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Market Outsiders — 96 episodes

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1

Build-A-Bear Should Be Dead. So Why Is It Thriving?

2

Jennifer Garner’s IPO Bet on Once Upon a Farm

3

Boeing Didn’t Win the Race – It Just Survived It

4

Why Capital One Bought Brex at a $7B Discount

5

The Business of College Football

6

Saks Is Bankrupt. Now What?

7

Ford’s Surprise Comeback: Why $50K Cars Still Sold

8

Who Really Wins When Weed Goes Mainstream? (December 19, 2025)

9

Did Thrive Market Just Ditch Its Profit Engine? (December 10, 2025)

10

Netflix’s $72B Warner Bros Gamble (December 8, 2025)

11

Why Best Buy Is Winning When Everyone Expected It to Die (November 26, 2025)

12

Why Bath and Body Works Lost Its Scent With Shoppers (November 20, 2025)

13

Can Panera’s Turnaround Plan Actually Work? (November 18, 2025)

14

What Ending the Penny Mint Means for Prices (November 13, 2025)

15

Inside the Company Powering the AI Boom (November 11, 2025)

16

Why Holiday Hiring Is Down But Sales Aren’t (November 7, 2025)

17

BONUS: How the Government Shutdown Grounded America’s Flights (November 6, 2025)

18

Can Pinterest Survive the AI Shopping Revolution? (November 6, 2025)

19

PayPal plugs into ChatGPT for E-Commerce (October 29, 2025)

20

Did UPS outgrow Amazon? (October 28, 2025)

21

Why Retailers Are Betting on Pokémon and Taylor Swift Cards (October 21, 2025)

22

16,000 Jobs Cut to Save the CPG Giant Nestlé (October 17, 2025)

23

How Walmart Keeps Prices Low (October 16, 2025)

24

The Secret Behind Delta’s Record Profits and Sky-High Margins (October 10, 2025)

25

Why Private Markets Suddenly Want Your Money (October 8, 2025)

26

Why Warren Buffett Just Bet $10 Billion on Chemicals (October 2, 2025)

27

The Future of Claire’s and Mall Retail (September 29, 2025)

28

How the NFL Turned Media Contracts Into Its Biggest Business Lever (September 26, 2025)

29

Labubu Dolls and the Business of Scarcity (September 24, 2025)

30

Another Credit Card Fee Increase? Why Amex Increased the Platinum Fee to $895 (September 18, 2025)

31

Ram Shelves Electric Pickups - Were They Doomed From the Start? (September 15, 2025)

32

How Jolie Turned Your Showerhead Into a Subscription Business (September 11, 2025)

33

The Booming Business of Sports Betting (September 8, 2025)

34

Saks on Amazon Signals Luxury in Crisis (September 3, 2025)

35

Kraft Heinz Breakup Signals the End of Scale at All Costs (September 2, 2025)

36

The $1B Water Park Empire and Why Private Equity Wants In (August 29, 2025)

37

NVIDIA’s Record Earnings and Business Model Breakdown (August 28, 2025)

38

Dr. Pepper Bets $18B on Coffee War with Nestlé (August 27, 2025)

39

Target Falters, TJ Maxx Shines as Powell Weighs His Next Move (August 20, 2025)

40

Why Chili’s Is Winning While Other Restaurants Struggle (August 18, 2025)

41

What Record Stock Buybacks Signal (August 11, 2025)

42

When Growth Isn’t Enough: Inside Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut’s Earnings Miss (August 5, 2025)

43

Starbucks Ditches Pickup-Only Stores - Smart Move or Big Mistake? (July 31, 2025)

44

Starbucks Profits Crash 47% - Why the Market Still Believes in the Turnaround (July 30, 2025)

45

Inside Garrett Popcorn’s Slow Line, Fast Profits, and Untapped Growth (July 29, 2025)

46

Inside Tesla’s Futuristic Diner Experiment in Los Angeles (July 24, 2025)

47

McDonald’s Snack Wrap Comeback Drives Sales Surge (July 23, 2025)

48

Why Coca‑Cola Beat Earnings but Shares Still Slipped (July 22, 2025)

49

Amex’s Profit Jump and the Credit Card Strategy Driving It (July 18, 2025)

50

PepsiCo Pops Despite Headwinds – What Earnings Reveal About F&B Battles (July 17, 2025)

51

Goldman’s 22% Profit Surge and the Trading Boom Behind It (July 16, 2025)

52

NVIDIA’s China Comeback Fuels Market Rally Despite Rising Inflation (July 15, 2025)

53

Nissan’s Cash Crunch and Goldman's First AI Coder (July 11, 2025)

54

Inside Ferrero's $3.1 Billion Play for WK Kellogg (July 10, 2025)

55

Why Meta Just Bet $3.5B on Ray-Ban (July 9, 2025)

56

Target and Walmart Just Declared War on Amazon Prime Day (July 8, 2025)

57

Fast Casual Gets Smarter as Loyalty Becomes the New Growth Engine (July 7, 2025)

58

The Jobs Market Just Beat Expectations Again (July 3, 2025)

59

The Skill AI Can’t Replace & Home Depot’s Power Play (June 30, 2025)

60

Delaware in Decline? How States Are Competing to Win Corporate Business

61

What This Weekend in the Middle East Revealed About Oil, Markets, and Risk (June 23, 2025)

62

Can Home Depot Stop QXO’s $5B Hostile Takeover of GMS? (June 20, 2025)

63

Meta’s $100M Power Play, My Kids' Startup Lessons, and What the Fed Won’t Say (June 18, 2025)

64

Chase Sapphire Reserve Fee Hike: Smart Strategy or Customer Risk? (June 17, 2025)

65

Inside Starbucks’ Turnaround and the Jobs Data You’re Not Hearing About (June 16, 2025)

66

Why Oil Spiked 10% And What Dumplings Teach Us About Business (June 13, 2025)

67

Inflation Expectations vs. Reality: Decoding the Market’s Mixed Signals (June 11, 2025)

68

Paramount’s 3 CEOs and 18K Employees?! | The Real Power of Private Markets (June 10, 2025)

69

Jobs Day Delivers - Why the Market’s Stronger Than Headlines Say (June 6, 2025)

70

Why Kimberly-Clark Is Selling Tissues - and What Europe’s Rate Cut Really Means (June 5, 2025)

71

Dollar General’s Surprise Strength - and What It Really Means (June 4, 2025)

72

Hims & Hers Goes to Europe (June 3, 2025)

73

Wrigley Field's Business Model and Why Farmers Are Hosting Weddings (June 2, 2025)

74

Meta Enters the Defense Game and United/JetBlue Make a Deal (May 30, 2025)

75

NVIDIA Beats and Avocado Supply Spurs Demand (May 29, 2025)

76

No, McKinsey Didn’t Just Lay Off 10% Of Its Staff – What Actually Happened (May 28, 2025)

77

Southwest Ends Free Bags - Last Day to Get Yours! (May 27, 2025)

78

Bitcoin Goes Up and OpenAI Makes a Big Acquisition (May 23, 2025)

79

Nike Backtracks & Why You Should Care About U.S. Bond Yields (May 22, 2025)

80

Target Tanks & Capital One / Discover Merger Finalized (May 21, 2025)

81

Home Depot Keeps Prices Steady - or Does it? (May 20, 2025)

82

Moody's Downgrade & U.S. Treasury Yields Hit 5% (May 19, 2025)

83

What's Going On With The U.S. Housing Market? (May 16, 2025)

84

Walmart Raises Prices and Lessons from the Rodeo (May 15, 2025)

85

Microsoft and Nissan Layoffs: Why Now and What Does it Mean? (May 14, 2025)

86

Inflation Eases & McDonald's Struggles: What’s Behind the Numbers? (May 13, 2025)

87

U.S./China Trade Tensions Thaw - What's Next? (May 12, 2025)

88

Art as a Volatility Hedge & Unpacking the U.S./UK Trade Deal (May 9, 2025)

89

Fed Rate Hold and Tariff Troubles (May 8, 2025)

90

Fed Decision Looms and Trade Tensions Ease (May 7, 2025)

91

Navigating the Fed's Interest Rate Decisions (May 6, 2025)

92

Oil Prices Plummet and How Emotions Drive Markets (May 5, 2025)

93

What the April Jobs Report REALLY Says (May 2, 2025)

94

U.S. GDP Decline Myths & McDonalds' Earnings Report (May 1, 2025)

95

Decoding the UPS Layoffs (April 30, 2025)

96

What Adidas Prices & Unemployment Say About the U.S. Economy (April 29, 2025)