CHOICE Act – Big wins for retailers

As retail operators return to work this week after what was hopefully a busy Memorial Day weekend for them, they should be encouraged by some rare good news out of Washington D.C. The industry had some big wins last week …

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Caught Up in the Entitlement Reform Debate – Again

The President recently made headlines with the release of his first draft budget proposal and while some convenience store operators might applaud the perceived “belt tightening”, leading brands need to be aware of a few hidden minefields. Most prominent among …

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Key lessons emerge from off-year elections

In political terms, 2017 is what’s known as an “off year.” Only a few states have elections but two are for governorships – Virginia and New Jersey – and we have had a couple of notable congressional special elections thrown …

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Midnight Reads – Corporations In The Age Of Inequality

Corporations In The Age Of Inequality – Harvard Business Review    The Harvard Business Review contends that the real engine fueling rising income inequality is “firm inequality”: In an increasingly winner-take-all (or at least winner-take-most) economy where the best-educated and …

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About 7 years ago

Midnight Reads – Selling What They Preach

Selling What They Preach – The Atlantic  The Atlantic explores an interesting trend in advertising. The story looks at the recent surge in advertising that is part political, part moral and makes claims, “not just about what we should buy, …

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