In Scottsville, Kentucky at the dawn of World War 2 the market for “selling the good stuff to rich folks” was already taken, so J. L. Turner and Sons sold “the cheap stuff to the poor folks” instead. For the first 16 years of its life, the budding enterprise trafficked in close-out merchandise, first as […]
Tag Archives: Retail
[SPGI] S&P Global
S&P, Moody’s, and the limits of AI disruption: Part 1
March 3, 2026
(Part 1 concerns S&P Global; Part 2 will be published next week and discusses Moody’s) [...]
Continue reading →[VEEV] Veeva Systems
Veeva, AI, and regulated workflows
February 23, 2026
I recently recorded my annual podcast interview with @LibertyRPF, where I offer some thoughts on [...]
Continue reading →[POOL] Pool Corp.
How Pool stacks up to Watsco
February 13, 2026
MBI and I recorded an episode of Never Sell recently (Big Tech Earnings) (Spotify, Apple, YouTube, RSS feed) Having just written [...]
Continue reading →[RELY] Remitly
Remitly looks interesting
February 4, 2026
It may not be entirely fair to think of Wise as “cross-border transfers for yuppies”, [...]
Continue reading →[KNSL] Kinsale
[KNSL] Kinsale is built for speed
January 26, 2026
One way to carve up the investment universe is between standardized products, like index funds, [...]
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