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The market is constantly moving and its impact on automotive is felt, not found. We look at major and market moves to keep you up to date on the factors that matter.

SVB: What Is A Bank Collapse?
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SVB: What Is A Bank Collapse?

Dang, don’t you hate when you have more theoretical money than real money. That’s how they get ya!

March 14, 2023

Tech Company Layoffs And The Job Market
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Tech Company Layoffs And The Job Market

Layoffs and jokes don’t belong together so we will just say that a bunch of bright, technically adept, people just re-entered the workforce and automotive is only getting more technical by the day. Ya dig?

January 24, 2023

Europe’s Supply Chain Recovery
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Europe’s Supply Chain Recovery

Sometimes data helps us predict the future, and sometimes it shows us how very unpredictable the future is gonna be…

January 19, 2023

Walmart and Salesforce Go Local
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Walmart and Salesforce Go Local

You either die a Walmart competitor or live long enough to see yourself pay them for services. 🦇🕺

January 13, 2023

EV Deals: Ford, GM (Kinda), and Tesla
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EV Deals: Ford, GM (Kinda), and Tesla

Forest rangers, Canadian delivery, and California DOT folks are going electric.

December 7, 2022

California’s Economic Growth By The Numbers
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California’s Economic Growth By The Numbers

We asked Germany how they felt about this news and they answered in German so we are sorry to say we still do not know how they felt about this news.

October 27, 2022

Walmart’s Q3
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Walmart’s Q3

After the automotive industry, baseball, Apple Pie, and Walmart are the big three when it comes to measuring the US economy’s health. (Source: Chris, just making things up)

October 25, 2022

Shipping Congestion Gets Some Breathing Space
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Shipping Congestion Gets Some Breathing Space

Cheaper shipping seems like an effective way to combat inflations. *shoots a weird and confused look at interest rate hikes*

October 18, 2022

Retail, Entertainment, and Coffee
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Retail, Entertainment, and Coffee

Some interesting things are happening in the business tab of Google news. We decided to grab a few, pull a helpful automotive thought👩‍🎓 and make a joke🤡 for each. Enjoy!

October 14, 2022

Aldis Finally Receives the Love it Deserves
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Aldis Finally Receives the Love it Deserves

The voice of staying financially competitive in your market is never silent, but sometimes it is louder than others.

October 11, 2022

Walmart Enters The Metaverse
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Walmart Enters The Metaverse

TL;DR - At Walmart you can buy socks, a blender, a month's supply of groceries, and a tent that sleeps 20, but they are still switching it up to connect with Gen Z. We wonder what that means for auto retail?

September 27, 2022

Gen Z Bail On Most Social Media
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Gen Z Bail On Most Social Media

Every time data shows the importance of TikTok for connecting with Gen Z, we increase the font. We’re at 19 now (in the email).

July 29, 2022

Tesla Dropped From S&P 500 ESG List
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Tesla Dropped From S&P 500 ESG List

We'd like to make a joke here about Elon employing the "but everybody's doing it" defense, but that list is legit weird.

May 20, 2022

JetBlue Goes Hostile
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JetBlue Goes Hostile

You may be having a rough day, but you’ll probably never have a “an airplane company is mad at me” level rough day. So that’s nice.

May 17, 2022

Google Earnings Dip, Signaling Online-Ad Woes
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Google Earnings Dip, Signaling Online-Ad Woes

Now hiring: Dealership TikTok dance coordinator…

April 28, 2022

Marketing to Millennials: What Do You Need to Know
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Marketing to Millennials: What Do You Need to Know

Rita Proctor looked into the secrets of marketing to the "Experience Generation" and found the name to be apt, to say the least.

April 26, 2022

US Infrastructure Package To Require US Materials
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US Infrastructure Package To Require US Materials

Dear Joe - While you're fixing stuff, please send help to the pothole outside the ASOTU office. Thanks.

April 19, 2022

As Inflation Rises, Consumer Confidence Drops
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As Inflation Rises, Consumer Confidence Drops

If full showrooms and empty lots are any indication of consumer confidence, we must beg to differ.

March 30, 2022

Oil Industry Considering Next Moves
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Oil Industry Considering Next Moves

Oil companies: “Deal with it.” Customers: Switch to EVs. Oil Companies: “No, not like that!”

March 29, 2022

United States and European Union Strike Natural Gas Deal
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United States and European Union Strike Natural Gas Deal

Instructions unclear: We're increasing production until we get to zero?

March 28, 2022

Countries Must Use Roubles to Buy Russian Gas
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Countries Must Use Roubles to Buy Russian Gas

Sure, change the rules, that'll make people like you again...

March 25, 2022

Investor Cautions “Rough Landing”
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Investor Cautions “Rough Landing”

OK, so if the plane is making a sudden and unexpected stop, what do we do to prepare?

March 23, 2022

Amazon Workers Strike
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Amazon Workers Strike

2-4-6-8 Our boss just paid to go to space…

March 18, 2022

S&P 500 Hits a "Death Cross"
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S&P 500 Hits a "Death Cross"

Stock market 101 is buying low. Stock market 102 is not spilling coffee on your sweet ties.

March 17, 2022

Amazon Board Approves Stock Split
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Amazon Board Approves Stock Split

Everybody knows once you break a 20 it's as good as gone!

March 11, 2022

Amazon Says Bye to Bookstores
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Amazon Says Bye to Bookstores

We know the real plan: Metaverse book stores are all the rage these days for news stories...

March 3, 2022

EV Maker NIO Seeks Additional Listings
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EV Maker NIO Seeks Additional Listings

Is this one of those “Act like you’re leaving to see if anybody begs you to stay” things?

March 1, 2022

Stocks Stabilize With New Sanctions
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Stocks Stabilize With New Sanctions

Bad days are like good days, neither last forever.

February 25, 2022

S&P 500 Confirms a Correction
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S&P 500 Confirms a Correction

The stock market is like teeth, most folks ignore them until they start aching.

February 24, 2022

Oil Nears $100 a Barrel
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Oil Nears $100 a Barrel

Come on Vlad, they don’t make EV tanks yet… but hey Vodka burns…

February 23, 2022

DOW Has Worst Day of 2022
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DOW Has Worst Day of 2022

Sometimes being the “calmer heads” is the best kind of trouble we can make.

February 18, 2022

Tensions Lower, Stocks Climb
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Tensions Lower, Stocks Climb

In case anybody needed a reason to not want a war.

February 17, 2022

Airbnb Bounces Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Airbnb Bounces Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Vacations are a healthy indicator that people believe their jobs will be there when they get back.

February 17, 2022

Intel Buys Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 Billion
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Intel Buys Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 Billion

This new deal is proof diversifying your business is a PROCESS! (Get it, because Intel makes processors!)

February 16, 2022

Congress to Ban Stock Trading For Members
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Congress to Ban Stock Trading For Members

Next we should ban refs from betting on the games they oversee! Oh wait, we already did that because it can majorly affect how they do their job? That's good.

February 11, 2022

Frontier to Buy Spirit Airlines
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Frontier to Buy Spirit Airlines

As people who ride in planes and do not own planes, we are looking forward to experiencing ‘value for everyone.’

February 8, 2022