♥ McDonald’s Joins the Fierce Fight for Chicken Sandwich Supremacy (The New York Times): “In recent years, American fast-food customers have embraced chicken and, in particular, so-called Southern-style chicken sandwiches. Consumers in the United States ordered 2.6 billion of the crispy, juicy sandwiches last year … Fried chicken sandwiches were the second-most ordered item on the DoorDash platform, just behind… View Post

♥ Experience Entry, Descent, and Landing (NASA Mars 2020) ♥ Why Is Landing on Mars So Difficult? (The New York Times): “Perseverance had to decelerate from more than 12,000 miles per hour to a full stop during what NASA calls ‘seven minutes of terror,’ for the period of time from the rover’s entry into the atmosphere until its landing. There… View Post

♥ Until 02/15/2021, take an extra 25% off clearance styles at Nordstrom Rack; online prices as marked. Shipping is free on orders over $89. My picks: ♥ The Best Fashion to Wear When You Can Dress Up Again (The Wall Street Journal): “Moda Operandi’s eveningwear sales in January this year were 98 percent higher than for December 2020. Pieces that… View Post

♥ Listening now: Reply All: The Test Kitchen, a four-part mini series about the Bon Appétit implosion. ♥ Asos Buys Topshop, Sister Brands in £295 Million Deal (The Business of Fashion): “Asos will pay £265 million for the brands and a further £30 million for their stock, but the deal excludes any associated stores.” ♥ Why Asos Needs Topshop (The… View Post

With apologies, I have spent just about every waking minute outside of work these last two weeks (both actively and subconsciously) thinking about $GME and the r/wallstreetbets community, which is why things have been slow here. The posting schedule should normalize this week. ♥ Pandemic-Era Central Banking Is Creating Bubbles Everywhere (Bloomberg): “Cheap money, gushing in from the world’s major… View Post