Sep 2025

🎬 That’s a Wrap on Season 1 | 51

But you can still get Nick & Jack every day! Follow The Best One Yet, our daily news show delivering 3 stories in 20 minutes. Where business meets pop-culture. Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-one-yet/id1386234384Listen on Spotify: https://open.spot ... Show More

6m 2s

Sep 2025

📺 SNL: The Snickers Bar of Saturday Night | 50

When Johnny Carson, 1970s late-night king, declared he wanted another day off, it left NBC with a hole in their weekend lineup. 11:30pm Saturday night wasn’t exactly the hot time slot… so the network recruited a quiet Canadian comedy writer named Lorne Michaels to produce a live ... Show More

42m 25s

Sep 2025

🎧 Sony Walkman: The Analog Icon That Led to a Digital Revolution | 49

In postwar Tokyo, two engineers were tinkering with rice cookers and busted home radios when they stumbled across a new kind of audio technology: magnetic tape. It inspired them to create a range of ahead-of-their-time tape recorders — and the success took Sony from small repair ... Show More

41m 43s

Jan 2026

Costco

Costco is not only Charlie Munger’s favorite company of all time (plus he’s on the board, natch), it’s an absolutely fascinating study in how seemingly opposite characteristics can combine to create incredible company value. For instance: Costco has the cheapest prices of any maj ... Show More

2h 53m

Mar 2024

Costco's Wholesale Revolution | 6

Costco's membership retention rate is the stuff of other retailers' dreams, nevermind the love they get on social media. With very little paid advertising, the company has managed to keep its spot as the third largest retailer in the U.S. We’re finding out how they do it with Sus ... Show More

43m 32s

Sep 2024

The Cult of Costco

Settle in with a Kirkland brand sparkling water and a rotisserie chicken because this week, Amanda and Chelsea are going IN on the us/them dynamics, strange rituals, manipulation tactics, over-the-top passion, and lore of your favorite membership-only cathedral of affordable exce ... Show More

1h 4m

Jan 2024

34. Store-Brand Products

Those low-priced staples on grocery-store shelves — where do they come from? Zachary Crockett finds out at a national convention for private-label manufacturers. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://faculty.tuck.dartmouth.edu/kusum-ailawadi/">Ku ... Show More

17m 49s

Mar 2023

💳 “I only date Costco members” — Costco’s membership magic. Universal’s boy-band power. VinFast’s super-cheap car.

There are more Costco families in America than there are families with dogs… so everyone’s wondering what Costco is about to do to its annual Membership Club fee. Universal, the largest record label in the world, just enjoyed a revenue rock concert because Boy Bands beat Solo Art ... Show More

20m 21s

Oct 2023

🎃 “Halloween Inc.” — Spirit Halloween’s zombie retail. Microsoft’s house of brands. Costco’s Kirkland clothing.

Odds are you’re getting a costume from Spirit Halloween this week, at one of their 1,400 seasonal locations — But Spirit’s real estate operation follows a strict 3-part calculation.Microsoft just completed its biggest acquisition ever: $69B for video games — Microsoft’s “house of ... Show More

19m 46s

Apr 2025

🧾 “wtf is that?” — Say Hello to Tariff Fees. Costco’s 1st beer dupe. Return of the Mascots.

You’re about to see “Tariff Fee” on your receipts… But the phrasing is about to get political.Companies are embracing mascots again … Jake From State Farm just beat the Kardashians. Costco’s one weakness? It’s never successfully sold a Kirkland beer… until now.Plus, we’ve got Duo ... Show More

22m 56s

Sep 2020

Costco, Tesla, and Temptation Bundling

Costco reports strong growth but shares slip. Nike just does it. AutoZone revs up revenues. Stitch Fix gets slammed. Tesla generates some buzz from Battery Day. Nikola founder and Chairman Trevor Milton abruptly resigns. Quibi explores strategic alternatives. And Amazon unveils a ... Show More

39m 10s

Nov 2024

IKEA

IKEA may be the most singular company we’ve ever studied on Acquired. They’re a globally scaled, $50B annual revenue company with no direct competitors — yet have only ~5% market share. They’re one of the largest retailers in the world — yet sell only their own products. They gen ... Show More

3h 12m

🌭 Costco’s Kirkland: How a $1.50 Hot Do...