Facebookâs âGlobalCoinâ launching 2020, Kontoor is the new jeans IPO, and SpaceXâs 60-satellite week
Zuckâs launching a Bitcoin-ish cryptocurrency called GlobalCoin in 2020 so that paying for anything is as easy as messaging. Kontoor is the newly IPOâd company created after Vans-owner VF Brands spun-...
28 Touko 201917min
Facebookâs 2.2B fake accounts, Disneyâs theme park record, and the âIPO of the Dayâ is a talent agency
Youâve heard about Disney+ streaming and Marvel Movies for months â But thereâs a big story around its theme parks and its new Star Wars land. Facebookâs 3rd transparency report revealed itâs destroye...
24 Touko 201915min
âUber Eats Passâ gets leaked, Target is retail-pocalypse-proof, and the Boeing update you wanted
A âreverse-engineering specialistâ discovered within code in the Uber Eats app plans to release a $9.99/month unlimited food delivery service. Yesterday we told you how the retail-pocalypse is crushin...
23 Touko 201915min
Urban Outfitters launches subscription clothing rental. Tesla hits a 3-year low. And JCPenneyâs âgraceful shrinkingâ
Tesla stock hit a 3-year low this week after one analystsâ aggressive dystopian imagery. Urban Outfitters is trying on its best Rent the Runway impression, whipping out a new clothing rental business ...
22 Touko 201914min
Sprint/T-Mobile dating drama, chip shares plummet, and Mary Meeker invests in our âUnicorn of the Dayâ
Telecom icons T-Mobile and Sprint were supposed to enjoy a $26B merger relationship, but now it may be off â And that halted trading in Sprint stock. Chip-makers like Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices...
21 Touko 201917min
Away suitcases becomes a âBrand-icorn,â Amazonâs airport and food delivery moves, and John Deere = Trade War
Amazon made 2 major moves into delivery and shipping by investing in Deliveroo and breaking ground on its own 100-plane airport. Luggage startup Away hit a $1.4B valuation to become our âBrand-icorn o...
20 Touko 201917min
Pinterestâs 1st earnings report, TikTokâs is top downloaded app (again), and a brand new stock exchange is coming to markets
Thereâs a theme to Pinterestâs first ever earnings report: Slowing. TikTok is the Chinese app that just hit 5 straight quarters as the most-downloaded in the app store. And Long Term Stock Exchange is...
17 Touko 201915min
LaCroix sparkling water drops, Amex acquires Resy, and Americans stop having as many babies
To get into your weekend calendar, Amex acquired restaurant reservation app Resy to make perks way more Millenniall-y. LaCroix is owned by National Beverage Corp, whose shares fell 7% this week as ana...
16 Touko 201916min
