The Best One Yet
🛒 “Where the rich shop” — Walmart’s renaissance. Jersey Mike’s $8B sandwich. Google’s Chrome divorce.
20 Nov 2024
Google’s Chrome Browser is used by 61% of us… but now Google may be forced to split it off.Jersey Mike’s sandwich chain was just acquired for $8B… but it’s really an education company.The #1 non-tech stock of 2024? Walmart… It’s winning on rich families with six-figure incomes.Plus, can a banana duct-taped to a wall sell for $1.5M?... The art market decides today (so take our Spotify poll).$WMT $GOOG $BX🧢 The TBOY holiday merch drop ends Thursday 11/21: Shop now @ www.tboypod.com/shop🎙️ Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of “Levi’s 501s… The World’s 1st Jeans” 👖Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks —-----------------------------------------------------GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.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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It's Wednesday, ceviche Wednesday, November 20th. And today's pod is the best one yet. This, this is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. I could get used to this, Jack. I'm wearing the same sweatsuit three days in a row. I like it. Yetis, the winners have been picked for our T-boy holiday merch giveaway number one. We actually have a second and final giveaway.
If you missed it, go to Instagram for details. We're giving away our T-boy holiday merch. And you know what, Jack? I'm going to wear it tomorrow. I'm going to go four days a while in the same T-boy sweatsuit. It looks beautiful. Our T-boy holiday merch collection. Pre-orders end Thursday at noon Pacific, and they'll arrive by Christmas. Go to tboypod.com slash shop. Snag yours now.
In the meantime, Jack. We got three wonderful stories for today's show. What's on the pod, man? For our first story, Google's Chrome browser dominates the internet. It's used by 60% of Americans. But now the courts may order Google to sell off its record-breaking browser. For our second story, Jersey Mike's. This submarine sandwich chain was just acquired by PE for $8 billion.
But Jersey Mike's isn't really in the food industry. We think Jersey Mike's is in the education industry. And our third and final story is the best performing company of the year that isn't tech. What is it, Jack? Walmart. It's Walmart, Yetis. Walmart is winning thanks to six digit salaries. But Yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I'm comfy. You're comfy. Three wonderful stories.
I love the mix, Jack. How much would you pay for a banana? Jack, I'd pay 25 cents. How about a banana and a piece of duct tape? Maybe 50 cents. How about a banana duct taped to a wall? Jack, I'm going back down to 10 cents. I'm going to pay him 10 cents. False. How about one and a half million dollars, Nick? One and a half million bucks for a banana taped to a wall. Please go on, Jack.
Get this, Yetis. A piece of art is expected to sell today for one and a half million dollars at a Sotheby's auction. And that art is a banana duct taped to a wall. This normal but really expensive banana is actually the work of an Italian artist named Maurizio Catalan. He's actually made three pieces of this one-of-a-kind artwork. Yeah, no joke.
There are three versions of this one piece of banana stuck to wall. Oh, and twice, the banana actually got eaten. The art was on display in South Korea, and a museum visitor ate the banana. We're actually glad someone ate this really expensive banana, because otherwise it would have rotted in like three days. Rotting aside, the investors don't care because...
Because the first banana duct taped to a wall sold for 120 grand five years ago. But today, this provocative banana art is going for $1.5 million. Unclear whether they replaced the banana or not with a fresh one. And yet it is going for 10 times the original price. Sit down, stand up, and peel it again, man. Nick, I know banana prices have risen the past five years, but this better be organic.
Oh, yeah, it is Jack and I. We are taking bids right now in a poll on Spotify about this banana art. Will this banana duct tape to the wall go over one and a half million dollars or under one and a half million dollars? FYI, the wall is not included. Congratulations in advance to the Bitcoin bro, who is the new proud owner of this banana artwork.
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