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John C Abell

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In the 1960’s, when I was a kid, there were two kinds of households: Those who subscribed to Time, and those who subscribed to Newsweek. OK, there were three, but the people who subscribed to US News & World Report were weirdos who in half a generation wo…lnkd.in/enQ4q_jh

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To say the least: A lot has changed in retail since Stew Leonard opened up his first store. But good ideas die hard. This small chain of supermarkets has no digital presence and two rules: 1) The customer is always right. 2) If the customer is wrong, see…lnkd.in/dcCmBGvW

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To say the least: A lot has changed in retail since Stew Leonard opened up his first store. But good ideas die hard. This small chain of supermarkets has no digital presence and two rules: 1) The customer is always right. 2) If the customer is wrong, see…lnkd.in/dqM3Fm_5

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Hard not to see this coming, but, honestly, the beginning of the end came near the beginning when they dropped their VJs and then stopped showing music videos (for the kids who don’t know, Music Television is the name, and they caught and killed The Music…lnkd.in/dgBJQdBa

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Welcome to the Evening Wrap-Up – your summary of today's top news: Inflation eases for 10th month [lnkd.in/dHwXmRku] Disney+ sheds viewers, trims losses [lnkd.in/drY-WTet] Google beefing up search with AI [​​lnkd.in/d7UwNCnT Huge wi…lnkd.in/d6XJVuTf

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If this has already been done, someone please share a link — but I think a fantastic enterprise piece would be to ask every member of congress whether they would never vote to increase the debt ceiling, always would, or only would only if they got somethi…lnkd.in/dgrQTyBW

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I used to be a major White Castle customer (though evidently not good enough to be inducted into their Craver Hall of Fame — a gripe for another post … ). The people at the local place I frequented in Queens, NYC were always very…lnkd.in/dNtsf4sA lnkd.in/dPCCX635

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I first noticed QR code menus in the windows of some SF restaurants and thought it was a great way to communicate to people on the fence. But at the table? A pound foolish abomination! 😜 cc Samer Farha lnkd.in/d92MSYzA

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Nobody asked for my opinion of the Succession finalĆ©, but I’ve been wondering why something I had been looking so forward to, and which (I concur with most of the world) ā€œstuck the landingā€ hasn’t prompted me to think about it much or compare notes with p…lnkd.in/dpQvJszV

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Welcome to the Evening Wrap-Up – your summary of today's top news: Apple unveils Vision Pro headset [lnkd.in/dUH4EDTq] SEC sues crypto giant Binance [lnkd.in/dN7jDMKf Women making gains in Fortune 500 [lnkd.in/dTYjnAaD] Marriott lean…lnkd.in/duK3-dfN

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Welcome to the Evening Wrap-Up – your summary of today's top news: Apple unveils Vision Pro headset [lnkd.in/dg45kDtQ] SEC sues crypto giant Binance [lnkd.in/dUiSpHvr Women making gains in Fortune 500 [lnkd.in/dvHmFZ7Z] Marriott lean…lnkd.in/dG8Mk729

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Tonight I have a little fun with the (professional) World of Golf [tm], which is marginally relatable to a lot of people, and ask where the line is for companies when it comes to joining the culture wars. lnkd.in/dputyZqd

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What's your go-to tool for managing editorial workflows? āœļø Lots of communication. Lots. Anyone who’s ever seen a Gordon Ramsay show knows kitchens only works if the people behind the line are talking all the time, to each other and the servers. So talkin…lnkd.in/ddhucqGc

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Welcome to the Evening Wrap-Up – your summary of today's top news: What salary transparency laws reveal [lnkd.in/dGPXN8u2] Is there a housing-price spiral? [lnkd.in/d658BnrE] Ā Is Disney’s Pixar losing its magic? [lnkd.in/d6p74FXc Riv…lnkd.in/d3hDdHwC

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Welcome to the Evening Wrap-Up – your summary of today's top news: Starbucks strike over Pride dispute [lnkd.in/dbC-CNPS] Meta to Canada: No news for you [lnkd.in/dXU4HKHE] ā€˜Fun-flation’ now, remorse later? [lnkd.in/daNcrm6E] Qatar s…lnkd.in/dPKSw9Z7

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Nvidia rewrites the rules about speed; social media may be hazardous to your health; LA schools say smartphones are dumb — that was the week that was, on The Wrap! linkedin.com/pulse/its-nvid…

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linkedin.com/posts/johncabe… A tech outage not to remember; a smartphone solution to Watch, and all his X’s live in Texas — That was the week that was!

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Google's monopoly problem isn't your problem linkedin.com/pulse/googles-… via LinkedIn