Buffeted by Scandal, Victoria’s Secret Searches for a Way Forward
Business Wars Daily
Audible
4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2020
⏱️ 8 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Today is Wednesday, February 12, and we’re looking at Victoria’s Secret vs. Aerie.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Wonderly Plus subscribers can listen to Business Wars daily ad-free right now. |
| 0:04.8 | Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:08.5 | If you or someone you care about has cancer, |
| 0:11.5 | Macmillan Cancer Support's online community is here to help from day one. |
| 0:16.1 | Macmillan's free online forum provides a safe space to get support from both experts and others who've been |
| 0:22.0 | there. Members support each other anonymously, sharing what's helped them on a range of subjects, |
| 0:27.5 | from dealing with side effects such as hair loss and fatigue, to money worries and managing work, |
| 0:32.9 | or talking with children about a diagnosis. There are different forums on cancer types or experiences, |
| 0:39.0 | opportunities to ask an expert, and blog posts. |
| 0:42.0 | Find support 24-7 from people who get what it's like to have cancer. |
| 0:46.7 | To join, search McMillan online community. |
| 0:49.3 | One, three. Wondry. |
| 1:08.9 | I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Wednesday, February 12. |
| 1:13.4 | A lot of people buy lingerie as Valentine's Day presents. Perhaps you're one of them. But this year, there's a good chance the country's largest and most well-known |
| 1:18.4 | lingerie retailer might not be in your shopping plans. Yep, we're talking about troubled |
| 1:24.5 | victorious secret. Its difficulties first started becoming apparent a few years ago. |
| 1:29.7 | Mall traffic was dropping precipitously, and a host of body-positive competitors began posing |
| 1:35.3 | serious threats to the one-time ruler of the industry. Today, though, those business problems |
| 1:41.0 | as serious as they are pale in comparison to the brand's bigger issues, |
| 1:45.6 | namely, Victoria's Secret, is in freefall on the back of scandal. You may recall that we reported |
| 1:52.4 | on founder Les Wexner's close ties to Jeffrey Epstein, who was indicted for child sex trafficking |
| 1:58.4 | last year. Epstein died in prison while awaiting trial. Well, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audible, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Audible and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

