A Dealership Was a Zoo, Crowd Sourced Markup Tracker, Grit From Ukraine Workers

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It’s a great day to make some trouble as we cover some stories from the retail front door all the way across the world to wiring harness production in the Ukraine. From turning a showroom into a zoo, to consumers creating their own way to track dealership markups, all the way to Ukraine workers boosting wiring harness production, we’ve got trouble brewing…in good ways.

• Wire Harness Production to increase in Ukraine amidst shelling and curfews
  • Increasing from 40-70% by adding a night shift
  • Incredible determination and grit
  • We are impacting lives far beyond our storefronts
• Someone created a crowdsourced markup tracker
  • Bob Lanham posted this on Linkedin with a flurry of comments ensuing 
  • Divided response
• Jimmy Jones with Byers Automotive caught my eye. "Bring the kiddos by the store tomorrow to see some animals from the Columbus Zoo!" he wrote
  • 300 people and six animals (Leopard Tortoise, Echidna (a porcupine-like animal native to Australia), Armadillo, Shingleback lizard, Anteater ,Sloth

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