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Introducing
Consumer Trends:
AI, Ozempic, and the Economy
Is there anything hotter this summer?
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Executive Briefing
What Amazon really wants
Also: Threads’ huge debut, how Nike grows the pie, and the Gjelina Group’s first hotel.
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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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Apple Vision Pro looks amazing. What and who is it for?
Mainstream adoption is years away, if ever. But this is some of Apple at its best.
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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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From the Editor
Introducing the
Consumer Trends
Food & Wellness Special Report
We’re at an inflection point: Health is wealth, and food is medicine.
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From the Editor
Introducing the
Consumer Trends
2023 Report
The “Covid economy” mostly ended in 2022. But a high level of economic uncertainty continues into 2023.
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Executive Briefing
Bon Appétit’s new e-commerce Market and the future of media
The food magazine could easily work as a store. But can owner Condé Nast pull it off?
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Executive Briefing
Goop Kitchen’s taste test
And a
Consumer Trends
update.
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Why Apple is making workout tapes
It’s not just for the subscription revenue.
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Will Reels, Instagram’s TikTok, work?
Also: ‘Plan B’ for Edgewell after its Harry’s deal collapsed. And Apple has a new head of marketing.
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Executive Briefing
The audacity of launching now
Tradeoffs abound.
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Executive Briefing
What Alison Roman wants
The cookbook author and writer on balancing business with brand, how she creates recipes, and what she’s doing next.
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Podcast listening is down as people work from home
Is that bad? Also: Nike’s Covid-19 strategy, and launching office hours for members.
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Executive Briefing
Why Mailchimp is buying a business magazine
If you don’t know Courier yet, you will soon.
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Executive Briefing
Outdoor Voices shows community only gets you so far
Also: Ben Thompson and the bottom-up approach to subscription podcasting.
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From the Editor
What I’ve learned in the first year of running a subscription newsletter business
This is working! And I’m excited about the future.
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Executive Briefing
Affirm’s clever end-around, Snap and Chipotle earnings
The comeback tour continues.
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Executive Briefing
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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