đ€Ż âAmazonâs biggest stress testâ â Viaâs $200M carpool fundraise. A Zoom privacy problem. Amazon hits crunch moment.
We havenât had an Amazon story during the entire corona-conomy â now itâs facing its crunch moment. Zoom became the most popular free app in the world, but now itâs facing its 1st major privacy invest...
1 Huhti 202017min
đ§ââïž âHQ Triviaâs Frankenstein/Queer Eye momentâ â Eggs are the new TP. Johnson & Johnsonâs Da Vinci Code COVID-19 announcement. HQ Triviaâs revival.
Fresh after shutting down in February, HQ Trivia has been resurrected during this crucial moment for stay-at-home apps â and the announcement came via push notification. Cal-Maine is the largest egg p...
31 Maalis 202019min
đ§ââïž âLululemonâs pandemic-proof mantraâ â Nike is a close-talker. Fast beats Amazon/Apple/PayPal. Lululemonâs Power of 3.
Itâs been one year since Lululemon set an intention known as its âPower of Threeâ â and sticking to its 5-year plan has become pure corporate leadership in the coronaconomy. Startup âFastâ raised a ne...
30 Maalis 202016min
đ â3.3M Americans laid off in 1 weekâ â Lime'de-horned. Targetâs neglected profit puppies. The economic pain begins.
Fresh after the latest two-trillion-dollar stimulus package, we got news of the red wedding week for American workers â 3.3M filed for unemployment last week. E-scooter legend Lime already pulled out ...
27 Maalis 202016min
đ€žđżââïž âClassPassâ work-from-home burpeesâ â $2T stimulus bill math.Twitterâs ad-pocalypse. Return of the eWorkouts.
Stocks popped (again) because the economic rescue bill finally passed the Senate, so we put the $2T spending total into a spreadsheet for you. Twitter and Facebook are enjoying bandwidth-breaking usag...
26 Maalis 202017min
đ âMarijuanaâs lockdown liftoffâ â Pot stocks pop. The âProject Apolloâ war effort/ Cat Personâs spinoff launch.
Businesses like Ford and 3M are entering phase they havenât hit in decades: War Effort mode. The Harryâs Razors innovation arm whipped up its 2nd startup â a direct-to-consumer cat brand called Cat Pe...
25 Maalis 202019min
đ» âCorona's $900M wounded soldierâ â A canceled Mexico brewery. NYTâs pod acquisition. The economyâs âTwo Paths.â
Constellation Brands brews Corona lagers in Mexico, but its $1.4B investment in a new facility there now isnât happening, so the stock dropped 12%. Despite all its reporting right now, the New York Ti...
24 Maalis 202018min
đïž âWhatâs the refund policy on Airbnbâs IPO promise?â â Movie theaters get cut out. Airbnbâs host/guest hate. 5 âCorona-conomyâ trends are accelerating.
We predict that the Corona-conomy is accelerating trends, including contactless payments, subscriptions, and cord-cutting. Universal Studios is going direct-to-consumer with its latest movies, which q...
23 Maalis 202018min
