Mary Murray

1 week ago | robertsimonson.substack.com | Mary Murray |Robert Simonson

4 weeks ago | quirks.com | Jessica Edwards |Mary Murray

Elevate Your Pricing and Promotions Strategy in 2025 with U.S. Consumer InsightsEditor's note: This article is an automated speech-to-text transcription, edited lightly for clarity. SKIM sponsored a session given on March 12, 2025, during the Quirk’s Virtual Sessions – Consumer Reset series. Jessica Edwards, vice president, revenue management and Mary Kate Murray, manager, presented this session. The two shared insights on U.S. consumers regarding pricing and promotional strategies.

2 months ago | robertsimonson.substack.com | Mary Murray

This week went fast, which is crazy because there was a lot of content. But like its roots in American history, the Bourbon and rye industries run deep and the well of information about the past, present and future of them seemed bottomless. Robert wrote about the early days of the current Bourbon and rye whiskey revival; Old Overholt’s 19th-century roots in West Overton, PA; and the whiskey destination The Travel Bar in Brooklyn.

Nov 12, 2024 | robertsimonson.substack.com | Mary Murray

Celebrate this year with an old fashioned Christmas sausage party. We’ve heard it over and over all our lives, you know, “It’s the thought that counts.” When I was young I imagined it was something people said because they were too cheap to buy a real gift, and as we approach the holidays this year, my mind leads me back to that phrase. Back at the end o…

Jan 29, 2024 | robertsimonson.substack.com | Mary Murray

It was New Year’s Day and I had stayed in bed until past midday. This was due to the previous night being my first foray into the Going-Out-On-New-Year’s-Eve World. There had been two great parties, which ended with me drinking one too many Martinis in an Ina Garten-sized glass, while picking pork bits out of the roasting pan on the host’s stove. Needless to say, it was a late night.