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Ranking the 35 best books I read in 2019
Like most people online, I’m always looking for book recommendations. So each year I’ve made it a habit of recapping every book I’ve read. If book recommendations are you thing, here are my book recommendations from 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. On to 2019’s list. 35. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics – Stephen Greenblatt A Harvard […]
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P&G to buy Billie. It may work, but not for the reason you think
P&G acquired Billie. Initial analysis framed it in terms of a direct-to-consumer play, but a closer analysis reveals a more traditional brand acquisition.
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Counterfeit products on Amazon is harming CPG innovation
Counterfeit products on Amazon is one of the most significant issues facing brands today.
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Fair Trade: The arcane reason small retailers can’t compete with chains
Fair Trade agreements allowed small retailers to compete with big. Now they’re gone.
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Consumer Packaged Goods and Quality Issues on Amazon
Quality control is becoming an increasing problem for Consumer Goods manufacturers selling on Amazon.
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CPG Innovation: Why New Benefits Aren’t Going to Save Gum
How to manage a dying category.
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Reengineering Retail by Doug Stephens - A review
Reengineering Retail by Doug Stephens tries to lay out a theory that encompasses the future of retail. It fails, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth a read.
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Review: The Curse of Bigness by Tim Wu
The Curse of Bigness by Tim Wu succinctly distills a generation of anti-monopoly research into one easily digestible volume.
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Ranking the 28 Books I Read In 2018
2018 was a year of contrasts. From a personal level, things have never been better. I got promoted, bought a house, and got married. As I said, for me, things have never been better. However, America seems to be edging itself closer and closer to outright fascism. Migrant children are dying because Government agents are […]
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Review: The Fall of Wisconsin by Dan Kaufman
The Fall of Wisconsin by Dan Kaufman, analyzes how conservatives utilized Dark Money, Gerrymandering, and Weak Democratic opposition to enact a radical and dangerous conservative agenda in Wisconsin.