Snacks Daily

Bitcoin doesn’t usually give us a reason for doing what it’s doing, but we’re breaking down its surge to $40K (spoiler: FOMO). Victoria’s Secret needs to change its name to Bath & Body Works. And Roblox’s tween gaming is going public for 12-year-olds. $RBLX $BTC $LB Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We just saw 5 big updates from across the world that reveal 1 thing: Electric cars are having a global milestone moment. Wyndham Destinations dominates timeshares, so we’re curious why it’s dropping $100M on a magazine. And we’re jumping into how the Georgia Senate runoff election affected all 4 big stock indexes differently. $WYND $SBE $TSLA Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter just bought a podcast company — we think it could solve the #1 problem in podcasting. Shake Shack lost The Great Fried Chicken War of 2019, so it’s kicking off a new one for 2021. And Alibaba’s legendary founder was MIA because the #1 rule of doing biz in China: Don’t diss China. $SHAK $TWTR $BABA Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Word that Jack Dorsey’s Square is talking to Jay-Z about acquiring Tidal isn’t the most shocking thing we’ve ever heard, now that we’ve digested it. General Electric’s stock has one great final hope: A fan that’s as big as the Empire State Building. And Discovery jumps into subscripturation, but it’s got the QQE recipe. $SQ $GE $DISCA Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our first pod of the year, we’re going digestible bold: Our 3 big business predictions for 2021… (it’s good to be back). DoorDash should acquire IHOP. Spotify, Netflix, and Peloton should team up for “The Anti-Apple-Alliance” $30/month bundle. And Uber and Airbnb should go from one thing to every thing. Last year’s “Big Biz Wishes” episode: - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snacks-daily/id1386234384?i=1000460290975  - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2inOZBtdlc8edLyibZwloT?si=fFHmoRNTTH-l6x06bDuEoA Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Snacks Digested: We whipped up the 3 top trends from the last year. Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special podcast: We whipped up ours and your 3 favorite stories from the last year. Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re looking at the strategy behind Oreos’ double-stuffed Lady Gaga Halloween limited edition Oreo. Amazon whipped up a new map app that says more about its real profit puppy. And we’re looking at the government stimulus that could drop in your stocking before Christmas. $MDLZ $AMZN $GOOG Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cannabis legends Tilray and Aphria are combining into the world’s largest pot company, but the real story is what they’re brewing. “Unicorn of the Day” StockX hit a $2.8B valuation because the rules of media apply to sneakers. And it turns out copycatting is so critical to Facebook that they’ve created a secret team of entrepreneurs… to Zuck or be Zucked. $APH $TLRY $FB Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate Spade and Coach shouldn’t be selling more handbags during a pandemic… yet they’re more profitable than ever. Planet Fitness whipped up an aggressive trick to not go bankrupt. We call it the “fruit fly strategy”. And Blade is the “Uber for helicopters” going public via SPAC — just as Uber is quitting helicopters. $PLNT $TPR $EXPC Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After years of making mobile games for your phone, Zynga’s partnering up with Google Home for a completely new concept: Audio-only games. FireEye is supposed to protect the computers Fortune 500 companies… until it got hacked. And Apple just killed a TV series because San Francisco is the new Los Angeles. $ZNGA $FEYE $AAPL $GOOG Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Vaccine Day, Snackers… The first US vaccines shots could hit this afternoon, so we’re looking at Pfizer’s $19B payday. Restoration Hardware’s earnings report reads like a Gatsby novel because its stores expect a new Roaring 20’s. And Disney shares hit an all-time high thanks to a new strategy we’re calling “Shmovies.” $RH $DIS $PFE $MRNA Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2 biggest IPOs of the last 2 years highlight 3 reasons we’re seeing so many companies go public right now. Starbucks’ Investor Day presentation revealed a completely new vision for your new coffee routine (spoiler: “Walk-Thrus”). And AT&T made a $66B mistake 5 years ago… so it’s fixing that this week. $DASH $SBUX $T Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McDonald’s is facing its biggest fight of the year, and it’s because of… Happy Meals. Quantumscape’s stock jumped because it’s a patent puppy, not profit puppy. And Zuck’s being forced to sell Instagram and Whatsapp — we’re calling it the “ACDC” problem. $QS $MCD $FB Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liquor legend Brown-Forman is borrowing a movie strategy for its top-shelf-ification of Jack Daniel’s. Stitch Fix stock surged 40% because it’s pulling a move straight outta Netflix. And Uber’s selling its self-driving biz… which completely changes our calendar of when self-driving actually arrives. $SFIX $BF $UBER Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices