Bezos does not make mistakes. We, regular people, we make mistakes. I am not going to gasp at $13.7B price tag. I am not in the camp that it was overpriced. I am not going to gasp at what it means for...
Last week I was in Maui with clients. Today I am in Minneapolis St. Paul with clients. Two very different cities for sure on all fronts. Different weather, different people, and different topography....
Weed through distributors is likely just a smoke screen! As the battle over marijuana heats up in various legislative bodies there are a lot of articles written about how weed will just be another...
From where I sit I am 30,000 feet up in the air coming back from a supplier meeting in California and musing about my week. Some key takeaways from this week where I was in Chicago (Big 5 distributor...
I am in NYC this week for the USA Trade Tasting. If you have not been in New York City in May, I highly recommend it. One day it can be sunny and 90 degrees and the next it can be 55 and cloudy. This week...
I am sure that many of you clicked this link for all the wrong reasons. The title is meant to evoke the ease of click baiting – you should mirror the ease to move your products off an retailer’s...
In my role as National Spokesperson for Liberation Distribution I have been making the rounds at industry meetings and events for the last few months. I sit at the podium, microphone, or stage and...
From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin Wall cut off and divided West Berlin from East Berlin. In November of 1989 it came down and reunited a city, a county, and perhaps Europe. Why it was there and what it stood...
Pretty weird headline for a business article, I know! Weird but true, absolutely true! I like to go to the gym when I am back in my home town of Chicago. I am relegated to hotel gyms and cross fit drop...
This article is penned at 30,000 feet traveling home from a weekend in Las Vegas. Two things about Vegas that are always interesting facts is that in Vegas, the house always wins—always, and second, Vegas...
