Macy’s first priced something $0.99 in 1880 in a catalog, now every retailer does — but that means they’ve rounded the price up, not down. Avatar 2 is Disney’s blockbuster of the year, but it’s probably not gonna make any money. And Taco Bell is adding french fries and breakfast in a head-on attack on McDonalds, which means we have a food fight coming. $DIS $YUM $MCD $M Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fil...
Dec 16, 2022•21 min•Ep. 879
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” just hit number 1 on the Billboard top 100 chart (again) — So we’re looking at the Economics of Mariah Carey. Nuclear Fusion just had a technological breakthrough that could save the planet someday… and you’re the main investor in it. And the 1 winner in the FTX crypto downfall is: QuickBooks. $SPOT $INTU Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form G...
Dec 15, 2022•21 min•Ep. 878
More Americans skied last year than ever before — and Vail Resorts’ just told us its favorite kind of skier. Apple’s AirTag is supposed to track products… but they’re being used to stalk people too. Which shows the need for a Chief Evil Officer. And FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas, so we finally know his crimes (allegedly). $MTN $AAPL $BTC Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this ...
Dec 14, 2022•21 min•Ep. 877
The final episode of The White Lotus just happened, and it perfectly demonstrates HBO’s drip strategy. The top-selling food category this year? Snacks. But the top-performing food within that food category? Pretzels. And did ya notice a new car company called “KN”? That’s actually “Kia” and it was the biggest and strangest rebrand of 2022. $WBD $NFLX $HSY $M $KRW Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out t...
Dec 13, 2022•22 min•Ep. 876
Utah is America’s biggest sweettooth, which is one reason it’s home to Crumbl — the fastest-growing restaurant chain in the country. Lululemon trails only Nike in apparel, because investors want to play with Profit Puppies, not run with Revenue Rabbits. And Microsoft spent $69B to play a video game, but was just told to go to its room. $LULU $MSFT Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the...
Dec 12, 2022•21 min•Ep. 875
Amazon’s newest product is a TikTok-style video shopping feed, but it’s not to compete with TikTok - it’s to compete with itself. Campbell Soup stock is up 30% this year thanks to Chunky Soup’s Madden strategy. And Dyson just revealed an air-filtering headset with noise cancellation, but it violates the fundamental rule of product design: You can make an ugly product, but you can’t make the person ugly. $CPB $AMZN $AAPL Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now ...
Dec 09, 2022•21 min•Ep. 874
We just calculated that Walmart lost $2.5B this year from shoplifting. The sports apparel brand Fanatics just hit a $31B valuation because it’s borrowing the business model of the New York Yankees. And AutoZone’s stock just hit an all-time high because America’s cars are acting like America’s grandmas. $AZO $WMT Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for th...
Dec 08, 2022•20 min•Ep. 873
ChatGPT is a new artificial intelligence chatbot that you can ask any question and it will give a human answer… so we asked it to write today’s TBOY episode. The hottest-growing food right now is “smeals” (snackable meals) — Smeals are a case study in “Category Design.” And Salesforce just lost another key executive (the founder of Slack) because CEO Marc Benioff can be rich or king (but you can never be both). $SJM $CRM Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now...
Dec 07, 2022•21 min•Ep. 872
Orders for the Espresso Martini quadrupled in 2022, because it’s the ultimate gateway drink for the cocktail curious. College Football’s tripling the size of the playoffs, but it’s facing an ancient growth risk: Dilution. And just as it gets too cold, Owens Corning is a pure-play cozy stock. $PRNDY $OC Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Lea...
Dec 06, 2022•21 min•Ep. 871
Rolex is launching its own certified pre-owned Rolex business because the trend is your friend. Northrop Grumman just unveiled the most expensive bomber plane in history, but it may end up being the cheapest, if you think about it. And feedback is a gift, so Netflix is expanding its not-so-secret Preview Club (no, we didn’t get invited either). $MOV $NFLX $AMZN $NOC Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill ou...
Dec 05, 2022•20 min•Ep. 870
Apply for TBOY Social Media Manager: https://tally.so/r/3yX9Og Finally, the price of 1 thing in the economy has fallen — The Chicken Wing. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of fraud, yet he just sat down for an interview in a Shakespearean drama. And Loop just made a major hire for its baby gear rental company, but it has us wondering the ancient question: Rent or Buy? $WING $CMG $BTC Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Sh...
Dec 02, 2022•21 min•Ep. 869
The 7th biggest pyramid on Earth is actually in Tennessee, it’s a hotel, and it’s owned by Bass Pro Shops. Everyone's talking about Twitter and Elon, but what’s going on at Tesla? 3 bad things. And whether or not the Grinch steals Christmas comes down to 1 thing: The Railroad Strike. $TSLA $CSX Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Learn more ...
Dec 01, 2022•20 min•Ep. 868
Budweiser’s beer was banned last second at the World Cup, so it’s giving the beer away to the winning country. The China protests are a threat to Apple more than any other company — Because China is home to iPhone City. And 400 Macy’s stores are now implanted with a tiny Toys ‘R’ Us store because Macy’s is the new mall. $BUD $M $AAPL Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet...
Nov 30, 2022•20 min•Ep. 867
Chinese citizens are staging once in a generation nationwide protests — And China’s Zero Covid Policy is infecting the world’s economies. Modern Animal just raised $75M to make your dog stick its tongue out via text message. And Frontier Airlines just borrowed from the Olive Garden, offering an all-you-can-fly pass for $599. $CHWY $AAPL $ULCC Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best...
Nov 29, 2022•19 min•Ep. 866
Gyms are already at record highs in 2022 — and it’s partly thanks to Planet Fitness’ perfect $10 price. Toyota has a plan to remain the #1 car company on Earth: hybrids, aka electric training wheels. And the ex-CEO of Peloton is launching a new startup called Ernesta… because the rugs beneath your feet are littered with dust of disruption. $PLNT $COST $PTON $TM Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out thi...
Nov 28, 2022•21 min•Ep. 865
It’s our last pod until Monday, November 28th, so we’re looking at The Return of the Jedi in real life — 3 years ago, Disney’s Bob Iger quit, now he’s back as CEO. Breakfast icon Denny’s just launched a bottomless breakfast blouse that broke Black Friday: A $6 t-shirt worth 1,000 pancakes. And your wallet is smaller than last year, but thanks to jobs, experts think you’ll spend more on the holidays than last year (spoiler: It’s a “Santa Splurge”). $DIS $DENN $WMT $AMZN $SPY Follow The Best One Y...
Nov 22, 2022•22 min•Ep. 864
Apply to be Social Media Manager for The Best One Yet podcast: https://tally.so/r/3yX9Og Kraft-Heinz is done with healthy and pivoting back to processed foods: Weiners, Mac & Cheese, and Lunchables are back thanks to The 80/20 Rule. Gay dating app Grindr didn’t just invent the Swipe — it just went public and the stock surged 500%. And Thursday was “The Elon Exodus” as 1,200 Twitter employees quit because they don’t want to work 24/7. But Elon’s focused on the $3M he pays in interest every da...
Nov 21, 2022•19 min•Ep. 863
The World Cup begins Sunday in Qatar, a nation of just 300k citizens (half of Vermont) — but it’s dropped $200B for 8 new stadiums. Starbucks’ busiest day of the year was yesterday’s “Red Cup Day”, because holidays beat habits. And FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried just admitted he’s a fraud, so we’re gonna play a little game: Lehman, Enron, or Madoff? $SBUX $BTC $COIN Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out...
Nov 18, 2022•21 min•Ep. 862
Taylor Swift’s concert tickets just broke TicketMaster — but the debacle also shows how TicketMaster’s monopoly frustrates everyone with fees. Tom Ford’s fashion house just sold for $2.8B to Estee Lauder because they like the smell of him. And the solution to the housing crisis? It may be the Airbnb Co-Founder’s startup for mini-homes designed to be built in backyards. $LYV $ABNB $EL Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout o...
Nov 17, 2022•20 min•Ep. 861
Stock of Tinder-owner Match is up 20% because, despite inflation, you’re paying a premium for dating apps — and that’s life-changing. Walmart surged 7% because it remembered how to bully suppliers. And BuzzFeed revealed that it snagged 151M hours of Zillennial attention last quarter, but not all eyeballs are equal. $MTCH $BMBL $BZFD $WMT Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact...
Nov 16, 2022•20 min•Ep. 860
Hasbro stock fell 10% because it’s messing with Magic: The Gathering. Twitter’s latest problem is fake-but-verified accounts (like Super Mario giving us the finger), which makes Twitter a dangerous place for brands. Amazon is reportedly laying off 10,000 people, mostly on the Alexa team — Another dream lost to a tech nightmare. $HAS $AMZN $PEP $LLY Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got th...
Nov 15, 2022•21 min•Ep. 859
Season 5 of The Crown is getting all the buzz, but Netflix’s strategy is all about comedy series. The COP27 Climate Summit gave us a new financial framework to fix Climate Change: Northern Debt paying for Southern Credit. And ButcherBox does $600M in sales delivering meat to your door, because its business is as lean as prosciutto. $NFLX $PEP Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best...
Nov 14, 2022•18 min•Ep. 858
Forget Crypto Winter, we just suffered a Crypto Avalanche — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and all the crypto stocks are freaking out as FTX approaches bankruptcy. Elon’s latest Twitter moves: Fire employees, fire users, fire advertisers, and 1 LeBron James issue. And stocks just had their best day of the year because inflation finally started cooling. $BTC $ETH $COIN $SPY Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out thi...
Nov 11, 2022•19 min•Ep. 857
Our 3 business Takeaways from the election: Cannabis is down, Sports Betting is really down, and stocks love gridlock. Athletic Brewing just raised $50M from Dr. Pepper for a non-alcoholic beer party. And AMC and Zoom just partnered up for your new office space: Empty Movie Theaters. $AMC $ZM $KDP $ACB $DKNG Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that t...
Nov 10, 2022•19 min•Ep. 856
Bitcoin dropped 10% because of crypto’s 1st mega-merger: Binance and FTX. Sweetgreen’s newest product is a new dessert — but it’s really a recreation of an old dessert. And Carvana’s stock has plummeted 98% because it broke the #1 rule of sustainable growth: Hire Slow, Fire Fast. $BTC $ETH $SG $K $CVNA Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Lea...
Nov 09, 2022•20 min•Ep. 855
The biggest winning bet in sports bet history? $75M on the Houston Astros… And it’s messing with Caesars' Casino stock. Airbnb is finally fixing up its Cleaning Fee Fiasco, because Happiness = Reality - Expectations. And Air Force One isn’t just the President’s Plane, it’s Boeing’s $2B Loss Llama. $CZR $PENN $ABNB $BA Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form ...
Nov 08, 2022•19 min•Ep. 854
For the 1st time since the saloon was invented, spirits are about to beat beer in America — and it’s thanks to innovations in Daiquiri deliveries. Twitter, Lyft, Stripe, and Amazon all just announced hiring firings or freezes, yet America added 261,000 new jobs last month? We’ve entered The Hoodie Recession. And since the #1 issue for voters in Tuesday’s election is Inflation, we’re whipping up the 3 reasons prices are rising: “The Three P’s.” $BUD $STZ $TWTR $LYFT $AMZN Follow The Best One Yet ...
Nov 07, 2022•20 min•Ep. 853
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and an Oscar-worthy lineup of celebs just invested in golf startup TMRW — Because now sports are getting disrupted. Etsy surged 15% because its craft sellers are too generous to raise prices. And Sono Motors in Germany just created something we’ve never seen before: A self-charging car. $ETSY $MODG $TSLA Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? W...
Nov 04, 2022•20 min•Ep. 852
The awkwardest question in business right now: Should TikTok be banned? Tupperware invented the leftover, but its stock just fell 40% because of philosophy. And buying a home is about to get even harder because the Fed raised interest rates again – To save the family, it’s burning down the house (Literally. Figuratively. Literally figuratively metaphorically). $TUP $META Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fi...
Nov 03, 2022•18 min•Ep. 851
Peyton and Eli Manning have retired from the NFL, but are thriving in Media — Because the Manningcast has high RoT (“Omahaaaaaa”). Uber just had its best quarter ever… because you’re moving and eating… and moving and eating… more than ever. And Pfizer just revealed that its Covid vaccine is a franchise — bigger than Star Wars and Marvel combined. $UBER $DIS $PFE Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out th...
Nov 02, 2022•20 min•Ep. 850
