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Feb 2025
22m 38s

🩳 “Nike + Skims” — Nike’s deal with Kim...

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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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