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MrBeast Burger’s inevitable flameout
Also: What Nike and HBO have in common. And where’s Whole Foods in the ‘food as medicine’ conversation?
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Cava gets it done with a big IPO
For all the decades of excitement around Chipotle-for-
x
concepts, few have made it this far.
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Finding founder-acquirer fit
Pineapple Collaborative, the food startup, has an unexpected new owner. What’s next?
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A24, the cool film studio, wants to sell you a membership
Highbrow brilliant? Also: Chipotle says it’s ‘finally getting back to pre-pandemic operations’.
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Glossier was building its own social network for years. Great idea or terrible idea?
Companies that sell physical products should think about making digital products. But it’s a different game.
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How Food52 became the most interesting acquirer of consumer brands
And: The thinking behind Harry’s first brand acquisition.
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The business of Whole30
Melissa Urban is turning her elimination diet into a lifestyle brand with an increasingly complex business, from licensing to CPG.
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What momentum looks like
Also: Chase is buying The Infatuation. And an update on Blue Bottle’s oat-milk-by-default experiment.
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Goop Kitchen’s taste test
And a
Consumer Trends
update.
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The new celebrity-brand partnership: Why, how, and how much
Unpacking the structure and economics of modern talent deals, with Endeavor’s Ben Enowitz and Carolyn Moneta.
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How Pineapple Collaborative uses big-brand sponsorships to fund indie content and commerce
When every brand is a media brand, more should consider media businesses.
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How Food52 nailed the content, commerce, and community trifecta
Every media business is thinking about its commerce strategy. Here’s one that worked.
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Sorry, but Facebook, Google, and Amazon still own the world
Also: A podcast conversation with Hodinkee founder Ben Clymer. And Sweetgreen’s first beer and wine list.
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