Hey guys, Im planning to buy and hold these stocks to diversify away from big tech. Are you holding any of these stocks or are bullish on them for the long run? I am looking for wide-moat companies that are investing in new projects/R&D and have room to grow.
So far, I have the following consumer stocks on my watchlist: Costco, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Volkswagen, Toyota, McDonalds, Nike, Unilever, Dover
For financial: JPM, Bofa, American Express, Mastercard, Square, PayPal, Blackrock
Hi everyone, many companies are using the gay pride flags in their branding so I am collecting information on attitudes and views towards rainbow branding of FMCG products.
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This is part of my research for a university project. If you have any feedback to improve the survey, or points I can consider as limitations please leave a comment.
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It would be a non profit, although I donβt think it would even need to be classified as such, since it would probably just be a Facebook group or an app at best.
Initially, it would service a couple neighbouring neighbourhoods in our city, if the model works we could open it to the entire city.
An individual will post (a Facebook post) their broken item and either offer them up for free or ask for repair -
havenβt thought if they should put a cost on their repair or ask for free repair - what do you think? I like the idea of it being a free communityβ¦ but I could see that having some benefits of ask for repair work feature - getting the item into a useable state, employing. I do foresee some problems with undervaluing work, damage liability, etc.
In addition the menders/repairers/tinkerers could make a request for broken items.
We have a local BuyNothing group. If youβre not familiar with BuyNothing it is described as βBuyNothing offers people a way to give and receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through a worldwide gift economy networkβ BuyNothing is great! but I rarely see broken items, or less than perfect items being gifted through Buy Nothing. I also think that while BuyNothing is best as a hyper local group, this repair group would need a larger member amount because repairers (for lack of a better word, maybe menders?) people are not concentrated in one area.
The idea arises from seeing large amounts of consumer waste on garbage day, what if some of that could be diverted?
Name of the group could be Mend Something, Fix Something, Fix Anything, Fix Everything, Fix-it-all, Repair Something, Busted, Reepair, Menders β¦ Iβm open to more suggestions
Also the city name of neighbourhood name would come after it.
Open to thoughts, restructuring, criticisms, organizing ideas - whatever! Thanks
Especially looking for a better description of what this is, or any other communications type help.
Hi has anyone got any good alternatives to the CPI, does not seem like a true measure of inflation., also what are your predications on inflation in 2022?
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The last 2 officially published NATO (theater owners) ticket price data come are 9.16 for the average ticket price in 2019 and 9.37 for ticket prices in Q4 of 2019. Between November 2019 and November 2021, non food/energy CPI inflation has been 9.1% so if we apply that number to "hard" Q4 2019 ticket price numbers, this is what we get. At some point we'll presumably get "hard" average ticket price data for 2020/2021 but until then, I think this is a better approach than pretending no inflation has occurred during the pandemic.
(This table only includes "the blockbuster era" starting with the release of JAWS in 1975)
| title | OW | DOM | pre-pandemic inflation adjustment (NATO 2019 average ticket price) | real inflation adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $1,554,475 | $460,998,007 | $1,505,273,746 | $1,642,640,821 |
| Titanic | $28,638,131 | $659,363,944 | $1,247,410,568 | $1,361,245,770 |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $11,911,430 | $435,110,554 | $1,231,303,789 | $1,343,669,132 |
| Jaws | $7,790,627 | $260,000,000 | $1,161,756,095 | $1,267,774,709 |
| Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $247,966,675 | $936,662,225 | $1,012,399,043 | $1,104,787,750 |
| Avatar | $77,025,481 | $760,507,625 | $904,178,608 | $986,691,421 |
| Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $4,910,483 | $291,738,960 | $886,042,797 | $966,900,586 |
| Avengers: Endgame | $357,115,007 | $858,373,000 | $858,373,002 | $936,705,723 |
| Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | $23,019,618 | $309,205,079 | $851,898,228 | $929,640,079 |
| Jurassic Park | $50,159,460 | $402,523,348 | $841,459,978 | $918,249,264 |
| The Lion King | $1,586,753 | $421,785,283 | $832,092,394 | $908,026,820 |
| Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace | $64,810,970 | $474,544,677 | $827,257,380 | $902,750,577 |
| Forrest Gump | $24,450,602 | $330,151,138 | $736,283,621 | $803,474,807 |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | $8,305,823 | $225,686,079 | $727,218,134 | $793,582,029 |
| The Avengers | $207,438,708 | $623,357,910 | $717,331,462 | $782,793,126 |
| Jurassic World | $208,806,270 | $652,306,625 | $708,790,321 | $773,472,545 |
| Black Panther | $202,003,951 | $700,059,566 | $703,901,821 | $768,137,934 |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | $0 | $169,100,479 | $685,031,626 | $747,545,698 |
| Avengers: Infinity War | $257,698,183 | $678,815,482 | $682,541,141 | $744,827,938 |
| The Dark Knight | $158,411,483 | $533,720,947 | $680,296,309 | $742,378,249 |
| Grease | $8,941,717 | $181,813,770 | $655,100,474 | $714,883,112 |
| Shrek 2 | $108,037,878 | $441,226,247 | $650,826,473 | $710,219,078 |
| Spider-Man | $114,844,116 | $403,706,375 | $636,480,273 | $694,563,684 |
| Independence Day | $50,228,264 | $306,169,255 | $634,504,608 | $692 |
I've always been intrigued by the works of karl marx and communist aesthetics, yet i fail recognise how a marxian society would handle the issue of producing consumer goods without having markets. Sure u can have brain implants that can detect and create how much cola a specific commune would need but that kind of technology hasn't been reached yet.
The company β one of America's last remaining true dollar stores β said Tuesday it will raise prices from $1 to $1.25 on the majority of its products by the first quarter of 2022. The change is a sign of the pressures low-cost retailers face holding down prices during a period of rising inflation.
Dollar Tree (DLTR) said in a quarterly earnings release Tuesday that its decision to raise prices to $1.25 permanently, however, was "not a reaction to short-term or transitory market conditions."
Selling stuff strictly for $1 hampered Dollar Tree, the company said, and forced it stop selling some "customer favorites." Raising prices will give Dollar Tree more flexibility to reintroduce those items, expand its selection and bring new products and sizes to its stores.
Dollar Tree also said that hiking prices will help the company increase its profit margins by "mitigating historically high merchandise cost increases," including freight and distribution costs, as well as wage increases.
"This is the appropriate time to shift away from the constraints of the $1 price point," CEO Michael Witynski said in a statement.
Iβve been looking at Polygon and Commencal, and the price difference between the big brands and these online only brands are blowing my mind.
What are some other direct to consumer brands?
I just realized that over turning roe-v-wade means the rich oligarchy will have more working class spenders to keep the economy going, which means they can keep exploiting the working class for more money. Millennials and younger are putting off having children because they canβt afford it. With unreal housing costs, outrageous student debt, higher cost of living despite stagnant wages, fewer and fewer are deciding they canβt afford to have kids. But ending access to abortion means forcing a higher volume population for the future. Itβs not necessarily about religion - itβs about money. I didnβt understand it until I realized itβs about money, of course. Always have to follow the money.
Source:
https://www.consumerlab.com/reviews/vitamin-d-supplements-review/vitamin-d/#cautions
I don't have a membership so I can't read it
I know this community has rightfully so pointed out B&N's inistance on shipping collecters items like criterions in thin mailers that are bound to cause damages. I'm now noticing amazon is using a similar tactic. I'm assuming this is a cost effective reason on their end but i digress. Anyways. The packaging that contained a copy of the Melvin Van Peebles set and an arrow Film release came in a small bag with very little padding for protection. It didnt get damaged besides a minor dent, which is something i can deal with (thank god it wasnt spider wrapped at least, right??). My concern is that it could have been alot worse. Idk what happend to a tradition box with some bubble wrap, but I do miss it for sure.
To be on the safe side I think i just want to support criterion directly from now on. This could be saved for another post but since I rarely post on here, Though I check in quite often I thought i would share my feelings towards BnN. Besides the spider wrapping issues, Barnes and Noble has stopped the 10% discount for awhile now, maybe two years at this point and it is quite a bummer. And I know it saves them money but by how much, I would think having the discount would insetivise people to spend more during the sale. Meanwhile criterions website has always had a reward system. Spend 500 and get 50 bucks in a giftcard. Not bad. Especially since these points dont expire to my knowledge and lets be honest, it dosent take long to have spend 500 on criterions once youve been collecting for years.
>Basically I'm only going to be supporting criterion through there flash sales from now on. For one it would save me moeny only allowing myself two sales instead of four to shop in. Second I will be supporting Criterion directly. Though I believe in supporting brick and morter, I dont believe BnN is pro consumer anymore. Criterion rewards you through shopping with them. Are there when you have issues with damages with packaging or discs ( no matter if you bought it from them or not). And lastly which was orignally was the point of this rant, they care about how they package criterions.
