No Retreat, No Surrender
Analyzing and commenting on the hot topics in business, politics, and economics globally
I do not play favorites nor do I criticize to be malicious or disrespectful. My goal is simple: Provide opinions that help cut through noise, educate, uncover lies and half-truths, and provide clarity.
Thucydide’s Trap: Amazon, Tesla And The Danger Of Extreme Competition
A topic that fascinates me is business and the decisions that are made by executives when determining how they will grow their companies, design and launch new products, enter new markets and most of all, deal with competitors. Few decisions are as important as how to...
Invasion USA: How Amazon Will Take Over Retail One Mall At A Time
People can die from any number of ways including accidents, which can kill them quickly, or from diseases which can kill them slowly. In the articles I write, I often state that a company can die. Most companies don't die quickly, they die slowly; sometimes over a...
Rain On The Scarecrow, Blood On the Plow
Out of all the industries in the United States, few are as unprofitable and unpredictable as farming. I was born and raised on a farm in Iowa and I have relatives across several states farming a combined 30,000 acres of land while also raising cattle and hogs....
What’s Next For Instacart?
Articles about Instacart continue to appear in the press but for all the wrong reasons. The most recent articles outline that Instacart workers are losing money because bots are being used by some Instacart workers to snatch the most lucrative orders within...
This Is How To Lower The Cost Of Groceries
The Labor Department reports that food prices have increased to their highest levels. Prices for meats, poultry, fish and eggs increased the most rising 4.3% Stated simply, consumers are being crushed by the price of groceries. Will prices come down? No. They're...
This Is Why Jeff Bezos Isn’t Afraid
I am often asked what the future holds for Amazon? One school of thought is that Amazon is becoming so large that the U.S. government will break them up. Another school of thought is that the larger Amazon becomes, the more challenging it will be for the company to...
Will Microsoft Acquire TikTok’s U.S. Business?
Since 2018, I have made the argument that Microsoft and LinkedIn can revolutionize retail. Specifically, what I have suggested is that LinkedIn become an integrated e-commerce and social media platform. In addition, I have argued that Microsoft can make acquisitions...