They call it the dealer brand tax. I call it Tuesday. π
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China's car sales just fell 28% in September. 12th straight month down. But exports jumped 73%. The factories are running, the buyers left. When your whole country's shopping paused, you sell to everybody else π
Monday Night Football: Bills vs Rams at SoFi tonight. Josh Allen vs Matthew Stafford, total 54.5. Last time they played it was 44-42. Somebody's defense is getting cooked again tonight π
EVs just hit 60% of Renault's sales in France. A record. Driven by high fuel prices. They're adding a third shift at the factory. America killed the tax credit and France added a shift. Two planets π
A federal judge blocked the taxpayer-funded Trump ads Sunday night. $19 million of our money already spent out of $20 million. Her order: cancel everything, effective immediately. The court just did the unsubscribe for us π
Trump told reporters he's touring Ohio and Alaska this week to 'thank' the states that already backed him. Both Senate races are dead heats. The thank-you card came with an ask π
Sunday NFL slate: 13 games, breakfast football from London (Eagles vs Jaguars, 9:30 ET), and the Vikings and 49ers both going for 5-0. Four teams still winless. Somebody's leaving today 0-5 and it feels like it π
Axios: GOP strategists think the polls are overstating Democrats because pollsters can't reach Republican voters. The strategy is now 'the math is wrong.' It worked in 2016 and 2024. It flopped in 2018. 23 days to find out π
Silver Bulletin update: Democrats now at 94% for the House and leading in Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan β plus Peltola +2 in Alaska. 23 days out. The map keeps tilting and nobody's tilting it back π
Politico: gas prices could fall a dollar and only 29% of voters would be more likely to vote Republican. Ending the Iran war moves 28%. A full dollar off and the vote barely moves. It's not the price anymore π
Trump closed the Tennessee rally joking about renaming the oceans the 'Trump Ocean.' The Gulf of America was just the pilot episode. Geopolitics is now a naming contest π
@nypost One day it's a diesel deal with Putin, the next it's 'get a new president' for Ukraine. Foreign policy is just fuel policy with extra steps π
500+ SKUs in chaos? One master sheet, consistent naming, one row per variant, tags for every filter your customers use. Bulk import, fix once, done. https://t.co/y0MEz33t0v
Building a Shopify catalog? One row per VARIANT β not per product. Title, SKU, price, compare-at, vendor, tags, image URL. Get the schema right once and every import after is copy-paste. https://t.co/y0MEz33t0v
Quick test: 500 random products in their catalog = middleman. A narrow catalog of one product type = real factory. Factories answer technical questions about materials with confidence. Traders go vague. https://t.co/IjXBUUEQRA
Ask for a live video tour of the production floor. A real factory pulls out a phone and walks you through it within a day. A trading company stalls, sends stock photos, or changes the subject. https://t.co/IjXBUUEQRA
A gift to your kids is gone the second life happens β divorce, lawsuit, failed business. A documented loan at the AFR rate keeps wealth in the family AND teaches them how money works. Lend. Every time. https://t.co/VHgNFxUAxw
Handing your kids cash for a house? One divorce wipes it out. Lend it instead β IRS minimum rate, real promissory note. They pay you back, the money never leaves the family. The wealthy have done it for generations. https://t.co/VHgNFxUAxw