When keeping prices low goes wrong… Walmart found out the hard way when it wanted to expand its e-business into expensive outdoor gear. As the Wall Street Journal reports, some in the industry got mad and suppliers pulled their products. Why?
As the Journal reports, the CEO of Moosejaw, Eoin Comerford, called the move “dated thinking.” Who hates low prices? Well, this small business owner:
Just remember the Wes Allens of the world next time somebody encourages you to “shop small.”
Retirement Alert! Here’s a GOP lawmaker in the Virginia Senate who should consider stepping down: Senator Richard Black of Loudoun. Why should he step down? Oh, you know, the usual meetings with Bashar al-Assad, and suggesting the Brits are cooking up false flags to oust Assad.
“Your move, New York…” That’s what CNN’s David Wright joked after reports emerged that a rat pulled a fire alarm in Washington, forcing a condo to evacuate. (Yes, there’s video evidence.)
In Canada, a grocer beats the banks. Loblaw’s, a Canadian grocery chain, outperformed banks there in a credit card survey.
Are you ready for Florence? We send our prayers to readers down in the Carolinas, expected in the next few days to get hit by Hurricane Florence. Just to be safe, I stocked up on water to make sure the babies could be fed in case we lost power, but Washington isn’t likely to see much other than a bunch of rain. (Which it can’t handle.) Here’s a former president of American Meteorological Society on why, if you live on the East Coast, you should be taking Florence seriously.
O’s honor the blind. The Baltimore Orioles are having a terrible season, but the venerable franchise in Maryland is taking a game to honor the National Federation for the Blind, which calls Baltimore home, with Braille jerseys. A first!
Speaking of jerseys… My Cleveland Indians removed Chief Wahoo entirely from uniforms for their Toronto series, which was… not good. This is the last year he’ll appear on players’ hats and jerseys. Perhaps the curse of Wahoo is more real than we think?
Americans don’t really eat their cats or dogs… Is this really a problem? Well, some in Congress think so, and a few members of the House are looking to create another pointless crime.
Though, as Reason notes, the bill doesn’t apply to Native Americans.
Afternoon Links are part of the Daily Standard newsletter, a free daily newsletter that goes out Monday through Friday. Sign up here!
