⌚ “Engagement Watch” — Rolex’s wedding win. Starbucks’ barista championship. Home Depot’s ICE raid.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.7 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Rolex sales are jumping… because women are giving them as engagement rings (watches?).
Home Depot’s newest business risk?... It’s now ground zero in the ICE immigration raids.
Starbucks hosted the world’s 1st Barista Championship… and hiring full-time in-house influencers.
Plus, the wildest new recession indicator is… TaskRabbits.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It is Friday, the real Friday, the 13th of June. And today's |
| 0:07.1 | pot is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. |
| 0:13.6 | 20,000 followers on Instagram. We are this close to 20,000 followers on Instagram. |
| 0:20.3 | Check us out at T-Boy Pot. If you are the 20,000 followers on Instagram. Check us out at T-Boy Pot. |
| 0:21.8 | If you are the 20,000 followers, |
| 0:23.8 | ooh, we'll hook you up with a free T-Boy hat. |
| 0:26.8 | And then you're going to look fantastic. |
| 0:28.9 | But in the meantime, Jack, we've got three wonderful stories for today's show. |
| 0:31.9 | What is on the T-Boy? |
| 0:33.1 | For our first story, Rolex watch sales are suddenly surging, |
| 0:36.8 | and we found a few reasons why. |
| 0:38.4 | One of them? Women are buying men Rolex engagement watches. That's right. Real thing. |
| 0:44.1 | Hey, Alex, I guess you missed the memo. |
| 0:46.6 | Third anniversary Rolex, we'll take it. |
| 0:48.5 | For our second story, ICE is in the headlines for ramping up deportations. |
| 0:52.9 | And one business and one industry is feeling it most. |
| 0:55.9 | Home Depot. |
| 0:57.6 | HD is ground zero of Trump's immigration policy. |
| 1:01.0 | And our third and final story is Starbucks. |
| 1:04.0 | Starbucks Doc is struggling, so they just hosted the World Barista Championships. |
| 1:08.8 | And Jack, what is Starbucks next big move? They're hiring a full-time |
| 1:13.4 | in-house influencer. Check out this orange boca frappuccino. A first of its kind. Yes, it is, |
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