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Scott Stinson
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Commercial Real Estate and Tennis in St. Louis and surrounding areas
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Walmart and Alquist strike landmark deal, jump-starting 3D-printed commercial real estate
Walmart and Alquist strike landmark deal, jump-starting 3D-printed commercial real estate
The new technology has started to grow in the homebuilding market, but has been far slower in commercial construction.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Here Are the Best Rail Trails in the United States for Cycling Bliss.
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Here Are the Best Rail Trails in the United States for Cycling Bliss
Whether you're a seasoned cyclist or a casual rider, these rail trails offer a unique blend of history, nature, and adventure
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December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Ulta shares pop as beauty retailer hikes sales and earnings outlook for second straight quarter
Ulta shares pop as beauty retailer hikes sales and earnings outlook for second straight quarter
Ulta easily beat Wall Street's earnings expectations for its third quarter.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Wow......
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · 8d
And now Macy's with a convincing beat. I believe this is the strongest comps print since 2015? @retailguru.bsky.social is that right?
2026 YEAR FORECAST Sees adjusted EPS $2 to $2.20, saw $1.70 to $2.05, estimate $1.99 (Bloomberg Consensus) Sees net sales $21.48 billion to $21.63 billion, saw $21.15 billion to $21.45 billion, estimate $21.3 billion THIRD QUARTER RESULTS Adjusted EPS 9c vs. 4.0c y/y, estimate loss/shr 14c EPS 4c vs. 10c y/y Total revenue $4.91 billion, estimate $4.75 billion Net sales $4.71 billion, -0.6% y/y, estimate $4.56 billion Gross margin 39.4% vs. 39.6% y/y, estimate 39.1% Inventory $6.30 billion, +0.7% y/y, estimate $5.35 billion (2 estimates) SG&A expense $2.02 billion vs. $2.06 billion y/y, estimate $2 billion Owned basis comparable sales +2.5% vs. -2.4% y/y, estimate -1.03% Owned plus licensed comparable sales +3.2%, estimate +0.56% COMMENTARY AND CONTEXT Decline in gross margin reflects 50 basis point tariff impact, "which was better than company expectations, reflecting positive response to mitigation actions" "The company remains committed to the Bold New Chapter strategy and reinvesting most of the savings from the strategy to support long-term sales growth" For full year, sees comparable owned-plus-licensed-plus-marketplace sales flat to up about 0.5%, in September saw a decline in range of about -1.5% to -0.5% Sees full-year adj. Ebitda 7.8%-8% of total revenue, saw 7.4%-7.9%
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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DLTR is as clean a read on the bottom segment of the K as you can get. Comps in-line up over 4% YoY w/ similar guide for Q4, raised FY sales guide, Q4 EPS guide > consensus.

*DLTR 3Q DOLLAR TREE SEGMENT COMP SALES +4.2%, EST. +4.17%
*DOLLAR TREE SEES FY25 COMP STORE NET SALES GROWTH 5.0%-5.5%
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
retailbroker.bsky.social
Alright STL Bluesky peeps - Giving Tuesday - want to throw East St. Louis Community Tennis Association in your options. They along with many partners have built nine new tennis courts in East St. Louis and teach tennis year round. Here is the donation link: eaststlouiscta.org/get-involved...
Large group on a tennis court Kids taking tennis lessons Young tennis player about to strike the ball Aerial view of new East St. Louis High School Tennis courts
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Well @stltoday.com how about it........
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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@kzieff.bsky.social you read this?
Book titled Sweet Greeks
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Made the mistake of buying a giant bag of Costco cranberries...... so oatmeal, cranberry bars here we come!
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Where is all that snow????
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Thankful for these guys..... threefourteen you copy???
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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peark.es
Best Buy and Kohl's both beat and raise
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
retailbroker.bsky.social
Rolling around on the River Des Peres trail with a lunch stop at Bolyards.
Bolyard's Butcher Shop Cyclist riding through pine trees on a paved trail Beautiful orange leaves on a tree Cuban Sandwich and Pork Rinds at Bolyard's Meat Shop
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Private equity parent of Hooters, PF Changs, and Denny's reportedly nearing a purchse of Papa John's (PZZA).
Papa John’s Close To $65-per-share Private Takeover Deal With TriArtisan Capital | ABC Money
Papa John’s International Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) is nearing a potential buyout that would see the business taken private in an all-cash transaction by a
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November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
retailbroker.bsky.social
My Montgomery Ward catalog arrived.... WTF
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Great talk by one of St. Louis oldest independent Booksellers! youtu.be/BMzsnNZzfHI?...
Bookselling is a conversation with its community | Kris Kleindienst | TEDxStLouisWomen
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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20 miles today to the Legendary Mustang Sanctuary and Legendary Panteras Pizza
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Southern Illinois trip yesterday. Had lunch at the 130+ year old Louie's P&R Deli where my ancestors likely ate back in the day. This is the famous Salameat Sandwich.
Salami Sandwich and Chips
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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#shoplocal folks! Put your money where you live.
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 25
A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.

It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
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October 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Rolling around O' Fallon, IL today
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Sports Bra coming to Maplewood! 40southnews.com/its-official...
It’s official: Sports Bra sports bar to bring women’s sports-only viewing to Maplewood | 40 South News
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October 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Shares of Chili's owner Brinker are rising on a JPMorgan upgrade. Here's why the bank thinks the stock is cheap
Shares of Chili's owner Brinker are rising on a JPMorgan upgrade. Here's why the bank thinks the stock is cheap
The bank upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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East Coast Pizza rolling in to O' Fallon, MO with Arnold, MO on tap next...... bringing NY style pizza to an Imo's world. fox2now.com/news/missour...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM