The Best One Yet
📉 “Worst Drop Since ‘22” — The crazy recession theory. Skype’s audio logo. Touchland’s viral hand sanitizer.
11 Mar 2025
Stocks had their worst day since 2022 because of T.R.I.C… “Trump’s Recession Idea Concept”Touchland is the 1st hand sanitizer to go viral… Because it turned Purell into a fashion accesory.Skype is shutting down in May… but we think it’s the most innovative tech biz ever #RIPPlus, how Costco’s Kirkland brand disrupted the entire private label industry.$MSFT $TSLA $HOODWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Costco’s Kirkland 🌭— Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet to listen: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks “The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — From the McDonald’s Happy Meal to Birkenstock’s sandal to Nintendo’s Susper Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.—-----------------------------------------------------Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.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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This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Tuesday, T-Boy. Tuesday, March 11th. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three stories at the intersection of business and pop culture. How's your portfolio looking over there, Greg? Not well, Nick. I just checked and I think one of my stocks is down a million percent. But we still whipped up the best one yet.
Jack, three stories for today's show. What do we got on the pod, man? For our first story, the stock market fell by the most on Monday since 2022. True. The NASDAQ fell 4% as recession fears are high. So Jack and I think it's time to share the crazy recession theory. For our second story, you won't believe what the must-have product is of 12-year-old girls right now. Hand sanitizer. Hand Sani.
Yeti's Touchland has transformed a health tool into a fashion accessory.
And our third and final story. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to remember Skype. Skype. The inventor of video calls is being put to rest by its owner, Microsoft.
I can't do it, Jack. You handle the rest. But Skype is survived by the greatest tech growth hacks that we still see today. Pass the tissues and we'll tell you the wild story. But yet is before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. What a fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix, Jack. Odds are, statistically speaking, you will touch something today with the word Kirkland. Kirkland.
You might be wearing something Kirkland right now as we pod. Kirkland, the private label of Costco, has the most 90s logo font of all time. And it's also the latest episode of our weekly deep dive show, The Best. idea yet. Because honestly, of all the products we've ever covered, Costco has the most rabid fans. Absolutely. If Costco's a cult, then Kirkland Brand is their messiah.
Because get this, one out of every four things sold at Costco is Kirkland branded.
Get this, if Kirkland were its own company, it would be bigger than all of Coca-Cola in sales. But the story of Kirkland, which we're going to tell on this episode, starts with the story of Costco. The first store to let you get in on wholesale prices. By joining a club. And Costco's retail revolution began with a man so brilliant that Walmart copied him.
In fact, you're not going to believe it, everything Walmart did at the beginning, and still does today, is a copy of Costco's business.
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