Unspent Capital

We’re known for being able to shop until we drop. Well, election 2016 took us to our knees. From Fortune: “Consumers who were riveted and stressed out by the close presidential context last week held back on spending, costing online retailers $800 million between Nov. 1 and Nov. 14.” Come on, folks. Let’s suck it up and get back out there.

+ Many NFL execs are hoping that you weren’t watching games because of the election, and that you’ll be coming back now that it’s over. One potential problem with that theory is that college football ratings didn’t suffer the same drop.