eric carl

co-founder Bloomi | co-founder Rae | Former Tgt Merchant | Passionate about civic advancement and soccer

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

Rubio is quite the hypocrite

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@obviceo School

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@MenInBlazers This is the modeling career we all have been waiting to see.

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@11Yanks No need for Musah. Bring on Sonora.

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@KivaDickinson Awful choice defensively and US needs to be creating more than 1 shot on net vs. this Wales team.

Left themselves a lot of work to do.

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@moizali @triplewhale Yes Please! Amazing amount of time spent trying bring data together just to be able to answer core business questions.

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To the 2 lovely woman at the #Maplegrove Tgt, you are officially my new gold standard for all my shopping trips.

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The 2 women walking into @target ahead of me turned and gave each other a big high five and chanted "let's go get some deals!"

Awestruck, I had to applaud their enthusiasm. They shared that they got some really good finds last time so this was them manifesting in hopes of more..

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This made me realize that I wasn't ready to match their energy level so I had to pivot over to the in store @Starbucks so I could mentally prepare for my forthcoming @Target shopping.

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@KivaDickinson Yes

There is also growing headwinds for emerging brands at WMT.

1) Private label
2) Inventory overages (near term profit focus sku reduction)
3) growing # of emerging brands that have gone big at WMT and are not performing

But I'm still bullish on the opportunity for brands

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@USMNTExpress Love it. Please keep doing it!

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@RosenZone A few more recent acquisitions in the mass channel that I believe have been big wins for both sides,
ThisisL. + P&G
Olly + Unilever
Shea Moisture + Unilever
Annie’s + Mills
Sun Bum + SCJ
Method + SCJ
Native + P&G
Happy Baby + Danone

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@_dhruv_1 @TheOnion 100%

There is also a entire mini series to be made about Walmart building out private label products to support diversity and inclusivity initiatives. Their Juneteenth ice cream was just the pilot episode for this onion (cringe) -worthy mini series.

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@KivaDickinson @thedanielokon Yes and also into your packaging as well as so many DTC brands packaging won’t work at the retail shelf!

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@mirmanwar Let me know when you do 🤝

[Ana Navarro-Cárdenas @ananavarro]

If you’re against abortion, don’t get one.
If you’re against contraception, don’t take any.
If you’re against same-sex relationships, don’t have one.
If you’re against same-sex marriage, don’t marry someone of same gender.

Do not impose your beliefs & religion on all Americans.

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@iiiitsandrea @jordanweitz_23 @jurhyu @foxtrotmarket Foxtrot, Go Puff, Grove Collaborative.... there is a reason why they are all building or expanding their own line of products = better profit, differentiate, and better control of your destiny.

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@jurhyu @jordanweitz_23 Isn't the answer, over sell your opportunity, raise too much capital, and then SPAC your way out of it?

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@jordanweitz_23 @jurhyu Branding, total consumer experience, channel strategy, partnerships, mission, credibility/expertise, are all great ways to help drive differentiation and help reduce risk of losing share to PL.

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@jordanweitz_23 @jurhyu Its really hard to hold true IP in CPG categories. The more commoditized a category is the more likely PL is or will become a massive competitor for small brands.