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.
Why Instacart Should Partner With The U.S. Postal Service
COVID-19 has severely impacted the retail industry. Some retailers were forced to shut down as they were deemed as being non-essential but grocery retailers have thrived. Online grocery ordering and delivery has increased over 40% since the start of the COVID crisis,...
The Future Of Tik Tok
On July 14th, 2019, I wrote the following in two parts on a LinkedIn post: The future of Tik Tok is dependent upon two things: The relationship between China and the USA, and the value of Tik Tok as an acquisition target. I estimate that prior to the Presidential...
Why Police Officers Often Have To Shoot Suspects Armed With A Knife
Police officers are often placed in no-win situations. This is why so many people use the phrase "Being a police officer is a thankless job." Not to me. I greatly appreciate and support the men and women of law enforcement. I also agree that there are times when the...
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...
Walmart Should Not Partner With Instacart. Here’s Why.
News reports are circulating that Walmart, in an effort to better compete against Amazon in online grocery delivery, is partnering with Instacart. Pilots will be conducted across four markets spanning California and Oklahoma. I question the partnership. Here's why....
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....
Ford Motor Company Has A New CEO. This Is What He Must Do To Save The Company
A staggering fact regarding the Ford Motor Company is this: Ford is $155B in debt. The company has around $35B of cash on hand but with sales at their lowest levels in years, Ford has a high cash burn rate covering operating expenses and payments to prior loans....
Amazon Should Acquire American, United Or Delta Airlines
I posted multiple times on LinkedIn in 2019 and 2020 that I believed either Microsoft, Google or Facebook should acquire TikTok from their parent company, ByteDance. Most members of LinkedIn disagreed with the recommendation. Fast forward to the present and it appears...
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...