Several years ago at Christmas time, Grasshopper No.4 gave me a subscription to the “Dollar Shave Club”. It was an internet company that sold high quality razor cartridges through the mail at a cost of $1 per month. The Dollar Shave Club was boldly targeting Gillette and Schick razor products. Gillette costs $4-5 per month. Several days ago, Unilever (a consumer product powerhouse) bought the upstart Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion. Is this a great country or what! Oh, to be an owner of the DSC!
I went to the Green Bay Packer Stockholders meeting yesterday. It was scheduled to start at 11:00 AM. An electrical thunderstorm blew through and postponed the start to 11:45. I hope the storm is not an omen for the upcoming season. The annual meeting is really not about financial results. It is a lovefest. People show up in shorts, lots little kids, crying babies, and old timers spinning tales of years past. Packers have their own “field of dreams”.
I predict the the PokemonGo is peaking. As it reaches worldwide distribution, the business world is joining in and trying to use Pokemon for personal gain. Business will suck the fun out of the game. McDonalds has created a Japanese McPokey version of the GPS treasure hunt designed to bring players into McDonald restaurants. Fads come and go.
Air Venture in Oshkosh begins Monday. The air will be filled with lots of airplanes over the next week.
Hot and humid this weekend. Stay cool.
Love,
Dad