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The Best One Yet

🏆 “Trader-Costco-Gonia” — America’s favorite brands. Dockers’ Casual Friday innovation. Klarna’s revenue-per-human.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.79.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

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America’s 100 favorite brands show... Reputation takes 20 years to build, 1 second to lose.

Dockers khakis just sold for $300M… but did ya know Dockers invented Casual Friday?

Klarna just invented a new financial metric: Revenue per human… you’re gonna start see it everywhere.

Plus, “Plant Nanny” is the hot new job… It pays $50/hour to pamper someone’s succulents.


$LEVI $COST $TM


Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… LaCroix 💧 “The Cinderella of Seltzers”


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About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, TBOY Lite is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, Saviche, Wednesday, May 21st, and today's pot is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy.

0:09.6

The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Well, look at that. The six-day stock market win streak is over. The double hat trick is done.

0:18.6

Stocks are dipping, but this pod is ripping.

0:21.0

Couldn't have said it better.

0:22.3

Jack, three stories for today's show.

0:24.1

What do we got on the T-boy?

0:25.2

For our first story, Dockers was once worth $1 billion, but Levi's just sold their

0:30.6

khakis brand for 70% less than that.

0:33.3

But in its heyday, Dockers' khakis was so innovative, they actually invented Casual Friday.

0:39.3

That's a great story.

0:40.4

For our second story, the list of the 100 most respected brands in America was just released.

0:45.6

So Jack and I will tell you the one critical currency that the best brands are rich in.

0:50.8

And our third and final story is Klarna.

0:53.4

The leader of the Buy now pay later movement just

0:56.2

invented a new metric. Revenue per human. So we've got an update for everyone listening under 25.

1:03.2

But yet is before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. What a mix of stories? Love the mix.

1:08.0

I told you this pod, he's w repins. There's a new industry of

1:12.6

caretakers that is emerging. But not to take care of your kids, take care of the elderly, or take care of

1:17.4

your pets. It's a new thing called plant nannies. That's right, according to the New York Times,

1:22.4

plant nannies will now come to your home to pamper your plants. They're basically a botanical babysitter.

1:28.9

Yeah, this is like the Mary Poppins for your Monstera.

1:31.1

It's the Mrs. Doubtfire for your dolly.

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