đŸ©ł “Nike + Skims” — Nike’s deal with Kim Kardashian. Protector’s bodyguard app. Fire Trucks' oligopoly.
The Best One Yet19 Feb 2025

đŸ©ł “Nike + Skims” — Nike’s deal with Kim Kardashian. Protector’s bodyguard app. Fire Trucks' oligopoly.

Nike just partnered with Skims
 but has Kim stretched Skims too far?

Protector just launched an Uber for Bodyguards
 and 1 video hack made it go viral.

The Fire Truck industry has been taken over by Private Equity
 but its stock tripled while fires fell?

The best Black History Month story yet?... Lonnie Johnson’s Super Soaker.


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