🥾“Method footwear” — Uggs’ Odyssey ban. Ford’s custom drops. 65%-off IVF startup. +Olivia Rodrigo’s Man-In-Finance
Uggs are surging with men (call ‘em “MUggs”)... but they were banned by Christopher Nolan on the set of The Odyssey.Ford just opened its 1st custom shop inspired by Nike sneakers… to actually pimp you...
28 Juli 20min
🍦 “Picasso of Pints” — Van Leeuwen’s boom. Reddit’s Un-Googling. Gen Z’s Retirement-Maxxing. +LeBron’s salary cut
The fastest-growing dessert brand is Van Leeuwen ice cream… because a pint is not a solist, it’s part of an orchestra.Reddit is considering removing itself from Google… because of Zero-click searches ...
27 Juli 24min
🐳 “Moby Dick Money” — Venture Whaling Capital. OpenAI’s Houdini escape. Summer Fridays’ anti-virality. +Wake-maxxing
Nantucket whaling was the 5th biggest industry in America… and it became today’s Venture Capital.OpenAI’s model escaped from its cage and hacked someone… But Meta says “it’s all good”.Summer Fridays w...
24 Juli 21min
⚡ “The 3 Flavors” — Saudi’s nuclear menu. Chris Nolan’s Zeus law. Instant Ramen’s cold breakthru. +Miami’s Tan Tax
Odyssey Director Chris Nolan got $20M, star Matt Damon got $15M… Filmmakers are the new Franchise.Saudi Arabia is joining the nuclear club… and 1 American biz from 1886 is serving it up.Instant Ramen’...
23 Juli 22min
“Bro-Doh” — Hasbro’s adults-only. AI’s China lead. Volleyball’s Zendaya moment. +CD surge
Hasbro stock jumped 10% on new adults-only anti-screen Play-Doh… but the same product failed 6 years ago.The new AI leader is cheap and Chinese… And Moonshot AI kicked off a Digital Trade War.Volleyba...
22 Juli 20min
🦄 “Glammed Gas” — Costco’s 1st gas station. World Cup’s $15B triumph. Chanel’s oldest shirt. +The 5 Coffee Rule
A VC-backed boogie gas station? And a new Costco gas station too?... We know why gas got a glow-up.America super-sized the World Cup to great success… because in live sports, more is more.Chanel acqui...
21 Juli 22min
🧍🧍♂️🧍♀️ “Big Dumb Line” — Our retail line obsession. Trump’s $100k pay-to-tweet. TopGolf for Pool. +TechNeck
Americans are waiting in line for everything… and a velvet rope is a self-fulfilling business prophecy.Truth Social is selling early access to the President’s tweets to hedge funds… Wall Street can tu...
20 Juli 23min
🔱 “HomerAI” — The Odyssey’s $2,000 dupe. Venmo’s secret suitor. Adult Happy Meals. +Messi’s meandering
Christopher Nolan’s $250M “The Odyssey” premiered yesterday… but so did an AI-generated $2K version.PayPal is in play, with a $53B acquisition offer… But the ultimate buyer could be SpaceX.$27 for a b...
17 Juli 22min
