The Best One Yet
đ§ âUnicorn Pantsâ â Luluâs leggings turn 10. Chime is the McDâs of Money. Cavaâs hummus surge.
19 May 2025
TBOY bi-annual survey: https://qualtricsxm88y5r986q.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3qlyZFxoJvFhFaeLululemonâs Align Leggings just turned 10 years old⌠And they actually invented athleisure.Chime, the online banking app, just filed to IPO⌠Because theyâre the McDonalds of money.Cava is beating Chipotle and Sweetgreen⌠Weâve got the apples-to-apples numbers to prove it.Plus, the most profitable graduation gift in history is⌠Dr. Seussâ âOh The Places Youâll GoâTBOY Live Chicago July 23rd, Tickets on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-ticketsWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of⌠Google Maps đ$LULU $CAVA $SG $MCDAbout Us: The daily pop-biz news show making todayâs top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, TBOY Lite is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts NEWSLETTER:https://tboypod.com/newsletter SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Our 2nd show⌠The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly.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 Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, May 19th, and today's pod, out of all the pods, is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. But first, a quick question. Besties, do you want a free Yeti cooler? All you got to do is take our semi-annual T-Boy survey.
We drop it only twice a year, and you might win that free Yeti cooler. That's right. We want to hear from the besties so we can make this the best show yet for you. So click the link in the episode description, take our three-minute survey, and you could win a Yeti cooler. But in the meantime, Jack and I whipped up three fantastic stories. Jack, what's on today's pod?
For our first story, 10 years ago, Lululemon's Align Leggings invented the athleisure category. So Jack and I will tell you the surprise reason Align Leggings became a billion dollar brand. For our second story, Chime, the online bank that swears it's not a bank, just filed to IPO. Because Chime is the McDonald's of money. And every industry needs its McDonald's. And our third and final story.
Of all the food chains in America right now, one is thriving. Who is it, Jack? Kava. Kava! Why is Kava beating Sweetgreen and Chipotle? Well... Jack and I are going to serve up the answer for you. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I mean, no one's doing this mix. Love this mix, Jack. The top Google search happening right now. What is it, man? Is graduation gifts.
Ah, graduation gifts. The tradition of writing a check to your nephew after four years of them partying at Sig Sig App. They get diploma, you give gift. You got degree, they give money. The trending graduation gifts this year. What are they, Nick? Oh, Jack, it's good. The fifth one's a surprise, but number one is a laptop. That pairs well with an entry-level job. Number two is a Yeti water bottle.
You gotta hydrate like a bougie adult. Number three is AirPods. You gotta listen to podcasts all the time. Number four is the Kendra Scott necklace. Welcome to your 20s. You earned this necklace. But the fifth most popular graduation gift, what is it, Jack? A book. Specifically, Oh, the Places You'll Go. That's right. Dr. Seuss's book is the fifth most popular searched graduation gift. Yeah.
In fact, this was Dr. Seuss's very last book, published back in 1990. He was 86 years old when he wrote this book. And it turns out, Oh, the Places You'll Go is now the best-selling book in May and June nearly every single year, according to Bookscan. It sells 200,000 copies every graduation season. And this book is nearly 40 years old.
The wild thing for Jack and I, Dr. Seuss never intended this book to be a graduation tradition in the first place. Yeah, it was Walmart, Target, and Amazon who started promoting this book as a graduation gift. Classic. But now Dr. Seuss' final rhymes are the go-to grad gift. and they make $7 million every spring for the Dr. Seuss estate.
So to all the Yetis out there graduating, you have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes. Let's hit our three stories of the best business news.
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