Remember that Taylor Swift ticket fiasco? Welp, the US Senate just summoned Ticketmaster’s President to Washington for a grilling about the future of concert tickets. Amazon just launched a $5/month unlimited generic medication subscription — first they hook us, then they book us. And the presidents of Brazil and Argentina just announced plans for a joint currency - but Wall Street doesn’t believe it will happen. $LYV $AMZN $USD Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod...
Jan 25, 2023•20 min•Ep. 897
Chocolate is the newest addition to our recession-proof products list — because you’re addicted to it (literally). Away Luggage was crushed during the pandemic but is now living its best life thanks to Revenge Travel. And Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and now Spotify have all announced layoffs, but 1 Big Tech company hasn’t: Apple. So we found out why… $SPOT $AAPL $WRBY $HCHOF Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on th...
Jan 24, 2023•20 min•Ep. 896
The #1 app in America right now? It’s Temu — Because it’s pioneered the new trend of group shopping, or what we call “Flocking”. Uber is working with carmakers to design the first-ever ride-hail car. And P&G’s earnings show a potential inflection point in the fight against inflation: Us consumers are saying “no” to higher prices. $PDD $UBER $PG 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...
Jan 23, 2023•20 min•Ep. 895
This week’s TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.com Netflix’s co-founder is unlike every other tech founder — and yesterday the self-disrupting legend of a CEO stepped down. Millennials killed canned tuna fish, but now canned tuna startups are thriving. And we just saw the biggest flip in finance in years: Morgan Stanley is gold, Goldman Sachs is silver. $NFLX $MS $GS Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RllMBgvDnTa...
Jan 20, 2023•21 min•Ep. 894
If you go to college at the University of Texas or Auburn University, then you can’t TikTok – because it just got banned on campus wifi. Party City is filing for bankruptcy because balloons are its Keystone Product (but Helium is the Keystone Crusher). And you’re going to see a lot of chatter about the Debt Ceiling Drama today… because the Debt Ceiling Expires… today. $PRTY $META $SPY Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout ...
Jan 19, 2023•22 min•Ep. 893
Match has a dating app problem: Half of its core Millennial users are married — So its solution is $500/month for Tinder++. For the first time in 60 years, China’s population fell last year, which transforms its economy from inevitable to unenviable. And Mill launched the newest Silicon Valley-backed smart home product… but it’s your trash. $MTCH $GOOG 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 Go...
Jan 18, 2023•19 min•Ep. 892
California’s In-N-Out burger is finally expanding East of the Mississippi, so we jumped into the strategy behind the most-profitable patty in the big burger biz. Everyone’s talking TikTok and Instagram, but the real social media success story? It’s LinkedIn. And JPMorgan Chase embarrassingly spent $175M… on a fake startup. $JPM $MCD $CMG $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 Bes...
Jan 17, 2023•21 min•Ep. 891
Of the top 100 TV programs of last year, 82 were NFL football games. There’s something strange going on at the largest luxury company on earth: LVMH’s CEO has made all 5 of his kids fashion house executives. And Climeworks just launched an earth-saving startup — A giant vacuum that sucks your carbon out of the air. Take this week’s TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.com How well do you know this week’s Takeaways? Play the quiz, challenge a friend, get the best score yet. $GOOG $AMZN $DIS $AAPL $NFLX ...
Jan 13, 2023•20 min•Ep. 890
Apple’s biggest new thing since the iPhone is reportedly launching this spring: Get ready for… iHeadset. Sephora is ending its Influencer makeup brand with Addison Rae because TikTok is magnificent for discovery but miserable for loyalty. And Goldman Sachs is cutting 3,200 employees, but that explains why your banker buddy Brad got such a big bonus. $AAPL $GS $LVMUY 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...
Jan 12, 2023•21 min•Ep. 889
Noma was crowned #1 restaurant in the world 5 times, but shockingly just announced it’s shutting because the fine dining business model is broken. For the first time ever, the average Rolls-Royce car sold for over $500K — because they’re not selling cars… they’re selling art. And Microsoft is going all-in on ChatGPT if it turns Bing into a Google-killer. $BMWYY $MSFT $GOOG Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? ...
Jan 11, 2023•20 min•Ep. 888
For the 1st time in a decade, Barnes & Noble is adding stores… and doing it by taking over shuttered Amazon stores. Lululemon plummeted 10% because its fanny packs on sale — which means it’s facing the Discounting Death Spiral of Death. And the entire gig economy from DoorDash to Uber just got upgraded because they’re all Downturn Divas. $LULU $DASH $UBER $LYFT 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...
Jan 10, 2023•20 min•Ep. 887
Millennials are killing soda, except for one brand: Dr Pepper. Delta just launched free high-speed wifi in the air — it’s not a perk, it’s a signal. And when you got hired, we bet you signed a Non-Compete Agreement even if you didn’t realize it — Now the FTC is trying to kill noncompetes. $KDP $DAL $YUM 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 Le...
Jan 09, 2023•21 min•Ep. 886
The Lion King Musical just had the best week of ticket sales in the history of Broadway — So we’re looking at the economics of the Broadway show. Craft Beer is the only area of alcohol whose sales shrank last year because you’ve got IPA flavor fatigue. And Bed Bath & Beyond stock just plummeted to under $2… so you better use that gift card fast. Take the TBOY Quiz: go.tboypod.com How well do you know this week’s Takeaways? Play the quiz, challenge a friend, get the best score yet… $BBBY $DIS...
Jan 06, 2023•20 min•Ep. 885
You can buy a condo on Storylines’ new cruise ship — because it’s a floating town for full-time residents to live in… forever. Johnson & Johnson is loving this extra heavy cold, cough, and flu season — its Tylenol sales are powering its 60-year dividend dynasty. And Roku just launched its Roku TV, becoming the first end-to-end binge company. $ROKU $JNJ $CCL 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...
Jan 05, 2023•20 min•Ep. 884
McDonald’s just opened its first ever robot restaurant… and it will forever kill the “soggy fry problem.” Google just issued a “Code Red” warning about its most important product (when Google goes Code Red, we pay attention). And Tesla dropped 12% to start the year, and we can trace the fall back to a strange email we got from Tesla on December 23rd. $MCD $TSLA $GOOG Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill o...
Jan 04, 2023•20 min•Ep. 883
The first surprise new relationship of 2023? Netflix and Nike — Workout and chill. Southwest suffered the worst airline breakdown in history because of its dirty secret: Technical Debt. And 2022 was officially the worst year for the stock market since 2008… so we’re looking ahead to 2023. $NFLX $NKE $LUV $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 this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that ...
Jan 03, 2023•21 min•Ep. 882
To end 2022, we whipped up our annual un-zuckably bold pod of the year — Our 3 big business predictions for 2023: Budweiser should launch the 1st zero alcohol bar chain Amazon should launch a theme park: AmazonLand Nike should acquire Major League Pickleball Yetis, these are bold, expensive, and kinda crazy ideas — but we really wish those stories would happen in 2023. We’re back to our regular daily TBOY pods on Tuesday, January 3rd. Until then, we’re dropping some more bonus material on Instag...
Dec 26, 2022•21 min•Ep. 881
From Zuckings to Suckflation, Smeals to Funa… it was a wild year. So we whipped up our 3 favorite business stories of 2022: Airbnb became a Party Pooper with a Purpose KFC created its 1st chicken nugget to capture your window of loyalty Trader Joe’s launched a $9 facial sunscreen because everyone loves a secret Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram @tboypod for more bonus material we’re dropping Plus, look out for our next holiday Bonus episode… our 2023 Predictions Pod (spoiler: It’s The Best On...
Dec 19, 2022•20 min•Ep. 880
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
