mart where I grew up in a small little town) Tune in to hear *How we attempted it when I was 10 years old and we had to stop on day one. Then how we completed it when I was 12yrs old *How we did it with nothing special, basic gear, clothes, no idea about nutrition, very little training -if you could even call it that, and more. *The 5 Lessons that you can learn and take away from this to start opening your mind to what is possible for you! ***************************************************** *If you want to surrounded yourself with likeminded people & have a go-to place to ask any questions that come up around your goals, nutrition, working out, or anything around you achieving your goals, join us in 'The Sweat Life' FB group. Link below! *If you haven't been able to reach your health goal year after year and are ready to actually create the results you want, book a free call with the link below or text me you are interested in learning more (9540=-801-0797). We'll talk about where you are at and how I can help you reach your goal. I guarantee my clients get the results they are looking for, so no need to worry if it will work or not. It will work or you get your money back. https://calendly.com/samanthanivenscoaching/coaching-consult If you liked this episode, please be sure to share with a friend and rate us on iTunes! Make sure you don't miss a single episode, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, RSS, or follow on Spotify! Follow Samantha on Social Media: *Instagram - @samanthasreallife *Facebook - Samantha Nivens *YouTube - 'Ultra Health Hub with Samantha Nivens' - for health hacks, workout tips, inspiration and more! *The Sweat Life Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesweatlifecollective/ Get all the tangible tips & tools (from fitness, to nutrition, to habits, to mindset, etc.) to create ALL the healthy habits to gain energy, feel better, love your body, lose weight, conquer cravings, stay motivated, be inspired, and so much more.
Top headlines for Dec. 1 2021, include: KwikTrip bought the old ShopKo property, "A Christmas Carol" play stars WHS students, bellringers are needed, and Worthington Wonderland is on its way. There is a terrible joke, and the podcast goes completely off the rails. The Globe Minute is a product of Forum Communications, brought to you by reporters at The Globe. For more news from throughout the day, check out dglobe.com.
BONUS Join us for a discussion on a time when circling in a Eastbay was a weekly occurrence, and the supreme purchase inside was ostensibly sold to you keep warm, but NEVER came close to doing so. Its for fashion cache only. Smokin a heater, wearing a Hornets Starter jacket. Please show me your Georgetown Boyz ID card, or else youre off to ShopKo to fill up your Starter jacket pouch with Chapsticks to pay us off. Thats how gangs work.
Audio recording Sermon manuscript:Marketers are always trying to get people to buy their products. Perhaps you remember a couple often used phrases by the inventor Ron Popeil. With his kitchen gadgets he would say, “Set it and forget it.” And when he was working on his pitch he would say, “But wait, there’s more!” Consumers want things that will make their life easier. They want to get as much as they possibly can for their money. Marketers try to make the consumer believe that their life will be better by buying their product. They’ll be happier, have more time, and save money. Church membership is something that can be marketed. A person can make a pitch that belonging to this church or that church will make a person happier. The folks of Ron Popeil’s generation seemed to understand this. That was the generation that tried to make church feel like movie theaters, sound like soft rock concerts. They added coffee bars and book stores. Coming to church was supposed to feel like going to the mall—a place that many people would rather go to than to a church. But the marketing doesn’t have to be so intense and expensive. The marketing can be that the people are really friendly, and a person can make friends there. 100 years or so ago, being a member of a church and coming to a church was a way to make business connections and get customers. That made it beneficial to be the big church in town with the prominent, rich members. This kind of stuff works in a sense. If a marketer is perceptive enough and clever enough then the church can turn into the hot new thing. But you always need to have that clever marketer. Where is Shopko? Where is Sears & Roebuck? At one time these places were on the cutting edge. Now they don’t exist. They didn’t keep up with the times. So if a church decides that it wants to play that game, it better be ready to constantly reinvent itself. But these sorts of things are really like those people who were selling merchandise in the Temple. Jesus drove them out with a whip, overturning their tables. He said, “It is written, ‘My house is to be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it into a den of robbers.” The Temple itself saved no one. The merchandise saved no one. What was important about the Temple was that it was a place to have fellowship with God. So also, church membership at this place or that place saves no one. Church membership at this congregation does not save you. There is only One who can save you. The Scriptures say, “There is no other name given under heaven by which we may be saved than Jesus.” So churches are not supposed to exist for their own sake. If churches exist for their own sake—to get bigger, to get famous, etc.—then they have lost sight of the reason why they exist. Christian congregations exist so that the saving truth may be made known, so that people may believe that truth, and through faith in that truth be saved. What belongs in our congregations is truth and nothing but the truth. If people believe that truth, then God be praised. If people do not believe that truth, then so be it. Altering the truth so as to make people believe it might be good marketing. It might make the congregation grow. But no earthly congregation exists forever. What will exist forever are the people whom we are called to serve with the truth. All those people will either live forever in heaven with Jesus, or they will be thrown into the lake of fire—which is where we all deserve to go, but Jesus has saved us from that fate. What is important is that we be a place of truth, not a place that caters to whatever a person might want to hear. So let’s hear the truths that our Scriptures have to teach us this morning. In our Old Testament reading we are told that God is compassionate. His mercies are new every morning. And yet we will bear a yoke. Our face may be thrust down into the dust. We may be filled with disgrace. But even though the Lord brings grief, he will show compassion on the basis of his great mercy. He does not afflict us from the heart. His intentions are good towards his children. In our epistle reading we are given a very plain truth. It is very plain, but hard to believe—perhaps for the very fact of its plainness: “You are children of God now.” Think about what that means. God looks upon you as he looks upon his Son Jesus, whom he loves. You are children of God and you will see God. Plain and simple. In our Gospel reading Jesus is counseling his disciples on the night when he was betrayed. Now they see him. Soon they won’t. And it is going to be awful. They are going to weep and wail. But Jesus gives them a promise: You will see me again. That’s truth right there: You will see me again. And when you see me again you will rejoice like a mother of a newborn. No one will take your joy away from you. All these things are truths, straight from the horse’s mouth, but I’m not sure how well they might sell. Perhaps the easiest is the epistle reading: “You are children of God now.” That sounds pretty good. Maybe I’ll pick up one of those. But then there’s that seeing God part. I’m okay with seeing my dead relatives again, but seeing God? That sounds a little intense. Both the Old Testament reading and the Gospel reading look like duds. Both of them talk of suffering. Being thrust down into the dust, being struck, being disgraced—no thank you. Being filled with sorrow, weeping and wailing—yuck! Isn’t there a pill I can take for this? Isn’t there some anesthesia that can be given? We don’t want pain. But I’m not selling you anything. I’m not asking you to buy anything. I’m not presenting you with an offer that you can consider, and then you can decide for yourself whether you want to get on board or not. I’m simply telling you the truth. This is how things are. You can love it or you can hate it, that doesn’t matter. It doesn’t change the nature of the situation. So my recommendation to you is that you quit evaluating it and judging it—seeing whether you like it or not—and learn from it instead. What is said here is very practical information. As John says, you will see God, whether you like it or not. If you like it not, then it will be a terrible experience. If you want to see Jesus (and every last person on earth should be encouraged towards this, for Jesus has died for all), then it will be the best thing that has ever happened to you. Either way, you will meet your Maker. That is as practical as practical can be. The other two readings are also very practical. It is flatly stated that you will have troubles. That’s just the truth. However, in the midst of those troubles you also have these truths: The Lord does not afflict from his heart. Though you have trouble now, and you cannot see Jesus, as it were, you will see him again, and your heart will rejoice. You do well for yourself if you listen carefully to what is said here. We do whatever we can to get rid of our troubles. If there is a pill or a surgery or some other fix, then great! That’s best. But even if these things are not available we’ll still live in this kind of make believe state. We’ve been trained to do so. We say, “The sun will come out tomorrow.” “Don’t worry, everything will get better.” “I’m sure the doctors will have some miracle cure.” Sometimes even our prayers take on this character. Folks figure, what the heck, I might as well try praying. All of this and more is an effort to deny reality because the reality is so sad that we don’t want to live in it. This can happen right up until the time of death. Some people won’t call the pastor until the person is unconscious and there’s little to be done. There is a holding out of hope that somehow, some way things will get back to normal. If the pastor gets called, then we have come to the end. Of course, the presence of the pastor is not what is important. What is important is that God’s Word interpret the situation for us, giving us guidance in what we should believe in. Listen again to what Jesus says, “For a little while you will not see me. You will weep and wail. … You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.” Remember, I’m not giving you a sales pitch. Jesus isn’t selling anything. He’s telling it like it is. Every Christian will go through times of sadness. If nothing else, you will die one day. Our sadness can be such that there is even weeping and wailing. But with Jesus that sorrow will turn into joy, and no one will be able to take that joy away from you. That’s a promise from Jesus. Your sorrow will turn into joy, and no one will be able to take that joy away from you. As I said, this is very practical. This might be happening to you. Or if it isn’t happening now, it could happen to you in the future. I’ve known some members of the congregation who have had some very sad times. Perhaps they’ve gotten a disease that cannot be cured. Perhaps their pain cannot be alleviated. Perhaps some parts of their body have quit working so that living from one day to the next is very difficult. What might a person do in such a situation? Believe in some new drug or some new surgical technique with all their heart, soul, strength, and mind? Unfortunately, that’s what ends up happening for a lot of people, because they have nothing else to believe in. There is a fear of reality. How many times does it say in the Bible: Do not be afraid? When that is said, it is said precisely because of the reality that is pressing down upon the frightened creatures. You are free to acknowledge the truth of the pain. You are free to acknowledge the truth of the fear. You are free to acknowledge that it is the Lord God who is afflicting you. You are free to say to God that you are sad. You can weep and wail. The Scriptures speak the truth, and the Scriptures say that these kinds of things happen. The Scriptures say that God, even, is the one who does them. But we must also remember what else the Scriptures say. These are no less true: “The Lord does not cause affliction from his heart.” “By the mercies of the Lord we are not consumed, for his compassions do not fail. They are new every morning. Great is his faithfulness.” Or, as Jesus says, “Your sorrow will turn into joy. You will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.” We’ve been speaking of mainly bodily ailments. All the other disorders that the devil and our own sins have brought upon us can be dealt with in the same way. Perhaps you have been abused. Perhaps you have been an abuser. Perhaps you have been estranged from members of your family. Perhaps you’ve been disgraced. Perhaps you’ve disgraced yourself. All of these things and more are the things for which Christ died. All disorders of body and soul, heart and mind have been made right by Jesus purchasing you and redeeming you from them by his own bloody death. That is why Jesus can speak so confidently when he says, “Your sorrow will turn into joy.” He knows that everything that causes sorrow has been defeated. He has defeated them. Perhaps you are sad now. Perhaps you will be sad in the future. Either way you have Jesus’s promise. He speaks the truth. Thus you can be patient in your troubles while you wait for the Lord to keep his promises. I’d like to close today with a Psalm that you might use to help you to pray in hard times. It is Psalm 130: Let us pray: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/guoDrYebx2o The CPSC and National Presto have a recall on the Presto Indoor Electric Smoker. The heating element and the associated wiring are defective posing an electric shock hazard. This cooking device was sold at Shopko, Sears, Kmart, Belk, Veterans Canteen Store and other home appliance stores across the country. It was sold on line through amazon.com, wayfair.com, kohls.com, and walmart.com. Stop using this device. Return it to the place of purchase or contact National Presto at 1-833-909-1524 to receive return instructions for a refund. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/national-presto-recalls-smokers-due-to-electric-shock-hazard #cooker #presto #electricshock #recall
After nearly two years, some former Shopko employees will soon see severance checks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Good Morning it's Tuesday January 26th and this is Slices of Wenatchee. We're excited to bring you a closer look at one of our top stories and other announcements every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Wenatchee's new WinCo store is set to open in February! Today's episode is brought to you by Equilus Group Incorporated. Equilus Group, Inc is a Registered Investment Advisory Firm in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Equilus Group, Inc- Building Your Financial Success. Learn more at Equilusfinancial.com. Member SIPC and FINRA. WinCo Foods is set to open at 9 a.m. on February 1st in the 84,000-square-foot former Shopko building at the north end of the Valley North Shopping Center. The new store brings with it jobs for over 150 employees, along with access to “Low Prices — Every Aisle, Every Department, Every Day.” They'll be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and they'll have a full produce section along with deli, bakery, meat and bulk foods departments. Company spokesperson Noah Fleisher says that Wenatchee and the surrounding area have asked for a WinCo Foods for a long time and they can't wait to start serving people. He also said that the store will comply with COVID-19 precautions, including social distancing, mask-wearing and hygiene protocols. And as at WinCo's other locations, customers will have to bag their own groceries. This is part of the company's cost-saving strategy. For this reason, the store also does not accept credit cards, but does take cash, checks, debit, WIC and EBT cards. WinCo's construction and remodel project, estimated on city building permits to cost about $6 million in labor and materials, got started about three months after Shopko closed. The Wenatchee location will be the 130th WinCo Foods store across 10 states. Fleisher calls WinCo the low-price leader and, taken in total, people will undoubtedly save on their groceries. He also noted that they're all about employee ownership. Every single person employed in that store has a stake in the game. They care about their stores top to bottom. As part of the permitting process, WinCo dedicated right of way on the northeast corner of the property for future widening of Maple Street's eastbound right-turn lane and made traffic signal upgrades and modifications. City Engineer Gary Owen said that WinCo does generate more traffic than Shopko. And they did what they needed to do to keep things moving. But one of the challenges of conducting a traffic study in 2020 was getting comparable traffic counts. Volumes are definitely down because of the pandemic. Owen says that The traffic signal upgrades WinCo is making complement future traffic improvements for North Wenatchee Avenue that are currently in planning and being completed as funding becomes available. To read this full story visit us at Wenatcheeworld.com. Next, did you know that Icicle Creek Center for the Arts in Leavenworth is starting a new series of virtual talks with local artists? Topics will range from creativity to artistic ideology. The first episode will be streamed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday on Icicle Creek's Facebook page and at icicle.org. The episode features Ellensburg painter and sculptor Austin J. Smith. Mason Elliott with Icicle Creek said that the virtual talks, which can be viewed for free, are a conversation about one's methods and craft. Each episode will also include a new interviewer based in North Central Washington. Elliot noted that artists are some of the most displaced workers right now. The virtual talks are a way to give those artists a platform. Join the conversation! Visit wenatcheeworld.com/nabur The town of Soap Lake became incorporated in 1919. The lake from which it gets it's name has been known for its curative properties. The lake gets its name from the foam that forms on the surface. The water also has an extremely soapy feel and has more than 20 minerals. People visit the lake from across the globe to soak in the mineral-rich waters or to coat themselves in the mud. Thanks for listening. We'd also like to thank our sponsor again, Equilus Group, Inc, a Registered Investment Advisory Firm in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The Wenatchee World has been engaging, informing and inspiring North Central Washington Communities since 1905. We encourage you to subscribe today to keep your heart and mind connected to what matters most in North Central Washington. Thank you for starting your morning with us and don't forget to tune in again on Thursday! Support the show: https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/site/forms/subscription_services/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kendall grew up on the Omaha Indian Reservation population 90 in Northeast Ne. Moved to Lincoln in 2000 and used food stamps until 2002. Sept 27, 2002 to be exact. Grew up very poor, after reflecting on his childhood, he told himself in that Shopko parking lot off 27th and Cornhusker he would not use Food stamps again but he kept one and wrote the date on it. Still has it to this day. He is also a Chief officer in the Fire Dept in Lincoln. Connect with Kendall https://strictly-business.com/cover-story/a1-automotive-always-honest-answers/ Connect with Nate www.natepeo.com
The Salvation Army is hosting their Christmas Distribution this week at the former Shopko building in De Pere. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Each Friday morning we hear news from northeastern Minnesota when Marshall Helmberger joins Heidi Holtan for Border News Roundup. This week Marshall tells us about the new decisions made by the St. Louis County Schools to go with distant learning one week before winter break and one week after, in the hopes that in-person learning can resume in January. We hear news from Ely about Zup’s Grocery moving to the old Shopko building giving them more retail and parking space. For more news on NE Minnesota go to timberjay.com .
Taco Bell is a staple of American life. Why tho? Chris and Clint also discuss leopards, Shopko parking lots, Baja Blast cocktails, and Gidget.
In This Episode:[3:27] Who is Dan Richards?[4:55] What made him decide to become an entrepreneur?[6:56] Status on the medication for COVID-19.[10:33] How are the patients reacting?[14:25] The business side of pharmacy.[22:32] Couponing.[27:39] Saving time.[43:39] Words of wisdom.About The Guest:Dan RichardsDan holds a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from Roseman University. He worked in various retail pharmacies including Walmart, Shopko and Harmon’s before starting Meds in Motion. He is passionate about giving healthcare professionals the tools they need to provide the best care for their patients.Resources:medsinmotiondan@medsinmotion.com Perry's consulting business: eyerockit.comPerry's e-book: eyerockit.com/ebook Connect With Us On Social Media!FacebookInstagramYouTubeJoin our Facebook GroupText our 24/7 Eyetrepreneur HOTLINE at 913-660-2855. Ask us anything medical, business, or just vent to us.
Transcription is for SEO purposes only. To find out more about the city of La Crosse please visit their website www.cityoflacrosse.org to find out more about Podcast For Hire please visit PodcastForHire.comThis is Jason Gilman, the director, planning and development for the city of La Crosse and my role is basically to make sure that the plans that the city ratifies. That is, the Council adopts are implemented in those plans largely focused on ways that we can improve the city from a quality-of-life standpoint, but if you break it down into baby for digestible areas. You can think about economics, environmental conditions, social conditions and cultural conditions. Those are the pillars of most plan implementation gets done by, usually three different tools that municipal government has at its disposal. One would be regulation or deregulation second would be financial programs that would have some measure of return on the public's investment and then the third would be education and awareness of networking, so this would be things like making sure that were constantly reaching out to investors to nongovernmental organizations to neighborhood associations and keeping people colored with good information about city. The city's comprehensive plan is now 18 years old… Are you planning on doing to retire that plan and to start with a new one, were actually working on a plan update. Right now it's customary for a comprehensive plan to have about a 20 year shelf life. If we look at a snapshot of our last 20 we seem very significant changes from the great recession to lots of construction downtown La Crosse to rapidly aging population. The first phase is really to collect information about the city to update all the data is both primary and secondary data so the primary data would be survey information unique information from our citizens. Secondary data would be the stuff that's available on the web from demographics to the Department of workforce development and other sources and we really look at that data in defense and offense of categories for the defense. It would be decisions over the next decade to mitigate downside risk so you can think about some of the risks cities are facing like decaying infrastructure or mental health issues in the community or aging could be one although there's a positive side to aging to but we want to make sure we address the issues that could affect quality of life of our aging population. Climate action is another one, and several others in the offense of side is really to build capacity. How do we make a better city so that citizens have a better quality of life. Then they might elsewhere that can be everything from affordable housing and economic security for people to bolstering our neighborhood Association so people can be civic. We engaged in their city with good information and access to resources and other things like that Kissimmee did mention housing affordability, and I know that in the 28 years that I've owned a house on the cross that the housing market is kind of gone up all puppet away how how do we bring those prices back down so they can be more affordable for the average person to be home water. It's a real conundrum and in cities because were really facing the perfect storm. We have high levels of retention because of aging population. People are wanting to age in place and that's partly due to the fact that we don't have enough senior housing to meet demand, or enough of the variety that seniors are looking for like urban tall houses or condominiums think like that. The other part of that is construction inflation were facing unprecedented construction inflation or new construction for single-family homes is pushing $200 a square foot or more. And the problem manifests in other ways because he should be spending more than 30% of your debt income on housing related costs and if you're spending 50 or 60% it leaves you vulnerable to other problems with the stuff you basically just been talking about. Is there any hopes for maybe the old ShopKo's or Kmart or any of the other vacant properties that are out there to maybe have those become affordable. Yeah, absolutely. And that that's really what's exciting about some of these what we call greenfield sites which are really in transition from the old big box retail model to something more current. A lot of the success stories around the United States with regard doing adaptive reuse or retrofitting of those old retail sites are showing more compact retail Lake neighborhood retail which could be anything from coffee shops to insurance and fitness centers, and other things in the context of mixed-use of the year housing component and that housing component could be a combination of senior housing affordable housing market rate housing and it's usually vertical construction, which is yield better land utilization more tax base for the city but it also puts people closer to services so they can all live, work and play in the same area. Let me ask you this strength score La Crosse. I would say in our strengths here are tremendous employers that are in growth mode are great medical institutions are schools the fact that we have urban elementary schools which give people great quality-of-life neighborhoods. We have beautiful older housing stock. Even though some of it needs REIT rehabilitation. It's it's on the up ticking on terms of investment lot. Lots of strengths and then of course are natural firemen gets talked about all the time. With regard to homeport matters in your life have access to patron recreation and then external opportunities. I think there are all kinds of things like Viking cruise lines wanting to invest on the Mississippi River docking 7 to 12 times a season and having international visitors enjoy our city and shop at our doors downtown and help our local business owners can then then I would say energy innovation. We got some great minds in the city with train company in our universities and our power companies that are shifting gears to renewable energy and provide people with more cost-effective services that are more environmentally sound
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EP204 - 2020 Annual Predictions 2019 Recap - Predictions made on episode 159 Scot At least 5k more store closures in 2019. Yes. 9,300 US store closures per Coresight. Amazon – Prof Galloway is big on Amazon having to create a AWS spinoff and has moderated that to tracking stock. I’m going to predict Amazon doesn’t do either of those things. But this WILL be the year they break ads out. Yes. Galloway was wrong. eBay/Alibaba – I think this is the year when they both need to do something big and the stars are aligning for a combination there. Nope. Shopify gets acquired by one of the big ad-based companies (facebook/google most likely) Nope. Walmart stumbles in e-commerce. Nope Score 2/5 Jason Amazon store count exceeds 1000 stores Nope. 571 Amazon Stores 22 Book 15 4-Star 8 Pop-ups 25 Go 2 liquor 499 Whole Foods Walmart buys a last mile firm Nope Another big bankruptcy (going to be a tougher than expected year, JCP, category killers Office, BBBY, Neiman). Yep (Payless ShoeSource, Destination Maternity Shopko,Forever 21, ShopKo, Gymboree, Things Remembered, Charlotte Russe, Diesel, Z Gallerie, Charming Charlie, Barneys, Sugarfina, etc ...) Mobile commerce revenue passes Desktop – Aided by PWA’s, and payment API’s we see mobile gap narrow. Nope. 60/35/5 Desktop/Mobile/Tablet Nov-Dec via Adobe. Fads (Voice Commerce, Customer facing AI, SocialCommerce, VR BlockChain). Yes BONUS: Amazon breaks out prime revenue (No) Score 2/5 An epic fail for Jason & Scot! It turns out the future is difficult to see (and our case the timing is also tough). 2020 Predictions Scot Shopify wilts a bit - new competition comes out with different angles (marketcap stays static) Fedex does something drastic - buy eBay? Merge with Alibaba? The year of returns - “happy returns” - a startup raises $100M+ in space. Mallageddon continues At least another 8k stores Google gets aggressive in ecommerce 10% traffic to ‘shopping actions’ buy ebay/fedex Jason Walmart - growth slows due to completion of grocery build out. Marc Lore leaves Walmart. Amazon - Opens affordable grocery concept. Digital grocery wars heat up. Owned brands continue to grow. 5% of retail in 2019, could be 8-10% in 2020 (as measured by IRI, for CPG private label). Installment Payments heat up - At least one company is acquired (Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, QuadPay, Sizzle) Digital in-store heats up, QR codes make a comeback Bonus: Cashier-less stores (Amazon Go), blockchain, 5G, big data, and personalization won’t have a significant impact on retail. No DNVB will break out. No major retail anti-trust actions in US. Brick & Mortar Marketplaces won’t take off (Showfields, Neighborhood Goods, B8ta). Shopify won’t compete with Amazon. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 204 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, January 2nd, 2020. Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. http://jasonandscot.com Google Automated Transcription of the show Transcript Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode at 204 being recorded on Thursday January 2nd 2020 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scott Wingo. Scot: [0:40] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners will Jason happy New Year happy new decade hope you had a really good last decade and I hope you had a good holiday. Jason: [0:53] I did Happy New Year to you. I'm with you on that new decade but they're you know there's some controversy about whether it is a new decade or not. Scot: [1:01] Yeah I don't believe that it's a it's a 10 plus one problem we'll just to sweep sweep past. Jason: [1:07] Yeah it's the twenties as far as I'm concerned so. Yes but it has already happened I nailed our intro despite the fact that we typed 2019 in the show notes. Scot: [1:22] Azle Easter I got them there for you you found it. Jason: [1:25] Yeah I was I felt I felt special about myself that I was able to fix that on the Fly. Scot: [1:32] Who said the most important question is have you been able to see the new Star Wars movie. Jason: [1:36] Oh my God Scott I've been thinking about you nonstop because yes I got to see the new Star Wars movie and obviously we'll will be spoiler-free but I I was totally happy with it and enjoyed it. Scot: [1:48] Yeah yeah me too weird thing happen to me where I've gotten to where I kind of like the Mandalorian almost better than the movies so I don't know. Jason: [1:57] So here's why I've been thinking about you nonstop my 4 year old is now both feet in on Star Wars everything. Scot: [2:06] Good quality parenting right there. Jason: [2:08] So we wouldn't want some of the movies there's a ton of like kid-friendly Star Wars content you probably knew all about this but there's like the Lego movies and cartoons and all this different stuff, and like for Hanukkah he got a lightsaber which he has not been separated from since and. Scot: [2:27] Nice. Jason: [2:27] We got a bunch of Star Wars books including I got him, like a graphic novel version of episodes for 5 and 6 and so now every night as part of our bedtime ritual he's his down with me and we we you know read us a segment from the book. Scot: [2:46] Give us your Darth Vader voice. Jason: [2:48] Yeah I'm not doing any voices on the podcast sorry. Scot: [2:53] Baby geek I am your father. Jason: [2:55] Exactly I have said that exact phrase tan. The what's super funny is my wife and I like you have enjoyed Mandalorian and we were watching it one night and Stephen King in like you should have been asleep and it came in and saw I like. 30 seconds of Mandalorian which we have not let him watch Mandalorian but Steven is totally 100% fixated on Mandalorian. So he's already convinced that mandalorians are way better than Jedis. Like the only character he likes from all of the previous Star Wars work is now Boba Fett and he like he brings them up and every contact and we're like. You seen 32nd. Scot: [3:44] Team Honda. Jason: [3:47] Anything he's like he's like four and he's asking like. Like when he sees Yoda in like Clone Wars he's asking like how is he only a baby in Mandalorian. Scot: [3:59] You have time like it's really confusing. Jason: [4:05] Star Wars is super confusing to explain to a four year old white guy because you start with the premise that like the bad guys have red lightsabers in the good guys have other colors and then like, it's only Don's I knew that all the bad guys used to be good guys and then become good guys again and so I. It's super like that Santa can that it yeah yeah it's a very convoluted but suffice it to say there's a bunch of Mandalorian and baby Yoda posters up in his room and he's like we're leaving in a Mandalorian World which just makes me think of you. Scot: [4:37] Regal Walden toys are coming out so that it's going to be exciting in the next couple of weeks are all the they held them because they didn't want to spoil some of the plot elements of Mandalorian soon there's a big wave of toys coming so it's good time. Jason: [4:50] I know and in fact a bunch of entrepreneurial people because they did not release baby Yoda toys during the show because they were trying to prove your point keep him Secret. So everybody and their brother started making baby Yoda toys and like there's been like you know a huge intellectual property Crackdown and there's like you know hundreds of people from Etsy that have been. Don the cease-and-desist orders over that. Scot: [5:17] Speaking of toys I saw on Twitter that you were going to try to hit one of the new Toys R Us did you make it to him. Jason: [5:24] I did I am wearing a button right now that says I don't want to grow up I'm a Toys R Us kid. Because I went to the Houston store a few days after it open so there's, Tyreke and for our listeners like Toys R Us went bankrupt or done at super sad huge disruption in the toy industry, a company bought the the intellectual property of Toys R Us and they did a partnership with beta who's been on the show a couple times, the open initially to Toys R Us stores so there's one in New Jersey and there's one in Houston Texas. So I got to go to the Houston Texas one and it was fun it was fun to see the brand, back alive and reimagined then it was a you know it's very different than a Toys R Us a traditional Toys R Us store because these are. Kind of 20,000 square foot Mall base toy stores versus. 80000 square foot big box toy stores but it was a fun immersive retail environment with a bunch of toys and, this mall which is a a mall Scott like a week before Christmas felt like a ghost town to me like it was. Tragically empty but I would argue the Toys R Us with the second busiest store in the in the whole mall and. [6:49] Behind Apple you're exactly right side note people are only in the Apple store to get tech support but still. But this one was really busy and people like had made a special trip just to go in like the brand is so strong so it looks like these first two stores are doing pretty well and I know there's a plan to open more so kudos to them for saving the brand and beta for doing a pretty good toy execution. Scot: [7:16] Nice the so thanks for the trip report this is our annual recap and he's always run long so I think we should just jump right on into it so being the first show of the decade and the year it is our custom I guess we've done this for fact, to do an annual prediction and then Square ourselves so way back in episode 159 we had our predictions, or 2019 so I think what we'll do is score each other to start out with and then we'll put out our predictions so why don't you go to my last year predictions. Jason: [7:58] And before you jump and let me just say I despise this show I've had red leading up to the show in the reason is is I've never done very well that however will I have done I've gotten progressively worse every year and last year while I did quite poorly you did stupendous wave and so, it's like I've dreaded even seen what my predictions were last year and hearing about them so I'm just going to rip the Band-Aid off and we'll get through the show but your first prediction for for 2019 was that at least 5K more stores would close in 2019 and let's get this out of the way you blew away that prediction coresite which is the company we most often use for kind of tracking Us store closures had like 9300 stores closing this year IHL did a study in the world even more store closures than that in their in their study Dope by any measure way more than 5,000 stores closed and you know in hindsight I should have let you get away with that prediction because that's why, it was too easy. Scot: [9:12] Well no I don't know if there's a lot of people saying but that was kind of going to be the worst. Jason: [9:19] That no so if you had said there is going to be worse than last year that would have been a slightly more predict like. Tempstar 5000 was less than last year or this year but yeah I agree, most people thought there be fewer closures this year than last year in that bike by depending on how you count did not prove to be the case that much more controversial thing on the whole store closures is it more open and closed if you go by the course I track her a lot more closed than open but if you go by other studies, that are the feel more comprehensive like they're actually were more swords that open then close so. Scot: [9:58] Yeah and I know the size Matters right to some of these are mattress stores which are pretty big. Jason: [10:04] And I whoop all a lot of the people that say way more stores open then close are also counting like restaurants and stores for example and the end restaurants have a lot of charm and so, a lot of controversy but bottom line you started out of the gate strong you're one for one and. Your second prediction, you just you just jumped right into the gutter because your second prediction was that Professor Scott Galloway would basically be wrong. Which I like as a general principle but more specifically what you're talking about is the, an inner 9 people the climate a year ago he had just published a book about the the for one of which was Amazon so he was he was publicly speaking about Amazon a ton and he you know was really beating a drum around having to split up Amazon and they're potentially Amazon would voluntarily spin off some of their businesses because they're so lucrative and so you know the talk to usually about 8 if you ask until your prediction was kind of to go negative and say you always wrong and Amazon isn't going to be split up and isn't going to voluntarily split up in any parts of their business and, you were certainly correct none of those things happens. Scot: [11:28] What have I learned from this anti Galloway bet is that he throws out so many things he gets one right and then looks like a genius show his we work one with hit. The bus was other ones didn't put the he's ridden the we work one for a good six months. Jason: [11:43] Yep yeah I feel like he the first one that hit for him that really like you know he made a lot of hay en was predicting Whole Foods would be acquired by Amazon and then yeah he was instrumental in that kind of picking the, he was an early picker of the we were demise the pressure point he also predicted Amazon would acquire a bunch of other people besides Whole Foods that they didn't in my favorite prediction is about 3 years ago he said that Amazon had peaked in that you should short the stock. Scot: [12:14] I would not have been good. Jason: [12:16] Side note yeah that would turned out not to be good investment advice. So yeah for your point like anyone in this predictions face like the whole key is to throw a bunch out and just remind people of the ones you got right and not bring up all the ones you got wrong. But you're doing great you're two for two yeah so third prediction that. Either or eBay and Alibaba would need to do something big in 2019, and so you use you propose that potentially they might do some sort of joint venture or some sort of combination. And I have to say he's got as far as I'm aware that did not happen. Scot: [13:03] Yeah but itself StubHub when you said that's pretty big. Jason: [13:09] No not relative to their socks. Scot: [13:11] It was Lucy 4 billion of 30 billion market cap that's more than materiality. Jason: [13:23] Again I'm dreading my own predictions so I'm grading you very very strictly enough so I'm going to say you're two for three right now. Scot: [13:35] Another thing just point out is the eBay CEO just got up and left one day if that was kind of surprised I don't know if we count that as something big happening or not there's this line with the Borden peace out. Jason: [13:49] Yeah need to do something big. Scot: [13:50] That's kind of a shot. Jason: [13:52] Sell the property will parts of your company and then watch the Executive Suite I don't think that was the spirit of I think you were more proposing they would do something that would help them reacquired growth. Scot: [14:05] Yeah but another thing I didn't anticipate us this anti-china thing that we have going on here right now so the tariffs were one thing but there's just. A lot of anti-china going on right now that I think is going to make this murderer and possible I don't think the US government would let app. Jason: [14:24] Yeah I think there's there are some number of entanglements there that that would be challenges there aren't there were some little Partnerships there some interesting things we like, well I guess it's more JD and the Walmart in the US but. Back on track your two for three and your fourth prediction was that Shopify gets Acquired and you said potentially by one of the big add bass companies like Facebook or Google +, once again to my knowledge that did not happen are you agree or do you have a argument there as well. Scot: [15:03] I agree and you know what's really amazing is if you look at kind of your your Shopify when I made this production was their stock is like at 1:44 and they were attending. Nick on all the stuff like 3x so weather like a 1012 blade on a company now they're $47 company they're pretty much on acquirable I think at that price and then the valuation multiple is extremely lucky so if you look at all the different soccer the service companies yet uses range of like 8 to 10 x there's something like 15 to 20 x is just crazy, good as those guys they essentially don't they will be at choir and not not a choir. Jason: [15:53] Totally agree there they're killing it both in terms of their their financial success and valuations but also their they're just winning in the marketplace and they're like you have continuing to capture more Greyhound away from the Enterprise guys and they're doing a bunch of interesting things so we'll talk more about them in the future I'm sure but yeah they're a bunch of people that would like to acquire them but for your point like there is not that's not really economically viable at this point and then number 5, Walmart stumbles in e-commerce and I took that to mean. That they're the rate of e-commerce growth would slow over 2018 which was pretty solid gross at like 40%. And they actually were exactly at 40% again in 2020 so there, they're growing very quickly they're growing faster than Amazon certainly much faster than the, the market overall and their growth rate in 2020 or 2019 was basically the same as 2018 so like by that measure I'm not giving them a stumble in 2019 but do you you agree or was you think it was some other dimension they stumbled in. Scot: [17:15] Agree I probably underestimated how long they had to kind of Wind by converting grocery over but I think this year probably will give you the. Jason: [17:29] I feel like that's a common theme in all of our predictions ynm that I've noticed both you and I are sort of afraid to double down and be like wrong one year and then say say it again the next year but many of our predictions come true a year after we predicted. Scot: [17:43] Lyrics the Alexa are pause airpods I did like 2 years and then it came up here I didn't God darn it. Jason: [17:49] Exactly which is frustrating yes so being super brutal you ended up 245 which is way off your your historic average. Scot: [18:02] Yeah I usually bat 500 but it wasn't wasn't there this year I mean on the stuff I feel like e-commerce slow down a little bit. Jason: [18:13] Oh no I for sure feel like it has and I do think. Scot: [18:16] But the pace of innovation is really slowing which is makes up makes it harder to throw out big predictions. Jason: [18:21] Yeah I also feel like it is this point like it's the timing of many things is tougher to predict than the actual events themselves and the Horizon is now longer than a year for your point so that's that's that another challenge with this whole predictions thing but I'm not remotely confident that I didn't any better so so with no further Ado let's let's see how I did. Scot: [18:51] Yes yes so your prediction so let's jump into this the first one is you were very giddy you probably had just visited three or four of the Amazon stores and you said look I am sure this can be over a thousand Amazon physical stores by the end of the year so I think. Whole Foods helps a lot here in this is there were there were a bunch of Articles out there that Amazon was going to because Wall Street Journal that they're going to have, thousands of Stories the right now we're sitting in about five to six hundred so you got Whole Foods 500 Whole Foods there's some pop upstairs for Stars book stores throw all that together you get sky like 555 75 so that's a pretty big Miss 57% is f on any grading scale so sorry I did not get that. Jason: [19:53] Yeah no I'll be honest I thought, perhaps Amazon go with scale and much more you were generous that they were actually a lot more pop-up stores the last year they closed most of the pop-up store so it's possible there's fewer Stars this year than they were last year of you if you included those so yeah I wildly miss that in the only like slightly interesting thing in that in that whole thing is I feel like the one concept that has scales slightly More Than People realizes the 4-star store so there now 15 for Star stores which is like coming up on on you know the number of bookstore so pretty soon we might have more, more 4-star stores that we have book stores but nowhere close to a thousand I was wildly wrong. Scot: [20:38] What are the clothes the popups cuz I've kept an eye on them in our malls and they're pretty popular MMOs price at the. Jason: [20:46] Yeah yeah well you know for a while they had a ton of them in Whole Food stores, and yeah I feel like they opened a lot of them in places where they could get real estate rather than in places where. Where there was a like strategic audience need a few pop-up stores their main are some kind of interesting Concepts so that yeah I don't I don't know. Scot: [21:12] So that's 0 4 5 4 for those homegamers keeping track of the score then your second one and this was one where I think the timing probably is going to be what this was on the heels of Target buying ships and here we are a year later that's gone really well you have Target, Ecommerce accelerated they're constantly talking about how should you store is doing well and all those initiatives that if they can anchor on ship, so your prediction was that in 2019 Walmart would buy a last-mile firm and that did not happen I think the big idea and last-mile will there be a couple one was going to just kind of Associates kind of on their way home free stuff and then the second one is this whole body camera thing where they're going to pop Associates right in your house to deliver stuff I don't think that is really caught on either. Jason: [22:10] Yeah I know II do I agree I think they I made that prediction cuz I felt like, that honey how stuff is really growing for them and they would need more Last Mile capacity and I still think that it is true, I didn't foresee that last year but you know like as whole food as a FedEx has kind of gone push the last run away from Amazon that the company they're running to is Walmart and so we we've seen some like bigger strategic Partnerships between Walmart and FedEx and now that you know they're starting to be some some economic weakness at FedEx, I do not want to talk about this year's predictions but that you could almost imagine at one point that that could be an acquisition or some kind of deeper strategic partnership but nevertheless did not happen last year. Scot: [23:03] So that says 045 stole your third one and I think you made a comment last year that you need to be less specific to this one's kind of interesting. And they said there could be another big bankruptcy but then you said such as JCPenney one of the office guys Bed Bath Beyond need and Marcus so you kind of had an ore in there or are you know we could have took her to this again. Being generous since we're sitting here at over to there were a lot of bankruptcies so we had the seat jabri we had Forever 21. What's rue21 was that a result 2018. Jason: [23:49] That might have been 18 or not sure. Scot: [23:51] One of the maternity stores Payless shoes and we'll see we had there was one of the mattress stores. So there were there were some pretty high-profile bankruptcies. Jason: [24:07] I'm taking the win but in hindsight like that was a lame prediction like of course somebody's going to go bankrupt every year so if you're not specific at Tulane prediction and if you are specific the names I mentioned. I still am taking the win and I would point out like the one that gets talked about the most which is actually one of the smaller ones is Barney's was like the, start a story brand that went bankrupt and I know the one that almost doesn't get talked about but was most crushing and near and dear to your heart is sugarfina. Scot: [24:37] Yeah. Steer. Okay so your fourth prediction. Jason: [24:44] Wait wait let's recap the score I'm now one of the three. Infinitely improved over over the previous two. Scot: [24:50] Yeah yeah you're all on at are two more to make up some some room here so your fourth prediction was that mobile Commerce Revenue would pass desktop and lessors of the show know you are a big fan of pwa which is not a rap band it's some kind of a technology for mobile stuff and also the new payment apis and some of the other stuff you thought we're going to close the mobile, I'll defer to you since you're the guru on this didn't did you. Jason: [25:21] Yeah did we mention that that e-commerce is slowing down a lot, none of those things happened at near the scale that I thought they would end so for sure no mobile Revenue did not pass desktop revenue and I I thought I could like save face and say well that didn't happen it did happen on the big shopping days bright like so you know you could kind of make try to make an argument that oh I totally happened on December Monday or things like that but the reality is even over the holiday. If you'll get November through December, 60% of all revenue happened on desktop 35% of Revenue on mobile and 5% on tablet so bottom line I wasn't even close. Sad. Scot: [26:12] Yep sorry dude so let's see that gives us one out of four, all right last chance on number 5 on this one, Scot of one of your anti predictions you said following things are going to be fads and not take off voice Commerce AI That's customer-facing social commerce virtual reality and boxing. Jason: [26:38] Yeah and again not a very awesome prediction but I'm going to take the win on that and say that those things are all we're all basically feds at least in 2019, the one that feels like it's trying to get some traction and some some aspects of social commerce but but I would still argue they weren't like. Meaningful in 2019. Scot: [27:02] If I give you that one. Jason: [27:03] Yeah I'm desperate for I'm desperate for a win that would give me the 22052 at least IU. Scot: [27:08] Yeah yeah and then you threw out because you're you're Jason you just couldn't stop at 5 got a Bonus and you said Amazon is going to breakout Prime Revenue you're really specific I had to go back and listen. Cuz I had a feeling you're kind of get a little slippery on it so Amazon has not broken out that's that's a no. Jason: [27:31] Yeah what really happened is I misspoke what I meant to say is that callonwood breakout primary. For Amazon and I yeah I said it wrong. Scot: [27:43] Yeah but since I was a bonus will you know we won't we won't count it so it's practically a tie this year so which is to me that's a loss cuz over the over the The Arc typically beat me by three or four answers. Jason: [27:59] And so it would be a win for me but since you basically came down to my level it doesn't I don't think it feels good for either of us but at least. Scot: [28:06] What are you get better. Jason: [28:07] At least we've established our credibility now so I'm sure it was on the edge of their seats to hear our wise predictions for next year now that we've shown how I'm nipotent we are. Scot: [28:17] We're going to rebound to I can feel it go do you want to join to do yours first. Jason: [28:22] No I want to hear you're so I can potentially use them. Scot: [28:27] Yep so here's my five predictions so I mentioned earlier that Shopify is kind of gone up 3x in a year that just feels you know, very nose bleeding to me and there's a lot of new competition coming out so I think whenever you have a value creation event like that where they've essentially created 45 billion dollars out of town are there could be a lot of money chasing Shopify, I don't know what their weaknesses but every company always has one so it's going to be interesting to see, what comes after them what angles they come after and all that good stuff so that's that's my prediction is that they're going to wilt a bit and you know I'll put a. [29:14] I need to put something more specific there I'll say they did kind of stay at this market cap or go down 10% somewhere between kind of here in temperature I don't think there's going to be another kind of like huge run up type your and it's going to be largely your folks waking up to say wait there is competition out there for this business model. But you don't think that doesn't get talked about this to turn just has to be like through the roof right so just on a unit turn to have to just be turning tons of customers and now in a cohort, it probably is its revenue for the cohort pipe the GMB for the cohort crime makes up and then that's what drives the revenue, overtime it just feels like there's going to be sup Rider light shown on part of their business model that isn't, this kind of perfect kind of price for protection company. Jason: [30:09] No I would agree with that I do think that maybe the one thing that that mitigates that a little bit is they are starting to successfully go upmarket a bit and get like some slightly more. Stables lower turn customers with higher gym be so so maybe that balance is out in the long run. Scot: [30:29] Yeah it's like a million at the base of the pyramid though and it takes a lot at the top of the pyramid. Jason: [30:35] It just takes one Kylie Jenner. Scot: [30:37] That last. That's my first prediction my second one and another prediction we would kind of I can't remember which was did that for a long time is part of me just like the earpods I was saying, Amazon will get into delivery that is, that would be a double a man because it sucks such an obvious once and for the longest time FedEx UPS said no no no there are partner or not our competitor the bloom is totally off that one right now where was like okay this is bad in fact you mentioned earlier FedEx is like getting hammered over this and so did Amazon kind of dug the knife in further where they won't even let seller fulfilled Prime sellers use FedEx because they say the service level isn't good enough. Jason: [31:32] Yeah you talk about throwing some holiday shade. Scot: [31:34] Ouch ouch so as a result of FedEx is under a lot of pressure right now and I think it's going to cause some kind of interesting thing to happen you know you got eBay out there kind of rudderless right now you could see FedEx eBay you could see you mention Walmart I think there's going to be some interesting, kind of marriage that happens with FedEx in and it's can be driven from the world of e-commerce. Jason: [32:04] Get I like that one. Scot: [32:06] Predictions for 3 this is not my forte but there's just a lot of Buzz around returns so there's several startups you could probably write them better than I can save Mall. BCS contact me about this which means it must be like just kind of, yeah they're all trying to solve returns problems and there's all kinds of clever ways of doing this of no Consolidated return centers different ways of managing the supply chain that kind of thing so I'm going to say 2020 will be the year where you know they're just probably be some kind of a winner that emerges from that and they'll be kind of like ShopRunner has try to do and not to successfully the offer a prime and a network of retailers that form an alternative prime one of these startups will be successful and I guess I'll Define it as. Raising over a hundred million something like that something that's like pretty pretty. Obvious that their leader they'll be pretty successful in in kind of taking a run at offering an on Amazon, multi retailer multi-brand approached returns. Jason: [33:25] So that's funny I wrote a similar prediction I didn't end up using it because I thought it was two wonky but I totally agree with the sentiment it does like I think it's returns it become a huge acute problem and so you know we're seeing lots of new investments in the hole reverse Logistics base to try to solve it so it that that seems reasonable although somebody raising a hundred million dollars is not peanuts so the so I like your. You're taking a stance. Scot: [33:58] That's my third and fourth one is a keeping with my mall again which has been a winner for for two years in a row I'm going to say you know what you call 9000 store closures in 2019 it's a good start. So I think we're going to have many more store closures I'm going to say at least eight thousand so continuing to keep, about the same as last year if not more I think we are going to see, I just feels like we're still over stored in a lot of different categories like drug stores that kind of stuff so I put that one out there. [34:34] And then this one this is one of these I've made a long time and I'm always wrong but I've some reason I'm back to it this year I just finally believe Google has is waking up to the Amazon Fred and and starting ticket much more seriously now they're there, terrible branding job at it but I think execution wise there is something there they have this Marketplace which is essentially called shopping Google shopping. Actions and you know the sink, they're getting pretty serious about it and I think this year they're going to get really really serious about it so what's that mean so I think I think. Overall I think I could see them actually in the hunt to buy an eBay or FedEx or something like that that could be interesting and then you know another one is the shopping actions is it's always just been this kind of on the edge like well a little Beyond 2% of Android latest Android lollipop popsicle Twix and yes it is a being like percent of a percent of a percent and not Material so so I'm thinking they get pretty serious about it meaning it's going to get a lot of exposure I'm on not only just some fraction of Android but across all Google properties. Jason: [35:59] So I like it how like what were you cancel BC to know that that that happened like you expect them to be like I'd top 100 retailer like what would what's the. Scot: [36:11] I think yeah I think 10% of shopping traffic going through it would be material so I would come start there. Jason: [36:20] Oh wow yeah that's quite mature okay. Scot: [36:22] And I would look at like search marketing as someone like the referee on this search marketing. Was that search engine land or one of those. Jason: [36:31] Ya SE land.com. At least to get the ball rolling you know the last month they announced Bill ready who is that executive PayPal is the new, like VP of Commerce a Google so they like they haven't a new person to sort of weed that initiative so that maybe bodes well for your prediction. Scot: [36:53] Yeah I worry about it because these payments guys want you when you've been in the payments world everything looks like a nail so so I worry we're going to get Google pay 8.0 embossing. Jason: [37:07] So yeah supposedly and I I don't know but I think he's got some non-competes and supposably like is being hired explicitly not to get involved in pain. Scot: [37:17] I did not know that. Jason: [37:19] So maybe that will benefit you. Scot: [37:23] Let's we can only hope. Jason: [37:24] Yes yes I like it though. Scot: [37:27] All right those are my five what are your five. Jason: [37:29] Awesome duck so my first one is I'm just going to take yours from last year and protect them for this year. Thinking of you just missed the timing and given all the ones that that have happened the past that's my new strategy so last year you predicted it Walmart, would would have a hiccup in 2019 so I'm going to say in 2020 is the year that the Walmart rate of growth slows down and I don't, actually mean that that, is a distressing anyway I just think sometime this year they're going to finish rolling out online grocery pick-up to all of their stores and they're going to have to comp against, stores that were opened last year where has for the last few years they've had this benefit of opening a bunch of stores and going from zero to some, some big number of digital grocery so I think it's going to be much tougher to maintain that 40% growth rate so I expect that growth rate to go down, which is enough kind of natural and then I'll throw out a wacky one and say I also actually think that this might be the year that Mark Laurie exits from Walmart. [38:43] Just think like, that he's probably been there awhile like we weave you know started to see some of hit a lot of the jet people have, kind of transitioned out now Andy Dunn has transitioned out that the guy has basically unlimited funds in the bank like I think he may just be like he's accomplished with what he can accomplish it at Walmart and we we might see a Changing of the Guard. Scot: [39:08] Did Nadal Ray say that he had like four years to make a trillion dollars but so it feels like they're being expensive choice. Jason: [39:18] Yeah I think it will be a I think he could afford an expensive choice I don't know how that would all work out like I could imagine him to go shooting some sort of payout, it made sense for both parties will see. Scot: [39:35] Is that a nand or nor. Jason: [39:37] Yeah so I want my official prediction to be that the rate of growth slows but if Mark Lori does away this year I want permission to go. Galloway and just like launch a website that's called Jason predicted that Mark would we. Scot: [39:52] Got it so it's amore with the Galloway Asterix. Jason: [39:56] It's the color its color exactly. So then my next permit prediction again following the trend that I like to always you always make some Amazon prediction so I'm going to steal that and. How to be honest like part of me feels like this is too easy and not a very controversial prediction but so many things don't happen that that like I do think it's fair I think this is the year that Amazon finally opens its own grocery concept bike separate from Whole Foods and I think it's going to be targeted at a more affordable price points and I think it's going to dramatically heat up the sort of digital grocery Wars and most notably, the Walmart Amazon Kroger battles. Scot: [40:44] Cool. Jason: [40:46] So number three is that I think we're going to see a lot more emphasis and talk about owned Brands this year and that's going to significantly grow as a part of retail so last year about 5% of all retail goods were, like private label type products and I think it could be dramatically bigger in 2020 I think it could be sort of in that 8 to 10% range. Which would be a huge disruption in the retail Marketplace. Scot: [41:19] What's your data source. Jason: [41:21] The 5% is actually 4.6% and I will have to I do have to get my intern to pull it out but that's predominantly focused on like the cpg and grocery space so it's one of those those Data Tracking companies but I'll find it for you. Scot: [41:47] So it's not Jason Goldberg go to himself. Jason: [41:49] No no no I we need a credible we need a credible external. Scot: [41:53] Is a data point out there were on the lam purses. Jason: [42:00] Yeah I like that one we just put it in the Echo chamber and and it'll become real. Scot: [42:06] That'll be interesting so that does that include digital native recall brands or this is more just like Target spending up. Jason: [42:17] Yeah, so I'm primary thinking about omnichannel retailers like Shifting the focus to Brands they own rather than so like to be it's more of the the, Captain Jack's of the world like I think Walmart's going to make a major effort to grow their own Brands Target you know me is is putting a huge effort into their new grocery brand and I I just think, the big macro Trend in in retailers we're going to see a couple retailers really try to can compete on, sort of Assortment and being the everything store and then in North America to me that's Walmart and Amazon and every other retailers going to try to win by selling stuff that no one else has and so I just think that's going to result in a lot bigger, Pechanga retail selling their own stuff instead of other people stuff. [43:12] We shall see ya. My fourth prediction is you know you you have on the area that there's a lot of momentum at the moment and returns and reverse Logistics another one for me is the installment payment space so I said installment payments are going to dramatically heat up and I think that's going to result in at least one major acquisition in that space so I think like, when I talk about installment payments I'm talking about a lot of these companies that are sort of alternative credit means a lot of them are kind of like, Finance your purchase in for for monthly payments that kind of thing and cities are friends like affirm and afterpay and Karma and I I just think that you know next year you see one of those acquired Maybe by a major credit card company or Bank you know I think some of the big traditional Financial folks are going to want to own a piece of that hot space And so there's going to be some good acquisitions. Scot: [44:15] Who who do you think this is an addiction but I'm curious who you think the buyers are going to be like traditional like Financial folks like City or or is. Jason: [44:26] Yeah so I think I think the big the big Banks participating banks that have a retail credit Division if you are receiving retail credit services so you do private label credit cards for like Best Buy, these guys are now taking a chunk of that space and and they've accomplished something that you've always wanted to do which is their built into the checkout flow which is super valuable to these credit card issuers and so I could easily like imagine one of those credit card firms wanting to acquire one of these guys I also think you could, you know it could be a PayPal or, square or you don't even like one of the big credit networks like Visa. Scot: [45:15] Singing payments do you have plans to move to Africa this year. Jason: [45:20] I was going to but I've been told that I only have one job and so I'm not qualified to to like move to Africa and remotely do my two CDL jobs. Who would you be referring to buy a by chance. Scot: [45:36] So Jack Dorsey CEO of Twitter and and square it's just kind of randomly said he's going to move to Africa for some. Of time if she can get Scott Galloway it really angered him he's very upset about. Jason: [45:52] Yeah but In fairness like I think of you a shit like Square in particular you're like, why is my guys been in a lot of his time on this Twitter thing and then now he's going to do it from Africa like that that would seems like, that would be a legitimate reason to have some concern. Scot: [46:12] Yeah yeah yeah. Jason: [46:14] Yep I would love to visit Africa but I think it would be on vacation and then my V prediction. Is one that I feel like I used to do all the time and then you know I skipped a year, so what will try it again I think this is going to be a year that digital in-store really heats up and the surprising piece of that is this much-maligned a technology that people in our industry like to make jokes about the the ugly QR code I think is going to make a a major comeback at retail and we'll see a bunch of of a Retailer's deployed QR codes for various forms of mobile wallets and particularly for like, letting you scan products and read reviews and things like that ends in retail stores. So those are my five and then. Scot: [47:08] DuckTales risky people hate QR you want a visceral hatred of York. Jason: [47:12] Yeah I feel like it's it's a bit of sneaky success I feel like there's a lot of people but they're pregnant primarily pendants that like have all this negativity around the QR code but didn't secretly you know. There there's a bunch of of use cases where the QR codes have been like Paramount like it's, it's you know a huge chunk of all payments at Starbucks and it's Walmart pay which is secretly been a success and it's you know it's it's Snapchat and if you go to China it's everywhere is WeChat so, so hopefully we'll see you by usually I am dead wrong in these things so I am not overly confident about any of them but. But I'm at least throwing it out there and again because the bonus is always treated me so well I thought I would throw a bonus in this year. Scot: [48:03] What do you have for this year. Jason: [48:06] So my bonus is I'm just going straight negative because I'll be honest when I first read these forecasts all five of my forecasts are things that we're not going to happen and then I realized that I can't I can't be that guy right so so I tried to make more optimistic reasonable forecast but then I reserve the right to point out all of the Ebenezer Scrooge bah humbug, moments so here's my long list of things that are not going to happen this year cashierless retail stores like Amazon go blockchain 5G big data and personalization none of those those Technologies are going to have a major impact on retail Talking Heads are going to go crazy about them and write stories about how you know if you don't do it immediately you're going to go out of business, but I think they're going to be the examples of success are going to be few and far between I don't think, everyone loves to talk about DJ need a vertical Brands but I don't think any of those are going to break out in a be particularly successful in 2020, I for sure don't think we're going to see any major retail antitrust actions in the US. [49:11] So that would be my negative Scott Galloway prediction I also don't think the the brick-and-mortar marketplace stores so that's beta showfields neighborhood Goods I don't think they're going to have a huge success or break out in 2020 and Shop of eyes getting a lot of Buzz right now but the the, thing I hear most about Shopify is that they're going to become a viable competitor for Amazon and I actually don't think they're going to compete with Amazon at all in 2020. Scot: [49:42] Yeah that the people that say they can compete feel like they think it Shopify would have some front door kind of marketplace Tech experience that kind of what you think people are looking. Jason: [49:54] There's people that talk about maybe they aggregate traffic and have some kind of marketplace experience where you could shop across multiple vendors you know they they bought a logistics company this year in the rapidly building out there with just aches and on paper that looks like, fulfillment by Amazon and some people are like oh that's competing with a fulfillment by Amazon but as I as we said earlier in the show I admire Shopify think they're making a bunch of the right decisions and they're doing really well. None of the services they provide to a client in my mind. Replace or compete with any of the services Amazon provides in anyway and like, I think they're for the most part synergistic in there they're going to have a lot of customer overlap but it's the end of the day Amazon is in the business of generating a huge amount of traffic and monetizing that traffic and they sell that traffic to their customers and that's exactly the opposite of what Shopify does Shopify does everything for you but get you any traffic whatsoever and you are totally responsible for bringing your own traffic and so I just think, that's a that's a, both sides of that strategy makes sense for both companies but I just I think all the pendants that are like oh you know the secret competitor for Amazon's going to turn out to be Shopify I just don't see it. Scot: [51:15] Any other bonuses you want though there. Jason: [51:21] No no no no I think I press my luck enough hopefully that you know there's some nuggets in their our listeners will be able to use they shake their 2020 and that will be able to redeem ourselves when we unquestionably I enter the new decade next January. Scot: [51:43] Yeah you know what maybe it would be fun as if listeners I'm just doing this off-the-cuff so what if listeners wanted to add some and we could kind of like aggregate some of the better ones in and talk about them on the next show but then also when we do the recap see what had a third competitor which of these listeners and see how they do against you. Jason: [52:05] Yeah that's a great idea because I it's it's kind of boring coming in second so I feel like third would be that's why I've been to just. Scot: [52:14] Looks like it would feel better if it smells cancer. Jason: [52:17] Fair enough. So maybe I try to take only the worst products that be funny I try to cherry-pick the worst predictions and then it still be me so yeah I'm totally in on that if listeners want to jump on to Facebook and we leave any of their own predictions or hit us up on Twitter will be happy to aggregate them put them in the show notes and include them in our recap next year and that's going to be a great final call to action because it's happen again we've used up our a lot of time so definitely love to hear all of our listeners predictions and also feel free if you just think, Scott and I are crazy and you want to refute any of our predictions we'd love to hear your thinking behind that and as always the beginning of the year before you get really busy at work is a perfect time to jump on iTunes and finally give us that five star review. Scot: [53:10] Things are running Jason congrats on salvaging a tie out this year. Jason: [53:15] Thanks very much it it it it feels good to be West behind than I usually am thanks everyone for listening and until next time happy commercing.
Jack chats with Robin Eschliman and Dave Albers about Villa Amore Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar, Good Evans at 70th & A, Lululemon and Hobby Lobby adding a location at the old Shopko on O Street
Jeanette Maria Corpuz was 28 when she went missing from Reno Nevada in the winter of 2003.After large amounts of blood and evidence was recovered at her home, police called her disappearance a homicide.Jeanette Corpuz is described as 5'6", 160 pounds, Hispanic/White with Brown hair and Blue eyes.She was a newlywed with three children from a previous marriage. She was living with her new husband Lyle Montgomery and her 3-year-old son Jacob Corpuz when she disappeared.The couple met while working at a Super Kmart store where he was the pharmacy manager and she was a check-out clerk.In October of 2002 Jeanette reported her then boyfriend, was abusive and threatened to kill her in the couples shared apartment.Her son would later tell police his stepfather (Lyle) pointed a gun at his mother and fired the weapon into the master-bedroom nightstand.In December 2002, Jeanette and Lyle married at a Reno Chapel despite their problems and 14 year age difference.On January 13, 2003, Jeanette met with a realtor at her home and told her she and her son, was moving to Redding California and she was getting a divorce.Later that week she called her ex-husband (who had custody of their two other children). But he was not alarmed by anything she said.She was last seen by someone at a neighborhood grocery store and never seen again.On January 25th, Jeanette's son Jacob is found abandoned in the toy department of a Shopko store in the Salt Lake City area, about 520 miles away.A man was spotted on security camera walking in with the boy and leaving without him.Lyle Montgomery would later be identified and charged for child abuse.When police went to question Lyle they discovered he had overdosed on sleeping pills and alcohol. He was taken to a hospital. At that time police found several guns and ammunition near Lyle on the floor.Police obtained a search warrant for the home and discovered blood throughout the home. In the master bedroom blood had pooled and soaked through the carpet and padding through to the wooden flooring beneath. The bed, dresser and other items of furniture were missing.Police searched Lyles home and a storage unit but did not locate Jeanette's body.At a bail hearing police detectives testified they believed that Lyle killed his wife and dumped her body.Still, his bail was reduced from $2.5 Million to $150,000 and he released, assigned to house arrest. He moved in with his friend who was an armed security guard.On April 8th, shortly after release, Lyle Montgomery shot and killed himself with his roommates gun. Jeanette's body was never found.Her children live with their biological father in California.Anyone with information is asked call Reno Police at 775-334-2155JEANETTE CORPUZ CASE PHOTOS AND INFO:http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlineAZKAS MYSTERY PODCAST:https://soundcloud.com/user-404863201/promo-azkas-mystery-podcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/posts/true-crime-lets-26942079?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare)
Andrew and Myles tackle this weeks news, including the Granary making its return trip across the Oregon St. Bridge, Sister Bay is starting a shuttle service to help alleviate congestion and parking, as well as combat drunk driving, and Shopko closes its doors in Sister Bay, what that means for its employees, the community, and local businesses.
Descarga este episodio ANNA SOROKIN, LA FALSA HEREDERA, ES CULPABLE. Un jurado de Nueva York en Estados Unidos declaró este jueves culpable de todos los cargos a la falsa heredera ruso-alemana Anna Sorokin, acusada de múltiples fraudes, que ahora enfrenta hasta 15 años de prisión y cuya fascinante historia será relatada en series de Netflix y HBO. Sorokin, de 28 años, fue acusada de ocho delitos de fraude por engañar a celebridades, banqueros, artistas y amigos durante casi un año, entre 2016 y 2017, robándoles en el proceso 275.000 dólares. El 9 de mayo se conocerá la condena. EL COMERCIO DONACIÓN DEL PAPA. El papa Francisco destinó medio millón de dólares para que la Iglesia de México pueda seguir asistiendo a los inmigrantes que se encuentran bloqueados en ese país en su ruta hacia los Estados Unidos, informó hoy la Santa Sede. Gracias al óbolo de San Pedro, que financia las obras de caridad del Vaticano mediante las donaciones de fieles, ese medio millón de dólares (unos 450.000 euros) serán distribuidos en 26 proyectos de 16 diócesis y congregaciones religiosas de México. EFE CERRARÁN CERCA DE 6000 TIENDAS EN EEUU. Este año, los minoristas de EE. UU. anunciaron que cerrarán 5.994 tiendas. Ese número ya supera el total de anuncios de cierre del año pasado, según un informe reciente de Coresight Research. Las quiebras en el sector minorista se están acumulando y las cadenas cerraron de forma agresiva las tiendas de bajo rendimiento. Payless, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe y Shopko se declararon en bancarrota este año y cerrarán un total de 3,720 tiendas, según el informe. La mayoría de ellos se debe a Payless, que se declaró en quiebra en febrero y dijo que en ese momento cerraría 2.100 tiendas en los Estados Unidos. Otros minoristas, como Family Dollar, GNC Walgreens , Signet Jewelers, Victoria's Secret y JCPenney, están reduciendo las huellas de sus tiendas para ahorrar dinero. EL NUEVO HERALDO DÍA DE FESTEJOS EN SUDÁFRICA. Sudáfrica celebró el "Freedom Day", el 25to. aniversario del fin del 'apartheid', pero aún tiene una cuenta pendiente con la profunda desigualdad social y económica de la población: el tema principal de la batalla política en vista de los inminentes comicios el próximo 8 de mayo. El 27 de abril de 1994 empezó una nueva era para el país: los negros aquél día ejercitaron por primera vez el derecho a votar, poniendo fin a un régimen de segregación racial instituido por la minoría blanca desde fines de la década del '40. Los sudafricanos eligieron para la presidencia a su líder, Nelson Mandela, vuelto a la libertad 4 años antes tras pasar 27 años en la cárcel. FRANCE 24 PROPONEN VENDER CERVEZA CALIENTE. El Congreso de Ciudad de México discutirá una propuesta del partido oficialista Morena que busca prohibir la venta de cerveza refrigerada para desalentar el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas, lo que ha desatado una revolución en redes sociales al grito de #ConLasCervezasNo. La legisladora que propone se fundamentó en una encuesta nacional sobre adicciones según la cual iudad de México presenta el índice más alto de consumo (de bebidas alcohólicas) entre jóvenes estudiantes, la mayoría de los cuales empiezan ingiriendo alcohol en la calle. FAYERWAYER INSPIRADO EN MATANZA DE NUEVA ZELANDA. El Sheriff de la ciudad de Poway en San Diego informó que tras la captura de John Earnest, sospechoso del ataque a la sinagoga Chabad de Poway, se encontró un manifiesto firmado con su nombre en el que reconocía su odio a los judíos y dijo haberse inspirado en la matanza perpetrada el 15 de marzo en Nueva Zelanda. El alcalde de Poway, Steve Vaus, indicó que todo hacía indicar un "crimen de odio" dadas las declaraciones del autor del tiroteo al entrar en la sinagoga, ubicada a 30 kilómetros al norte de San Diego, donde una persona falleció y otras tres resultaron heridas en el tiroteo. FRANCE 24 | EXCELSIOR RECORD TOTAL DE TAQUILLA. Avengers: Endgame rompió los límites de las predicciones del fin de semana de apertura, con un enorme valor de $ 350 millones en el mercado estadounidense y $ 1.2 mil millones en su debut mundial. Es de destacar que el 45% de eso provino de presentaciones en 3-D en todo el mundo. Además $ 91.5 millones provinieron de IMAX (el doble de su récord de apertura del fin de semana anterior) e incluso 4DX ganó $ 15 millones a nivel mundial en el título. EL ECONOMISTA | CLARIN KEANU REEVES SE UNE A LOS RÁPIDOS Y FURIOSOS. Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, el primer 'spin -off' de la exitosa saga Fast & Furious protagonizada por Vin Diesel está cada vez más cerca de ser proyectado en la pantalla grande. Parecía que todo el reparto había sido desvelado, sinembargo un nuevo personaje podría llegar en el último momento. Este es el caso del actor Keanu Reeves. El actor protagonista de varias películas exitosas, podría dar vida a un posible segundo villano. Habrá que esperar al 2 de agosto, fecha de su estreno en España, para descubrir si Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw es el comienzo de Reeves en la taquillera franquicia. THAT HASHTAG SHOW CUARTO 1-2 DE MERCEDES. Mercedes celebró el cuarto 1-2 del año con la victoria del finlandés Valtteri Bottas en Gran Premio de Azerbaiyán. Ahí superó al inglés Lewis Hamilton, y lo desplazó del tope del Mundial de la Fórmula 1. El alemán Sebastian Vettel completó con su Ferrari el podio en el circuito de Bakú, donde cruzó la meta delante del Red Bull del holandés Max Verstappen. El finlandés, Bottas lidera el Mundial con 87 puntos tras haber ganado también en Australia y luego de finalizar segundo en Bahrein y China, agradeció por su victoria al equipo que registró el mejor inicio de la historia de la F1. F1 LATAM BARCELONA REVALIDA TÍTULO. Barcelona revalidó su corona de campeón de la Liga Española por anticipado al vencer 1-0 a Levante en el Camp Nou con un gol del argentino Lionel Messi. Décimo título en la Liga para Messi, que cosechó también seis Copas del Rey, ocho Supercopas de España, cuatro Champions League, tres Supercopas de Europa y tres Mundiales de Clubes. EL COMERCIO | MARCA THE CRANBERRIES SE DESPIDE. A un año y tres meses de la muerte de Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries, anunció que se separará definitivamente. La agrupación de rock que tuvo sus tiempos de mayor éxito en la década de 1990 hace este anuncio poco después del lanzamiento oficial del material discográfico llamado ‘In the end’. Fue grabado poco antes de la muerte de Dolores que ocurrió el 15 de enero de 2018 en un hotel de Londres. SPOTIFY | YOUTUBE Te pedimos que te tomes un pequeño tiempo para responder a esta breve encuesta. Nos sirve para mejorar. Francoinformador 2019 CopyRight. Facebook Twitter Instagram
We are joined by Cassie Condon with North Platte Chamber to discuss the closing of Shopko. We also discuss what other shopping outlets there are in North Platte and why shopping out of town isn't a great option.
This week on the Door County Pulse Podcast: (1:48) - Shopko closes all stores, Ephraim's highway construction officially begins, and the county may end funding for Door 2 Door rideshare program. (15:35) - Myles sits down with Sturgeon Bay School Superintendent Dan Tjernagel to talk about the upcoming school referendum, why referendums are important considering how schools are funded, and the challenges Door County schools face when it comes to funding. (50:30) - Jackson Parr is back in the county to talk about an upcoming article he wrote about water quality in the state, a new program that is set to tackle that issue, and what it could mean for the future.
In the last Fast Five before spring break, the Omni Talk crew geeks out over the launch of Instagram Checkout and a $1B Glossier valuation, while mourning the loss of Shopko and Amazon's owned brand pop up ads. Oh, and it all wrapped up with this crazy Boba Bot from Alibaba: https://www.alizila.com/video/koubeis-robotic-arm-mixing-boba-tea-in-china/
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mentioned that there were people that would pick vegetables and fruits and things and then they'd come to like your father's market and some to your dad and sell them to you know some to some of the other markets around there. And there was a lot of grocery stores or markets in that in the north side back when you're growing up and where you are.Absolutely. And the one that I'm talking to is talking about with just 16 before you go over the river and you go into Medary there. Some area right there you end. Grow with vegetables and stuff and then ride his bike into the north side in a big basket from Pebble the stuff two small grocery stores and some of the bars and the Vogue and Oni's restaurant that he's way back through they get their stuff. And I was just again part of that simple life of the north side.So Oni's was actually attached to the word the vogue right. And that was the find out that was fine dining.Back in the day as much as you can get from one to the other inside but you could get into Oni's or just into the vogue on the roadside so that the Bridgeview plaza area when that popped up what used to be there prior to that it used to be Wilkerson's sand pit a very large sand pit. And it was filmed by dredging out the Shaku Bay which is the river outside. See the river used to be you see all river came down each channel. But they had to have sand to fill and developing the Shopko center there with all the sand pits that were around.We've talked about a couple of them that you brought up is that where the kids like you and your brothers and sister used to play baseball or was there other places to play baseball. Actually we played ours in the alley behind the bombers.By her house here. There's a softball.We play softball hard. All but. Two the street and I mention the what used to be a hotel there cross that street and off to home base was at my neighbor's garage and the telephone pole over there was first base and a second base was dug out there and third base hey it was another natural part of the parking area. And we believe there are that kind of of a perpetual game going near all summer long. Did you guys use baseball gloves and bats and real balls or did you end up using what was going in there in balls but mostly not the last. Few gloves that show up but you weren't really that needed.And so you ever had a homerun.I don't know. Probably did at one time or another.Cause you could do it over one of the Alongi either one of the people who lived with St you could hit it over his shack on the back of it where he kept his and neck gets to be playable and that could be a homerun because first base was here and he said he was quite a character he would you work on the railroad and he had a boat on a pushcart and he would push it down to the river and fish all day and come back and pull it back at night.Yeah.Fish and you don't see that nowadays. I mean people people got there. Well I don't know if you watched any of the the bass masters when they were here with their you know hundred thousand dollar boats and their electronics and there that's going to find the fish for you. Not like casting all the time and real and in new ones.You know yeah I know they're real good from my own history of living there please.And you know there's somebody told me there is a pontoon boat and some dock around here with 2 400 horse on it. Wow. Yeah that's what they said. Well because I used to have a 21 foot pontoon boat with a 50 horse Mercury with it's called the Big Foot bottom. So I think it's more power to push the boat and I'd pull over water skiers and everything with it but I can't. Well we were only broke sons bought. On Father's Day and we saw a couple of these boats going 60 miles pontoons 60 miles an hour down the river.You know they're not enjoying it. You got to enjoy that go slow it just take it all in.When we still have that pontoon boat with my son's office was up there in the building on the river there and the L.H.I building up and wife and I we take we just like to go out for a little boat ride during the day and we get down here and park the boat. Just let it sit in the middle of the river. Comparators office. I'm on the phone. The. We're having a good time when you don't go with us.Except that it is just fun job.How many times did he take you up on it once. How many kids you have. I count three. Are they all musical candy. Oh. In fact.One of the most fun things we did as a family is my wife is that crazy principal. My wife playing the organ and the four of us singing songs in four part harmony and they were older by this time of course but we used to do it. We've got a CD called The Temte singers or something I've kept with the title is that we did and right. So music was really a part of our life. I was with a guy with a little parlor organ pump organ and I said Yes I have a picture. Of growing up on George Street and we win those little ones. Or anything you know and a picture of my mother sitting playing and the four of us kids and my sister's youngest couldn't have been over eight or nine so me. My oldest brother. 13 or 14 and reaching Christmas music in four part harmony and my father of them went to out and let them come the people that lived in the neighborhood that they could come and he would set up a little manger scene and my brothers we all day and proper bathrobes with scrapes on them you know the Manjari. My sister always had to be Mary she hated that and we put on the little show singing some carols and my mother playing a little organ and the people come in and just love them. But that was part of that. There was nothing that unusual or dramatic. It was part of that simpler people still getting together and enjoying each other.Do you miss the simple times.Oh yes. Try to try to maintain it as much as I care.But it's there's too much hectic going on around you to really say it's the simple times and I'm getting older so I'm going to be 40 years old this year. Celebrating the 40 anniversary of 40.
This is a nightmare in audio format, if you like this episode I hope you're ready to apologize to Pelor and baby Jesus for your sins. Paulette is a surprisingly good counselor, Marcus throws every ounce of his dignity into a dumpster, Brangelo has a tasty beverage and Manton earns his place as the protagonist of a Shopko bargain bin romance novel.
When I was a teenager, I worked at ShopKo, a department store. I was a cashier, and I was terrible. I mean, I can run toilet paper over a barcode like the next kid, but I hated being there so much that it oozed from my pores. I kid you not, people avoided my line because of the look on my face. You know the term "resting b**** face?" Well I have that naturally already, but add me preferring a root canal to being a cashier in that moment, and people were holding their children tight and running their carts over to Beth, the older cashier with a warm smile, and unlike me, didn't have a stick up her butt.The Bible says we need to serve God in all things we do, cheerfully - at that. Colossians 3:23: Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as something done for the Lord and not for men. Have you ever signed up to bring the scones to church on Sunday then complain you gotta get there early? Or go to work all grumpy and nasty and bored? Just me?Listen, we're not working for men. We're working for God! How would our lives change if we gave every task at hand all of our heart, our energy, our focus? What if we gave it 110%, every single time? I suspect for many of us, our lives would change dramatically. Our relationships would change dramatically, and God could finally use us for His higher purpose because we actually ... wait for it ... care!Special thanks to our sponsor Jet.com! For 20% off your first 2 orders over $35, visit jet.com and enter promo code ASshow at checkout! Terms & conditions apply see jet.com for details. Again - For 20% off your first 2 orders over $35, visit jet.com and enter promo code ASshow at checkout! Terms & conditions apply see jet.com for details.
Pastor Jeff Williams: December 13, 2009 What Are You Giving God for Christmas? Were breaking from our series on Ephesians for a while, and were just going to focus on this message of hope and light. How many of you have your Christmas shopping all done? Let me see your hands. Thats good. Thats not-thats good. I like that-a few hands, makes me feel better. How many of you have not even started? Excellent! This is the right group. Thats what I wanted to see-putting it off till the last minute. I will see you in ShopKo on the 23rd. Theyre open till midnight. So we have people that we buy for every year. We have the Christmas list. I want to encourage you this morning how to shop for God this Christmas. I want you to buy a gift for God, and youre going to find out that Im not just simply trying to be funny here. Im dead serious. I want you to present a gift to God this Christmas, and Im going to give you some shopping tips. Shopping tips are important, so you know how to present the right gift. So heres tip number one: when you are giving a gift to God, the motivation of your heart is everything. Motivation, thats what gets us going-you know, the catalyst that spurs us into action. If its the right motivation, we can accomplish great things. You know that snow day on Wednesday-those are the kind of fun days, just relax and putz around the house-maybe take a nap, get some things done, watch a little extra TV, spend some time with the family. Snow days are fun, so that was kind of my mindset-just kind of a laid back kind of a day. Snow is accumulating on the sidewalk, and Brendas like, You know, we need to shovel that sidewalk-if we have visitors tomorrow or our mailman or whatever. Yeah, well, right now Im going to do this. A couple hours later, theres more snow. Did you get that? You didnt shovel that sidewalk? Yeah, yeah, were going to shovel that sidewalk, but right now I have to do this over here, and I was just kind of putting it off all day long. I just couldnt get motivated. Its cold, and the snow, and its work; I just really couldnt get myself motivated for that task. I sat down to try to watch the Badger game, and there was no signal on the TV. The dish was full of snow and ice. All of the sudden, I am just energized! Im like, I gotta get the snow off the dish! Im pulling out the ladder, and Im climbing up to the roof. Im scrubbing and cleaning with warm water. I am just working like a dog to get this signal in. What was the difference? I was motivated for one and not motivated for the other. One sounded like work, and the other one was for fun; and all the sudden, all this energy came, and I became Mr. Johnny Fix-it climbing up the ladder-which was a lot more work than just shoveling off the sidewalk by the way. When you are motivated to give to God, then motivation is everything. Thats my job this morning-to try to get you motivated. When you leave this place, you are motivated to give a gift to God this Christmas. God looks at our heart. It doesnt matter what we are giving. Its how we are giving it, why we are giving it, that is all important. It doesnt matter the size the gift or how extravagant the gift… In fact, some of the most humble gifts, if given with the right motivation, are great gifts in the eyes of God. Someone had sent a letter to our church. It was addressed to me, and apparently we had helped them out financially. They were really struggling and were still struggling, but they were so appreciative of what the church had done for them that they sent the church a gift card for Culvers. It had $1.90 left. I saw this gift, and this really touched my heart. I said, You know, for that person this represents a meal or a portion of a meal. When youre really struggling to make ends meet, to give this gift card, whats left on your gift card to the church and say, You know, Ill give more when I can. This has a whole lot of significance to me-more than $1.90 from Culvers. Somebody has given from their heart, and thats what God wants us to do. He wants us to give from our hearts. In fact, if we are living a life that is contrary to Gods commands and then think we can just go out, just come to church, put some money in the offering, and then just go out and live any way you want to live and treat people any way that we want to treat them, God is not fooled by that. God sees through that veneer and that façade. I want us to turn to the Book of Amos this morning. I will tell you, if there were ever a Prophet from Tennessee, its Amos. The girls and I were talking about that between services. Amos is just a country boy. Hes a shepherd, and hes a farmer. Hes not been educated. He has no fancy title. Hes not a professional Prophet. Hes not a Rabbi. Hes not anybody in any position of authority. Hes just a guy, and hes a guy that God uses; and he speaks the truth. He speaks not what people want to hear, but he speaks what God has instructed him to speak. In Chapter 5, now whats going on with Israel is Israel is a divided kingdom-north and south: king of the north in Israel; the king of the south in Judah. This is 750 B.C. now. Israel is in peace and prosperous. Economically, they are prospering. There are no enemies attacking at this point in time, but thats going to change because in the midst of this prosperity-in the midst of this wonderful time, there was corruption. In fact, the way many had gotten rich was on the backs of the poor. They had taken advantage of the innocent. They had exploited the weak. They had used people. Theyd use the innocent, exploiting the poor and using deceit, and God saw that. God has a strong message to them. He says in Verse 21 (page 909 of pew Bibles), I hate, I despise… God is just emphasizing this, I hate. I despise your religious feast. I cannot stand your assemblies… And by the way, these are religious feasts and assemblies that he had ordained-established by God. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings… You bring Me the best. I will have no regard for them, offerings that he had ordained. God says, I have no use for them. Away with the noise of your songs, I will not listen to the music of your harps. The worship that He had commanded. God says, Its noise to Me. Why? Because their lies were so contrary to what God stood for, to the attributes and qualities that emanate from Him. God says, I want no part of your worship. I see the hypocrisy. He says, Your lives are not right. Dont think you can come to the synagogue on the Sabbath, come to the temple on the Sabbath and present an offering of an animal, and give some money in the offering plate and then go out and live any way you want to live Sunday through Friday and then come and repeat the process again. He says, Dont think that. Im not a fool! I see through that hypocrisy. Change your life. So it didnt matter how extravagant the gift of the offering. If its not given with the right motivation, God was not impressed. God was not pleased. Some of us hear that, and we say, You know, Im off the hook today because the pastors talking about people that oppress the poor, people who commit injustices to other people, people who exploit other people, people who live in bigotry, prejudice, and deceit and hypocrisy, and thats not me. Im a pretty straight forward person, an honest person, a hard-working person. I try to treat people all right. I know there are a lot of needs around me; and I know there are a lot of people who are hurting right now. There are a lot victims out there; a lot of innocent people are suffering, but you know, I cant help them. I cant do anything about that. I have to live my own life. I have enough problems to take care of myself, but I just take some solace in knowing that Im not like that. Im not like the oppressor. Well, before you get too impressed with yourself, before you feel too comfortable, I want you to read whats in Chapter 6. It says, Woe to you who are complacent in Zion… Zion is the spiritual name for Jerusalem. Now hes talking to his own people here cause thats where hes from. Hes from the Jerusalem area. He says, Woe to you who are complacent in Jerusalem. Verse 4, You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves. You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments. You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions… Boy, life is good. Right? Life is good. Theyve got all the material things they need. Theyre living in comfort, security, pleasure, but heres the problem. …but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. You do not grieve over the ruin on Joseph. You know the story of Joseph, right? You remember what happened to Joseph when he was just a young man? He was his fathers favorite son. He bought him a special robe of many colors. He was sent out to find his brothers and deliver a message, and he told them a dream. In that dream, he talked about how God was going to use him in leadership one day and how they were going to bow down to him; and they became so angry and jealous that they devised a plan to get rid of their brother. They beat him up, and they threw him in a well. And one time, they were intending to kill him. They threw him in this empty well. You know what the Bible says they were doing while he was suffering in that well broken, bleeding, crying and calling out for help, afraid? Do you know what his brothers were doing? Eating a sandwich. Thats what it says. It says they were having a meal. The caravan came, and they sold their brother into Egypt. So while their own flesh and blood is suffering and hurting, they were so cold and callous that they went on with life as if nothing was wrong, eating their sandwiches, talking and laughing. They did not care about the ruin of their brother Joseph. God says if we are complacent, if we know these things are happening around us and we do nothing, we are part of the problem; and so we are taking great effort; and we will do more so as a church to reach out to our community, to reach out to our world and help those who are oppressed-reach out to the poor, reach out to those that are hurting. Thats what God has called us to do. But if we become complacent, if we just throw up our hands and say, Theres nothing I can do. Ive got a good life here. Were not going to get our hands dirty, God says, Youre part of the problem. Im holding you responsible too. The second thing we need to remember if we are shopping for God is that we need to know whats on Gods wish list. Its really important. If youre shopping for somebody, you better know what they like, right? Weve all gotten those gifts, we go, Oh! We open up and go, You, you shouldnt have. You really shouldnt have. This is… And you know its not something youd want or ever want; and maybe they just didnt even know you. Maybe they were a Secret Santa or something and gave you a present. Youre still trying to figure out what it is. You know the person. You know their needs. You know their wants. Im telling you that God has not been silent about what He wants. Gods wish list is not unknown. Its not a big secret. In fact, He has shared with us time and time again in His Word what He desires from us. I want you to look back in Amos 5. This is the purpose statement of the Book of Amos. This really is the purpose statement of most of the Minor Prophets as they write. God had just talked about I dont want your offerings. I dont want your assemblies. I dont want your music. He says what He wants in Verse 24, But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! You want to know what I want? I want righteousness. I want justice. I want the innocent helped. I want the weak protected. Thats what I want. I want you to be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem. In the Book of Micah-if you would turn there. Its just a couple of Books over. Micah is a contemporary. He writes about the same time that Amos wrote. Micah 6:6, he asks the question, With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Hes getting really extravagant here. Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? I mean hes getting really dramatic here. Shall I sacrifice my child? What is it that God wants? He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? Heres the answer, To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. I want you to be people of mercy, people who love justice, people who walk humbly with their God. Thats what I want from you. God has made His wish list known, so what I am saying to you is I want you to consider what you are going to give God for Christmas. Have you ever considered that? Have you ever put God on your shopping list? Im asking for a specific. What are you going to do? How are you going to advance righteousness and justice in the world? What cause are you going to give towards? What cause are you going to volunteer for? What are you going to give of your resources to uphold what is important to God? Now we as a church are taking on a project this Christmas. Im going to tell you about it right now. Every year on Christmas Eve, we take a love offering for our local charities. This year were going to do it just a little bit differently. Some of the charities were helping on a monthly basis now. Some of them were helping throughout the year with our CARE Ministry, so what were going to do-since those things have changed-is were going to focus in and hone in on a specific ministry. This Christmas Eve, we are going to be helping the CARE House here in Janesville. You may have never heard of the CARE House. The CARE House is a ministry of the YWCA. Its on the south side of town. Its there as an advocacy for children, specifically those children that have been sexually abused. A child will come to this home, and theyll receive support and love; and therell be caring, compassionate people who listen to them tell their story. When they tell their story, its very hard because usually it involves somebody that they trust, somebody who is supposed to protect them who has hurt them. Its hard for them to share those details, so they record that testimony. In another room, therell be somebody from the D.A.s office. Therell be somebody from law enforcement, and they will be listening to the story and taking notes. As theyre asking questions, this is being recorded so that the child doesnt have to repeat the testimony in a court of law and repeat it several times because its so difficult. They record it once, and then its over with. Then the parents come in after that. Then they share with the parents as well what was said and what took place. They really provide a meaningful service to our community. Its sad that this house has to exist, but it does exist. Then when its through, they take the little hands, and they put them in the paint. They start to put them on the wall and on the ceiling, and they sign their name by their handprints to say, Im not alone. These people went through this, and they survived, and Im going to survive. Im going to make it through. As you look at that ceiling and you look at those walls, there are hundreds of little handprints through the years. Now one of the fallouts from G.M. was that 40 percent of the funding went down. And so the CARE House is really struggling. Now we as a church have started to support the CARE House, but they have some special needs right now. They have a need for a recording system. The cameras are old. The recording devices are old, and the estimate of what its going to cost is about $10,000, and they dont have it. So as a church, thats going to be our project. When you give on Christmas Eve, youre going to be giving to the CARE House-specifically to buy that new recording system. If you want more information on the CARE House, next week, were going to show a video on the CARE House and Mary Burheimer, the director of the CARE House, attends our church. Shes in charge of Saturday night communion, and shes here every week. She, next week, is going to be at every single service we have to answer your questions. Then on the way out, there are brochures that you can grab, and that will tell you a little bit about it. This is one of those ministries where you cant go and volunteer. This is very sensitive, very confidential, but you can pray, and you can give; so I want you to consider giving something substantial this Christmas. I want you to consider maybe a three-figure gift if God has blessed you or a four-figure gift that you can give, so every penny that we raise will go to this worthy cause this Christmas Eve, so keep that in mind. If for some reason, youre not going to be here Christmas Eve, mail that gift. Bring it in to the church during working hours, and well let you know. Thats a whopping-I mean $10,000 is a lot of money. Were just going to do the best we can. Thats all you can do, right? Were just doing the best we can, but thats our project; so maybe you write that check, and you say, This is my gift to help. This is my gift to You, God. When you do it, Matthew 6 says, Do it in secret. Dont be telling everybody, You know, Im going to give $5,000. Dont do that. Theres your reward right there. Do what you do in secret. The Bible says, Dont let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Dont blow a trumpet. Thats another important thing when youre shopping for God. When you give a gift for God, He really doesnt want you to tell people about it. You just give it anonymously if you want, just give it from a pure heart. Give it because you want it to uphold justice and righteousness and help the weak and the innocent in our community. So thats the project. You can pick one of your own, or you can help us by tagging on with us. Lets get back to the message. So God is practical. He is easy to shop for. Hes made it clear what He wants on His wish list. The fourth thing I want us to understand is found in the Book of Acts, if you want to turn to Acts 20. Paul is saying good bye to the church in Emphasis, a church that we know pretty well, having spent months talking on that Book. Acts 20, Paul is saying good bye, and he says in Verse 34 (page 1102 of pew Bibles), You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak… Well, this is important. As we understand, this is not an event. This is a lifestyle. Standing up for righteousness and justice is not something we do once a year. Oh, its Christmastime, so I have to stand up for that. I have to be involved with that. No, this is year-round; this is a lifestyle. Its not an event. Its who we are to be. Its one of the things we are to be about. It is one of the ways we live out the Gospel. Understand, I am not teaching you this morning any kind of a works righteousness here. I am not saying we give this gift or we do these things to belong to God or to be in right standing with God. Salvation is a gift that cannot be earned. In fact, it was bought for you through the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. But because we do belong to God, this is what we are called to be about; so please understand that. Were not doing this to try to earn favor, to try to be right with God; but because we have made peace with God through Christ, we are expressing that love through our gifts and through our actions and upholding righteousness and justice. Lastly, and this is the fun part, he says, …remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself said: It is more blessed to give than to receive. Now, if youre a student of the Gospels, youll know that nowhere in the Gospels did Jesus say that. But you also know, remember John said in the Gospel of John, Now, not everything Jesus said or did is recorded in these Books, but these things are written that you might know Jesus, the Son of God, and have life through His name. He says if we wrote down everything Jesus said and did, not even the world could contain all the volumes that would be written. So apparently Paul had access to some of the teaching of Jesus that was not recorded in the Scripture. Jesus says, It is more blessed to give and receive… The word blessed means happy. He says, Youre going to find you experience more happiness when you give something than when you receive something, cause thats how God has wired you. I was talking to some of our Angel Tree participants. As theyre able to give gifts and serve residents in our community yesterday, there was a joy in their hearts; and they said, Pastor, that was fun! That was a good day! I got an email. You know weve helped the church in the Dominican Republic, the Haitian Church. The Haitians come to the D.R. for a better life. Its the poorest country in the world. Well, they are oppressed there in the D.R. Weve been to the D.R. twice now as a church and built homes and so forth, so you know about the D.R. What well do, like I said, Well, why doesnt the mission we support there just fix up some of these homes, so they dont live in squalor like we fixed up the Dominican homes. The problem is they dont own their homes. Theyre not allowed to own homes. We fix up the Haitian homes. Then the Dominican landlords kick the Haitians out and then rent out their homes now to Dominicans for more money. Theres nothing we can do. They cant go to school. They cant have medical care, so we call it something else besides school. We call it something else, and we provide a building for them to worship in every Sunday. So we have a big goal of $12,000. I think were up over $7,000 now. We had a pie sale, and you guys sold pies at Thanksgiving and raised almost $1,500. I sent that to Pastor Jean [pronounced John], and we sent them some extra money. We sent them $3,000, and I said, Now, $700 of this is going to be for instruments. You choose whatever instruments you want. Thats their Christmas gift from Faith Community. Then the rest is going to go toward rent and some toward the clinic. They got that money, and Pastor Jean sent me an email to all of you. He said, I want you to know every time we play our instruments-every time, ever note, every sound our instruments make-we are reminded that the people of Faith Community love us. He said, We will play those instruments with joy, and every Sunday, we will think of you. So this is the last part, and that is we simply get to enjoy the rewards of giving. You get to bask in that and feel Gods favor rest upon you. You can just experience that joy. Thats the funnest part-thats a word, right? The best part of the whole thing is you get to experience the joy of giving. Lets pray together, and then well share some announcements and so forth before we go home. Father, this morning thank You for challenging us through the Prophet Amos-this good old boy, nobody he had to answer to but You. He spoke the Word of God with boldness. He spoke it to neighboring countries. He spoke it to Israel, and he spoke it to his own land of Judah. It was a message that You desire, righteousness and justice to roll like a river and a stream. Thats what You expect from Your people. Lord, we live in a world that is fallen, and there are wicked people who do abuse the innocent, the poor. They do hurt people. We have a free will. It would be a greater tragedy to take that free will away, and so You allow us to make wrong choices. Then You call Your people. You call Your church to action. You say, We need to be part of the healing. We need to be part of the solution, and we are becoming that. I thank You for the progress that we have made, and we ask for Your help for the progress that we have yet to make. I pray that You would help us as we adopt this goal of helping the CARE House with their recording needs. Help all of us to just simply do our best this holiday season. Guide us and teach us, Lord, and share with us what Youd have each one of us do as individuals, to bring a gift to You this Christmas. In Jesus name, we pray, Amen.
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