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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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Warby Parker proves that the Warby Parker model works — for Warby Parker
Warby’s pitch to investors today, ahead of its direct listing, is remarkably similar to its pitch from more than a decade ago.
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Is 15-minute grocery delivery a brand or a feature?
Look out, Safeway. Gorillas is coming.
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From the Editor
Introducing the
Consumer Trends
(Partial-) Reopening Special report
The consumer is back. But it’s back differently.
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Is hard seltzer really already over?
Growth
has
slowed dramatically. But like a fine hard seltzer iced tea lemonade punch, the reality is more complex.
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Blue Bottle is testing oat milk ‘as the default option’
Also: Lunch is back! And more of Chipotle’s reopening takeaways.
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Hard seltzer, but actually good
White Claw Summer is here again. But these craft startups are worth your attention.
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What will Instacart become?
The online grocery service has a new CEO, with a massive opportunity — and big questions — ahead.
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Coworking with childcare sounds like a dream
Work culture is due for a reinvention. What role can clubs like LA’s new BümoWork play?
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Great Jones and the shallow allure of the ‘girlboss gotcha’ story
Also: Amex’s new Platinum card and Noma’s new CPG brand.
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Is the future of coffee in your freezer?
Cometeer is a startup that sells meticulously crafted — and surprisingly good — frozen coffee in pods. Will enough people care?
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What will happen to Sweetgreen?
The 2010s’ favorite salad brand has a new look. Can it re-accelerate after a spoiled pandemic year?
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How Lovevery became new parents’ go-to subscription box
A business model that makes sense, to entertain and educate kids — and parents.
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What’s up with ‘opt-out of Mother’s Day’ emails?
Also: Apple’s new podcast subscriptions, and the brilliant flatness of “International Netflix Generic.”
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Why’s everyone talking about tinned fish?
Fishwife, a Los Angeles-based startup, is reinvigorating a grocery category one can at a time.
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Why Sweetgreen just shredded its loyalty program
Also: How Nike wants to own the customer relationship — everywhere. And Squarespace’s pre-IPO bet on Tock.
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From the Editor
What I’ve learned in the second year of running a subscription newsletter business
We’re still here. And we’re having a baby!
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Executive Briefing
Goop Kitchen’s taste test
And a
Consumer Trends
update.
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NFTs, digital art, and the value shift between IRL and virtual life
Trevor McFedries explains crypto’s pop-culture moment, why Gen Z is different, and how he’s building a ‘modern Marvel’ with Brud and Lil Miquela.
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The modern restaurant: A framework
It’s time to think beyond being chefs and hosts and more like merchants, publishers, creators, and community leaders.
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