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Corporate autopsies on the brands you trust. Who bought them, who gutted them, and what's still worth buying. Read by 10,000+ people.

Corporate autopsies on the brands you trust. Who bought them, who gutted them, and what's still worth buying. Read by 10,000+ people. No spam. Nobody pays me to say nice things. Unsubscribe anytime. In 1980 it was one store in Austin, and when a flood wiped it out the next spring, the customers and the unpaid staff showed up with mops and brought it back. The founder spent decades turning that day into a philosophy: take care of your workers and your community, and the profits follow. Then Amazon paid $13.7 billion, pulled the buying into headquarters and started scoring all 510 stores for unionization risk. The full breakdown drops Wednesday 6/24. Subscribe to get it in your inbox.
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