“It was like, ‘OK, this is a horrific event. And how are we going to recover from this?'” says Dawn Speakman, founder of Drayage Solutions in Baltimore.
Netflix will stop disclosing subscriber numbers next year. Companies revising what measures they use to indicate performance is nothing new.
Consumers are experiencing price fatigue, one economist says.
While sizable gains in the value of stocks and real estate has likely boosted spending, it’s done less to improve sentiment.
Some types of CRE are hurting more than others. A steep downturn could cause pain to regional banks as well as property owners.
For restaurants and retailers in particular, it can lead to something the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book calls “lumpy” pricing.
Netflix has bought game studios and made other investments, but it’s playing at a “high-stakes table” with deep-pocketed competitors.
In the 1990s, Wall Street was very enthusiastic about the internet — and lost a ton of money because of that enthusiasm.
States are making tax-break offers that producers can’t refuse.
The rise of online ordering drives restaurant chains to build more drive-thrus, but traffic and walkability concerns have led to bans.
