Right About Now with Ryan Alford
Love and Money: Unpacking the Valentine's Day Spending Phenomenon Plus Super Bowl Super Ratings
14 Feb 2025
SUMMARYIn this special Valentine's Day episode of "Right About Now," host Ryan Alford and co-host Chris Hansen explore the economic implications of the holiday. They discuss consumer spending trends, noting that Americans are expected to spend billions on gifts, dining, and experiences. The conversation also touches on broader business news, including tariffs and inflation. Additionally, they delve into the impact of the Super Bowl on advertising revenue and share personal anecdotes about sports card collecting. The episode combines humor, insightful analysis, and practical advice, making it a compelling listen for those interested in the intersection of business and culture.TAKEAWAYS Economic implications of Valentine's Day in 2025 Consumer spending trends related to Valentine's Day Statistics on average household spending for the holiday Popular gifts and dining habits associated with Valentine's Day Impact of Valentine's Day on local businesses and retail Unique and unconventional celebration ideas for Valentine's Day Broader business news, including tariffs and U.S.-China trade relations Discussion on inflation and interest rates in the current economic climate Super Bowl viewership and its advertising revenue impact The intersection of consumer spending, economic trends, and cultural events If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE. Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding. Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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This is Right About Now with Ryan Alford, a Radcast Network production. We are the number one business show on the planet with over 1 million downloads a month. Taking the BS out of business for over six years and over 400 episodes. You ready to start snapping necks and cashing checks? Well, it starts right about now.
Hello and welcome to Right About Now. It's Friday, February 14th, 2025. Happy Valentine's Day. Everyone out there, we love you. And hopefully you love us back. If you don't, then just pretend. You know, isn't that what makes the relationships go around? Faking it till you make it. Yeah, acting as if. Acting as if. I'm Ryan Alford, your host.
I'm here in G Vegas, also known as Greenville, South Carolina, in the lovely social house on the Swamp Rabbit Trail downtown. Come by and see us anytime. My coworker, Alan, just the coolest spot in Greenville. Another cool spot is where my buddy Chris Hansen is down in Miami. What's up, Chris? What's up, Ryan? How you doing, Doug? I'm good, man. I got my noisemaker.
That will come into effect here shortly. It's red, too, for Valentine's Day. You know, will you be mine, Chris, my friend? Maybe today. Just today. We hope everyone's, you know, getting hit by Cupid and nothing nefarious out there with hearts and dinners and lovely events and Galentine's day was wonderful for you. We need a men, men in times day or something. Yeah. Guy in times day.
I don't know if that Gillian, Gillian teen. I don't know. What do you call it? Dude, dude time.
Yeah, I'm really, I'm really trying to find some cool sounding, but I can't.
Yeah. Bro time. I don't know. Who knows, but yeah, Anyway, it's a day of love. We do love you for choosing us. We know you have choices, so we appreciate you wherever you are, whenever you are, however you're listening in our business news here of the week on February 14. Lots happening. We got two. Oh, you had so much happening. We had our boy David on yesterday.
I mean, look, so many things happened. We had to have two news episodes. You're going to see more of that, two to three a week, when we can fit them in long-term. That's the plan. So, David Caldwell, appreciate him. Business mentor, ex-NFL, and just one hell of a good guy, ultimately, right? Solid. Solid as it comes. Yep. Might be your date tonight. I don't know.
Could be. I might need to go grab a steak with one of the boys.
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