If you customize a Ferrari, they won’t let you buy another… even if you’re Justin Beiber. Coca-Cola’s biggest acquisition ever is Fairlife… because milk is having a moment. DOGE is targeting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau… so we’re look at trim-cuts vs buzz-cuts. Plus, we wrote a heartbroken love poem ahead of Valentine’s Day… to Peloton.…

Trump is canceling the US penny… because our cheapest coin is our most expensive. The biggest diss track in the SB wasn’t Kendrick Lamar… it was from advertisers. SpaceX and T-Mobile just shockingly teamed up… to kill the cell phone dead-zone. Plus, the untold origin story of Ben & Jerry’s… and their most disruptive flavor: Phish Food. $SBUX $TMUS …

TED Talks needs a new CEO… but TED is actually the deepest media biz we’ve ever seen. Elon’s mission to disrupt the government hit a new level, that requires a new term… “Musking.” Costco is now paying workers 2x the average… it’s the cost that pays for itself. Plus, a record 22M Americans called in sick today (got a case of the Super Bowl Mondays)…

Dirty secret of the Super Bowl halftime show… The show costs $50M, but the performer gets paid $0. Wilson makes all of the NFL’s football’s… and their factory in Ohio is freaky. The Curse of the Super Bowl Commercial is real… and it’s coming for AI. Plus, one basketball coach trademarked the term “Three-peat”... and could make millions if the Chief…

The #1 Super Bowl ad? Snickers in 2010… because Snickers acted like a Freudian therapist. Waffle House is charging a 50-cent-per-egg fee… but we tell ya who to blame for Egg-flation is. New tariffs just hit Shein and Temu… hand it can all be explained with Barbie dolls. Plus, the newest job in America is “TikTok Coach”... because there is an “i” in…

“No Buy 2025” is like “Dry January”… But instead of no alcohol, it’s no shopping. Spotify hit all-time high after its 1st full-year profit… because it found musical monopoly. Chick-fil-A’s drive-thru is #1 thanks to military-like precision... Drones, game-tape, & champagne. Plus, the Philadelphia Eagles linemen are the largest in history… and the m…

The first 24 hours of Trade War II were wild… We’re breaking down the surprise tariff deals with Mexico and Canada. Robinhood is the top stock since Election Day... and now you can bet on the Super Bowl. How did Levi identify the baggy daddy jeans trend before anyone?... A secret deal with Google. $LEVI $GOOG $SPY $HOOD Monopoly 🎩 Check out the lat…

Trump’s 2nd trade war begins tonight with tariff’s for Canada, China, & Mexico… but Trump tariffs differ in 1 huge way. Yahoo just turned 30… but @yahoo.com emails are having a midlife revival. Hans Zimmer is worth $200M with movie music composing… we found his creativity hack. Plus, the next fashion trend? Yak hair… because yak is the new cashmere…

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Description: “White Lotus Season 3” is about to debut… and it’ll boost Thailand’s economy by 20%. The biggest IPO of 2025 is a bacon biz… so we devoured the first pureplay pork stock. We now know how DeepSeek caught up to ChatGPT… the ol’ “copy/paste.” Plus, the Utah Hockey Club is choosing a new name… but the fans at the rink decide tonight. $WBD …

Does the perfect 850 credit score exist?... It does, one man just got it, and we’ll tell ya how. Tesla has become a $45K MAGA hat… so we’ll explain the biggest pivot in branding. Chili’s restaurant stock surged 300% in the last year… thanks to its Great White Shark strategy. Plus, it’s the Lunar New Year… so we found wild data on stocks during the …

Space stocks surged as Trump pledged to reach Mars… so we’re introducing the 4 Final Frontiers. X announced a Venmo-like deal with Visa… but it all comes down to the Beyonce of Banking. Royal Caribbean is up 8x since 2022… because cruises are the value meals of vacation. Plus, if you’re sick, Progressive Soup just invented the first chicken noodle …

One Chinese AI app, DeepSeek, just shocked the world… and the entire US tech market. Costco is swapping Pepsi for Coke in the food court… here’s how Coke’s beating Pepsi. 7% of workers have Unlimited Paid Time Off… but people only take 16 days in practice. $KO $PEP $COST Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our n…

Kidz Bop is making $50M on cover music… not by creating, by re-creating. If you shop online too much or scroll Instagram too much, the new cure may be… Ozempic. CNN is overhauling its entire business for the Trump presidency… A media plastic surgery. Plus, guess who’s driving luxury home sales these days?... Single ladies (it’s a Beyonce Bump) $NVO…

Trump pardoned the crypto founder of Silk Road… after launching his own Fartcoin. We’ll explain. Spotify’s CEO co-founded a body-scanning startup to save your life… and it just hit $2B. EA’s video game stock had its worst day in 17 years… because of 1 huge graphics mistake. Plus, the hot new Dry January trend is Cannabis Cocktails (replace ABV with…

Zuck’s reportedly launching smart Oakleys this year… and a smart watch and airpods next year. PopUp Bagels is the fastest-growing bagel chain in America… and they prioritize inconvenience. “Stargate” is Sam Altman’s new $500B AI project… it would be the most expensive thing we’d ever build. Plus, the medals handed out at the Paris Olympics? They’re…

The theme of Trump’s cabinet? Venture Capital guys… so we put together a LinkedIn on it. Netflix’s biggest pivot in a decade is to live sports… and we just got the results. The White House issued a record number of executive orders… Energy stocks explain ‘em all. Plus, the “5-Second Rule” of food was just proven wrong (no fallen sandwich is safe). …

On Trump’s 1st day back in the White House… We’ll tell you his most important economic number. Bumble’s founder is returning as CEO… So we found the stock performance of Boomerang CEOs. Gmail and Microsoft are forcing everyone to buy their AI… because AI has an innovator problem. Plus, Jimi Hendrix once lit a guitar on fire… and it became the best-…

To hear the rest of this episode, follow The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Click… That satisfying sound of Lego bricks has brought joy to millions of kids - and adults (kidults?) for more than 70 years. But did you know it all started in a Danish carpenter's workshop during WWII? And that boxes of Lego were used t…

TikTok is scheduled to shut down Sunday morning… but there are still 3 possible outcomes. The Bourbon Bubble just burst, so we have a solution for Jack Daniels… Whiskey World. For the next 4 years, business leaders will speak different… and we see it in Anduril, a drone startup. Plus, Chick-fil-A just built an entire factory of robots with one purp…

From Pop-Tarts to Peeps, Red #3 artificial food coloring is now banned… 40 years too late. JPMorgan just had its best quarter in 200 years… so it’s time to kill the most hated fee in banking. There’s a hot new side-hustle that can make you $30k/year… Job Referrals as a service. Plus, male and female Instacart shoppers pick out food differently… so …

Starbucks’ is trying to save “the 3rd place”... by ending their open doors bathroom policy. Greedy LA landlords are jacking up rents 100%... but there could be a housing market silver lining. Planet Fitness stock hit an all-time high… but its greatest risk is “a run on the gym”. Plus, Philadelphia Eagles WR AJ Brown read a book during a playoff gam…

TikTok will be banned in 5 days… but its replacement is Whatnot: It’s Instagram + eBay + MTV. Sonos is known for its fancy sounds systems… but the CEO just quit because of 1 big mistake. Nvidia chips have export restrictions… because in the AI arms race, chips are the new uranium. Plus, the #1 candy in America was invented by a frog salesman… It’s …

Chuck E. Cheese is back from bankruptcy… with a brand new babysitter strategy. Pools, massages, bars… Offices are getting “hotelified” for the 2025 Return-to-Office push. Disney, Fox, and Warner’s joint sports app, Venu, just shut down… and the NBA tells us why. Plus, it’s Planuary… Our New Year’s resolution is to plan the whole year this month (we…

The #1 in the whole App Store is Watch Duty… a hero saving lives in LA’s wildfires. Rolls-Royce now sells 100% top-to-bottom custom cars… it’s commissioned art, like Picasso. 17% of Christmas gifts get returned… so we invented a solution: “Reverse Logistics” This Sunday is the biggest day of the year for dating apps… Swiping is about to surge 70%. …

Trump proposed buying Greenland… so we looked into how/if/when it’s possible. John Deere’s big tech update at CES?... a robo-self-driving tractor to cut your grocery bill. Starface has become a $100M startup… by putting star stickers on pimples. Plus, we’re living in the Panda-conomy… because when Pandas are out, sales surge. $DEER $NVDA $SPY Want …

Mark Zuckerberg is ending fact-checking on Instagram & Facebook… because Trump won the election. The Surgeon General said alcohol causes cancer… Will a liquor warning label work? Tiger and Rory’s new golf league just launched… But it’s designed for screens, not greens. Plus, the hot new beauty trend of 2025 is egg whites… Frittata Facials are up 1,…

The biggest strike in ski history hit during the busiest ski week of the year… and Vail lost $400M. A brand new generation is being born in 2025: Gen Beta… And we found its 1 defining trait. NYC launched America’s largest traffic experiment: Congestion Pricing… And every city is watching. $MTN $SPY $BTC Want more? Check out the latest episode of ou…

#1. Apple iTush — Apple will launch a smart toilet (aka “iTush”) to expand its push into health. #2. Disney Airlines — Disney will acquire Spirit Airlines to bring its cruise strategy to the skies. #3. Home Depot Homes — Home Depot will sell mail-order homes to fix the housing market. To kick off 2025, we whipped up our 6th annual “3 big business w…

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Episodes drop every Tuesday, free to listen to wherever you get your pods. Break out the bubbly, turn on the jets, and hop into our Hot Tub Time Machine: we’re going back to the origins of the Jacuzzi. The world’s most iconic whirlpool has become a symbol of status an…

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Episodes drop every Tuesday, free to listen to wherever you get your pods. It’s simply the most popular sneaker in history. With $7B in annual sales today, Nike and Michael Jordan’s shoe deal changed sports, fashion and marketing forever - But it never would’ve happen…

#1. Wells Fargo launched a credit card you can pay rent with… but they underestimated how Savvy Millennials would use it. (6/24/2024) #2. An Olympic gold medal winner has a day job — as an investment banker… so we’ll tell you the secret to a successful side hustle. (8/7/2024) #3. Legendary Wall Street investor Larry Fink wrote a whole letter about …

(Warning: You’re gonna need 8 napkins for this episode): #1. Haribo Gummy Bears is now the biggest candy business on earth… because it’s done the same thing for 100 years. (1/22/2024) #2. The hot new IPO this year? It’s Bubble Tea… Boba tea chains are IPO’ing for billions, but Bubble Tea may face a Bubble Tea Bubble. (5/6/2024) #3. While all the ot…

(Tom Cruise jumped on a chair when he heard this episode): #1. Netflix just gave itself the biggest Christmas gift of all… NFL football on Christmas Day. (5/17/2024) #2. Sabrina Carpenter dropped 7 versions of the same song… because the music industry took a strategy from the ice cream industry. (7/22/2024) #3. The fastest-growing genre in books is…

(ChatGPT says these are the best AI stories in the whole business news industry): #1. Every dating app stock is down this year except for 1: Grindr… because Wall Street fell in love with Grindr’s AI wingman. (7/1/2024) #2. Scarlett Johansson lawyered up after OpenAI tried to rip-off her voice… it’s move fast and break things all over again. (5/22/2…

The stock market just had its worst week of 2024… we explain what determines stocks in 2025. Bud Light just fell to #3 in beer sales… but it’s all part of Budweiser’s sibling strategy. “Klaus Industries” (yeah, Santa’s company) just became a $12T business… so we visited the North Pole HQ. Plus, our Annual Shareholder Report for TBOY… from Co-CEOs N…

Americans are sick of tips, but Holiday tipping is universally loved… so we share our holiday tip rules. Databricks’ just had the biggest startup fundraise ever… because they put AI in baseball. Nissan & Honda may be merging… because the world’s biggest carbuyer stopped buying. Plus, we present “The 12 Days of Dupe-mas”. And we called the brand new…

A stegosaurus skeleton is going public today… so we jumped into the 1st ever Dino IPO stock. Mattel’s Hot Wheels sales are up 14%, selling 700M… because Hot Wheels defied inflation. Broadcom is the new Nvidia… so we need to discuss the new “BATMMAAN” stocks of tech. Plus, birch? Maple? Spruce? There is a hierarchy to firewood… so startups are cashi…

Crumbl Cookies have reached all 50 states with a new biz model… B2A: Business-to-Algorithm. There’s a drone mystery in the New Jersey skies… So we found 3 drone stocks surging. Waymo just passed Lyft for the 1st time ever in a ride-hail market… because money is a moat. Plus, PEZ candy was actually inspired by cigarettes… and that wild story is the …

Ralph Lauren is the shining star of American luxury… because they traded out logos. Hot Ones, the chicken wing interview show, sold for $82M… it’s a changing of the guard in media. And Marriott just acquired a chain of glamping cabins… because the mountains are calling, and I must invest. Plus, holiday office parties are going away. Frank from Fina…

Chess has a new World Champ… but traditional chess is getting disrupted by rando chess. Netflix’s legendary unlimited parental leave policy is under pressure… so we calculated the ROI. Time just named AMD’s Lisa Su CEO of the year… because she has 1 incredible hero metric. Plus, Taco Bell just opened Taco Bar… They call it a cafe, but we see a nigh…

The fastest-growing coffee chain in New York is Matto… because the $3 latte has a secret. The UnitedHealthcare CEO killer has been charged with murder… but it also revealed pent up frustration with healthcare. Louis Vuitton just acquired the Orient Express… because luxury trains are the new luxury shirts. Plus, toss away that gingerbread house - Ch…

Hershey stock surged 20% on acquisition talks… but family drama can block the whole deal. OpenAI just launched Sora: text-to-video Gen AI… It’s turning Hollywood into an app. Over 90% of the tech industry does 1:1 Meetings… but Airbnb’s Brian Chesky is killing them. Plus, the fastest-growing job in medicine? It’s dermatology… aka The Derm Boom. Che…

After 149 concerts, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour just ended… and we got the financial receipts. Disney is doubling its cruise line… because Disney Cruise is actually its most popular product. Get This: 80% of diamonds are not used for jewelry… they're used for factories. 🏀 Plus, the biggest endorsement deal of all time is Nike’s Air Jordan shoe... but …

Lululemon’s stock jumped 19% Friday because it’s obsessed with one word… “Newness.” Shaboozy’s “A Bar Song” just set a music record… but it’s a biz lesson on breaking genres. Google just unveiled its most powerful AI product yet… the ultimate weather predictor. Plus, TikTok will officially be banned in January… but that may be the biggest productiv…

Chick-fil-A is the top restaurant for 1st dates… and women love it, on one financial condition. Microstrategy owns 2% of all the world’s Bitcoin… and Bit just hit $100K for the 1st time ever. Uber’s newest product? UberCarolling… because to beat Waymo, Uber needs Christmas cheer. Plus, Guinness sales are up 24% among young women… aka “Guinfluencers…

Bible sales are up 22% this year... even though religion is down (we’ll explain). South Korea declared (and then undeclared) Martial Law… so we’re looking at their economy. Spotify Wrapped just dropped… but AI podcast hosts stole the show. Plus, the top 10 most-mispronounced words of the year… from Shein to Chappel Roan. $SPOT $NWSA $SCHL Subscribe…

Jaguar finally unveiled its epicly rebranded car… but was the publicity worth the price? The number of male nurses in America has tripled… and they’re coming from the manliest jobs. Influencer Ryan Serhant just launched a real estate app… he’s pivoted from reality TV to tech founder. Plus, we got the data on Christmas tree prices… and they’re dropp…

Moana 2 set a Thanksgiving movie record… Here’s Moana’s 4-part strategy to melt Frozen. Aldi is the fastest-growing grocery store in America… because of an Ikea philosophy. Music ringtones for phones are making a comeback… and Soulja Boy made $20M on it. 📸 Plus, the Polaroid camera was invented by a 3-year-old (sort of)... and that untold origin st…

Uncrustables is close to $1B in annual sales… Biggest fan of these PB&J snacks? NFL players. How to explain stocks? We have a “Mullet Market”... Fundamentals in the front, crypto party in the back. Klarna is the most intense user of Artificial Intelligence we’ve ever seen… 1 chatbot replaced 700 humans. Plus, hot new beauty trend? Crude Oil… Bathin…