🌵 “South By, Inc.” — The Biz of SXSW. TJMaxx vs Hermès. Ryan Reynolds’ $100M Wrexham.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The #3 retailer in the world? It’s TJMaxx… because TJ is tariff-proof.
The South By Southwest tech-tainment is this week… because the conference biz is booming.
Ryan Reynolds’ investment in one crappy soccer club… just got a 4,900% return.
Plus, one Jurassic Park startup just invented a new species… The Woolly Mouse.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, March 10th. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Stocks just had their worst week in monks. But Jack and I are wearing the same outfit today. Unplanned. I wish it was planned. You look fantastic. I think I look fantastic, too. |
| 0:21.3 | Yeti's three toys for today's show. |
| 0:23.4 | Jack, what have we got on the T-Boy? |
| 0:24.7 | For our first story, get this. |
| 0:26.4 | The number three clothing company in the world is actually T.J. Max. |
| 0:31.2 | T.J. Max. |
| 0:32.6 | T.J. is at an all-time high because their business model is tariff proof. For our second story, the South by |
| 0:39.6 | Southwest Festival is this week. So we looked at the business of South Buy. And that business involves |
| 0:44.7 | Johnny Cash, the Hanson brothers, and the first ever tweet. And our third and final story, |
| 0:50.2 | Ryan Reynolds invested in one underdog Welsh football club, and that investment has paid off. |
| 0:55.8 | Oh, Rexham AFC just got a 4,900% return. And they're almost in the primary league. |
| 1:04.1 | But yet is, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. |
| 1:07.1 | Fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix of the Jack. A new animal has been invented by mankind. |
| 1:14.1 | And it's the biggest breakthrough in genetic engineering since the seedless watermelon. |
| 1:18.9 | The new animal that is now alive and well is a woolly mouse. A woolly mouse. It is one part |
| 1:25.6 | little mouse, one part woolly mammoth. |
| 1:27.7 | It's like mini mouse and Dumbo the elephant out of baby. |
| 1:30.1 | Jack, could you please sprinkle on some contacts to that fantastic visual? |
| 1:34.7 | We've told you about colossal, which is a genetic engineering startup. We've covered it a couple |
| 1:39.0 | times on the pod. Collosal, they're trying to bring back the woolly mammoth naturally. |
| 1:42.9 | Their business model is basically the plot of Jurassic Park. |
| 1:45.8 | Yeah, like an animal's extinct. |
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