Yale school of business scholars published their own research.

On a macro economic level, the sanctions have severely damaged Russia. Their economic future is increasingly bleak:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4167193

Anonymous wrote:Two things to consider:
-many companies are franchises and can’t order their franchisees to close (Burger king);
- many fashion retailers are operating as departments in department stores and other semi underground ways

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Some are operating as outlaw / pirated operations.

Watch this video recorded on the ground in a Russian shopping mall (definitely some harm, but does not seem to be at the “desperate” level. Yet.).



This person is Russian. He clearly does not support Puty’s so called “special military operation.”

Anonymous wrote:Surprised there were so few US companies on the list. Good job sanctions and consumer pressure.

Sbarro, Carls Junior and Papa John’s are all pretty disgusting. Tom Ford is the only fashion name on the list. I love his perfume but no way am buying anything from him now! Thanks for posting the list as I was planning on buying this but won’t now.

It’s not so much about sanctions or pressure but rather the Russian share of their business was very small

Two things to consider:
-many companies are franchises and can’t order their franchisees to close (Burger king);
- many fashion retailers are operating as departments in department stores and other semi underground ways

Overall, boycotting is futile. Besides, Russian dissidents deserve some pizza and wings too

Surprised there were so few US companies on the list. Good job sanctions and consumer pressure.

Sbarro, Carls Junior and Papa John’s are all pretty disgusting. Tom Ford is the only fashion name on the list. I love his perfume but no way am buying anything from him now! Thanks for posting the list as I was planning on buying this but won’t now.

Anonymous wrote:Has the USA stopped importing Russian oil yet ???


China is still buying it... so any Chinese made product is benefiting from it.

Costco doesn’t care. Neither do any of the big box stores. Most Americans don’t really care either.

Anonymous wrote:According to the list in the link posted above, Sbarro is still serving pizza in Russia!

That changes everything. Now I almost certainly won't get into my Delorean and travel back in time to eat their food at a mall food court.

They can keep their trash Sbarro.

Get that Delorean ready, because they also still have Tupperware, TGI Friday's and Hard Rock Cafe. (I feel like someone should start tweeting at Hard Rock...). TGIFridays posted a statement saying that they are franchises and so they can't shut them down (although McD's managed to do it), but they are donating all profits from the franchises to Ukraine relief.

Other American conpanies on the list include Titan (tire company, rather famously anti-union), Tom Ford (that's another target for a tweet-storm).

I'm a little unclear on Lear -- the Yale list says they are still operating plants, but google suggest maybe they've suspended production? Articles are behind firewalls, though.