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On today's episode, we jump right into an interview that Gary did with Bloomberg Media. Enjoy.

What trends are you seeing mid-pandemic in e-commerce?

Well, it exploded when everybody got their stimulus checks. It reminded me how much of a

materialistic, capitalistic country we are. I was actually disappointed. A lot of my businesses

are in e-commerce, so I was quote unquote micro-happy, but I was macro-disappointed because I'm

hoping that people learn how to save money during this time. Look, with VaynerMedia, my marketing firm,

we sit with a lot of Fortune 500 companies that have consumer brands and we're very involved

in a lot of their e-commerce businesses, numbers are through the roof, on food and beverage and

things like that nature. Obviously, I think clothes have been hit, so a peril has been hit in certain

ways. Net net, this is a capitalistic, materialistic country and people want to buy things. I think

you're seeing a ton of activity. Sports cards is a space I pay attention to. I can't believe

how well it's doing during a time that I think people, I actually think the macro conversation is

the way this is all playing out, I think it's disguising some of the economic vulnerabilities

because we're still in this cocoon. I think that people still think there may be another

stimulus check coming for me. As soon as this is over, I'm going to get a job. I think the most

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