Insights from Menachem

Hector Addabbo took his first business trip in almost two years recently. He confessed that the entire experience of getting on a TSA security line at the airport, sitting on a plane with a mask, flying to his destination and checking into a hotel felt a bit strange. For the past 21 months, the sales

There is a raging debate in the halls of Congress, in the media, and in society whether the country’s billionaires should be forced to foot the bill for such things as rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure. There isn’t a great deal of sympathy for billionaires like Leon Musk or Jeff Bezos. Most people believe that these

The chances are that if you live in one of the Jewish communities in New York and New Jersey or for that matter in other communities all over the USA that there are one or more commercial strips or perhaps even more strip malls. The dictionary defines a “commercial strip” as “a linear pattern of

It was in the early 1980’s that a young woman completely changed her appearance and mannerism to look and act like an elderly shopper. In fact, she lived like that for many years and discovered an incredible truth: Retailers make it very hard for seniors to shop. She made her case in international studies and

Reports indicate that sales of kosher foods during this past Yom Tov were at record levels but at the same time retailers faced some unprecedented challenges of keeping their shelves stocked. There were shortages of snack items, beverages, and even meat.  The calendar no doubt contributed to both the soaring sales and the shortages since

It seems that one issue that society faces nowadays is the exten to which some of the mega business and specifically tech companies run our lives. With each passing day, they seem to control more of our lives as consumers, specifically in exactly how we use technology. To be sure, our nation has always stood