The Star of Amazon? Live From D.C. Parisian Golf. Not The Players.
A massive and ever-growing online universe with many other business units and many, many lines of businesses within those units. Never mind the bricks and mortar strategy with the acquisition of 460 Whole Foods stores, Amazon on Wednesday introduced Amazon 4-star, a store in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. The store features top-selling and trending items rated four stars and above on Amazon.com, with popular products from categories that include devices, consumer electronics, kitchen, home, toys and books. This store is Amazon’s flagship but they already have many pop-up stores and book stores. Could this be a turn of fortune for the retail industry? I doubt it as online shopping is still growing exponentially and some new retail ventures have failed miserably. For example, Lowe’s new venture with Orchard Supply, a store smaller than a Lowe’s but with more merchandise than a hardware store, has decided to close all 90 stores by February. On the surface, it seemed like a solid concept as a hybrid between big box Lowe’s and Ace Hardware, but the reality is that the big boxes, Ace Hardware and online shopping dominant this space. What comes down the pipeline from a bricks and mortar perspective will be very interesting to watch over the next 18-24 months.
No religion and no politics. That is what I try to stay with when writing content. With that said, and not going the political route: why do confirmation hearings for people nominated to our highest court need to be on national television? Does the live broadcast provide a platform of grandstanding for all involved? Does the pressure of being watched by hundreds of millions alter the questions to the candidate and more importantly their answers? I would enjoy reading your take on these questions.
I am up watching the #RyderCup. It started at 6am EDT and hopefully will last all 12 singles matches. The USA’s performance has been dismal through the first two days so maybe today will be different? Even if you are not a fan of golf, watching the USA versus Europe in any competition is good fun.
My take is my take so I will not shy away from my opinion. Sometimes my content is taken too literal so I will clear something up from last week’s rant on the performance of the Orlando City. In no way was I commenting on the performance of the players. They are professionals and I have no doubt that they go out every game, especially against Atlanta United, and put in their best to earn a win and three points. My POV targeted management and ownership who I do not feel has worked hard enough to give their manager the player pool to compete at the highest levels of Major League Soccer. Do I have solutions for Orlando City? You bet I do.
Adios and Have a Funday Sunday!