Rebuilding LEGO | A Burning Platform | 1
Business Wars25 Jun 2025

Rebuilding LEGO | A Burning Platform | 1

It’s early 1997, and after decades of success, LEGO is rocked by a sudden collapse in its profit. To recover, the Danish toy manufacturer jacks up its innovation efforts. But can it deliver a company-saving idea in time?

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Toys R US vs KB Toys | Toy Hunter | 2

Toys R US vs KB Toys | Toy Hunter | 2

It’s 1990 and Toys “R” Us rules toy retail. But when big-box retailers Walmart and Costco threaten to intrude on its territory, Toys “R” Us uses toymakers to wage retail war.And as the clash of the gi...

22 Nov 202335min

Toys R US vs KB Toys | Category Killer | 1

Toys R US vs KB Toys | Category Killer | 1

It’s the 1950s and in Washington D.C., Charles Lazarus is running a small baby furniture store in the house he was born in.But when a customer comes seeking toys, Lazarus starts on the path towards cr...

15 Nov 202336min

Best of Business Wars Daily | Toying Around | 6

Best of Business Wars Daily | Toying Around | 6

We're talking about legendary toy stores and how they can compete today with comedian Gianmarco Soresi, who's in the new Netflix series "Verified Stand-Up" and editor-in-chief of The Toy Book, James Z...

9 Nov 202335min

CVS vs. Walgreens | Trouble Behind the Counter | 5

CVS vs. Walgreens | Trouble Behind the Counter | 5

Between overworked pharmacists, healthcare consolidation, and rising drug costs, pharmacies are constantly having to adapt. Dan Weissmann, host of the An Arm and a Leg podcast, joins David to talk abo...

8 Nov 202342min

CVS vs. Walgreens | The Doctor is In | 4

CVS vs. Walgreens | The Doctor is In | 4

It’s 2013 and CVS boss Larry Merlo is formulating a plan to wipe two-billion dollars off of the company’s sales by stripping cigarettes from the chain’s shelves.But while Merlo seeks to forge a tobacc...

1 Nov 202336min

CVS vs. Walgreens | A New Prescription | 3

CVS vs. Walgreens | A New Prescription | 3

It’s 2009 and Walgreens is in crisis. It’s just lost its CEO and surrendered its top-dog status to CVS.But it’s about to fightback. It’s got a plan to launch itself onto the world stage and sock it to...

25 Okt 202333min

CVS vs. Walgreens | Clinic Bait | 2

CVS vs. Walgreens | Clinic Bait | 2

It’s the late 1990s and CVS and Walgreens are battling for control of the nation’s best street corners and there’s a huge prize at stake.Tens of millions of boomers are about to turn grey and thanks t...

18 Okt 202335min

CVS vs. Walgreens | Powerful Medicine | 1

CVS vs. Walgreens | Powerful Medicine | 1

It’s 1895 and Chicago’s a boom town that’s overflowing with pharmacies. But one drugstore is about to emerge from the city’s mass of small-time drugstores and become a national force. It’s name is Wal...

11 Okt 202336min

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