A few links in-between.
Business & Economics
What do we lose when local supermarkets go under?
https://longreads.com/2019/04/23/the-man-whos-going-to-save-your-grocery-store/
Amazon’s fashion challenge.
Amazon’s income from private labels is far smaller than competitors like Target and Walmart, representing less than 1 percent of overall revenue.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/5/20683449/amazon-brands-clothing-fashion-trademarks
Characteristics of a (too) long lasting growth period?
https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-vc-bubble-is-putting-established-companies-at-risk-51559907001
The business of credit card companies - and how their profit is earned.
And while merchants pay these fees directly, and credit card holders do get a partial kickback in the form of various rewards programs, ultimately consumers pay in the form of higher prices — including those who don't even use credit cards. Indeed, the prices of all American goods and services are an estimated 1-2.5 percent higher to cover just interchange fees
https://theweek.com/articles/850232/why-are-all-paying-tax-credit-card-companies
Other Topics
Why should humans colonize mars anyway?
The notion that we’ll soon set up colonies inhabited by hundreds or thousands of people is pure nonsense.
https://gizmodo.com/humans-will-never-colonize-mars-1836316222
Seth Godin on friction.
When everyone is yelling, it’s the people who have earned the right to whisper who will be able to make the best work.
https://www.akimbo.me/blog/s-5-e-1-friction
Best regards,
Max