🤸‍♀️ “Grandpa wears Lulu” — Lululemon’s multi-generational strategy. Amazon’s monopoly lawsuit. Yelp’s hall of shame.

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🛡️ “War-folios” — Iran market reaction. Dutch Bros’ energy. Anthropic’s moral marketing. + Fitbit for farting

Oil’s up, airlines are down, and so is Chipotle… We look at how War in Iran hits everything markets.Dutch Bros is now the #3 coffee chain… but it’s actually an energy drink chain in disguise.Anthropic vs. The Pentagon vs. OpenAI… Can morals become marketing?Plus, the next cutting ...  Show more

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