Walmart Warns of Slow Sales in 2025 & Amazon Takes Over James Bond

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🗓️ 21 February 2025

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Episode 524: Toby and Kyle chit-chat about Amazon’s continuing pursuit as America’s #1 retailer as it surpasses Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time, while Walmart warns of slowing sales. Then, James Bond has a new home in Amazon as its creative studio is taking over the rights of the franchise. Also, since the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, executives have turned to increased securities and one company is making armed bodyguards available via app. So…Uber with guns? Meanwhile, Hims & Hers is the Stock of the Week, and Palantir is the Dog of the Week. Finally, headlines to start the weekend! LinkedIn will even give you a $100 credit on your next campaign so you can try it yourself. Go to LinkedIn.com/MBD Terms and conditions apply. Only on LinkedIn ads. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Check out https://linkedin.com/MBD for more! Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Race the rudder, raise the sails, raise the sales!
0:05.0	Captain, an unidentified ship approaching. Over.
0:07.0	Roger that.
0:08.0	Wait, is that an enterprise sales solution?
0:13.0	Reach sales professionals, not professional sailors.
0:17.0	With LinkedIn ads, you can target the right people by industry, job title, and more.
0:21.4	To get 100 pounds off your first campaign, go to LinkedIn.com slash lead to claim your credit.
0:26.7	That's LinkedIn.com slash lead. Terms and conditions apply.
0:31.1	Good morning, Brew Daily show. I'm Toby Howell. And I'm Kyle Heggy.
0:35.2	Today, Walmart, the bellwether of retail, warns there could be tough times ahead.
0:40.4	And how Amazon has finally got James Bond over to their side.
0:44.7	It's Friday, February 21st.
0:47.1	Let's ride.
0:52.4	So as you can hear, Neil is out for the day and actually we'll be out for the entire next week as well as he is finally taking a long deserved break.
1:02.8	Which means we have Kyle here today.
1:04.3	Yes, thank God. Neil deserves a break.
1:06.3	He absolutely does.
1:07.7	So Kyle, you are from Minnesota, which along with the whole Midwest has been in the midst of a little bit of a cold snap.
1:13.0	In fact, it was so cold this week that cloud detecting satellites pointed at the region thought that all of Minnesota, the Dakotas, and part of Wisconsin were a cloud.
1:23.4	The National Weather Service shared this gif of satellite imagery showing dark and light blue covering the upper Midwest, the hallmarks of clouds as seen by satellites, while actual clouds floated by over Illinois in Iowa.
1:35.5	Kyle, there is cold, and then there is satellites mistaking your state for a cloud cold.
1:40.7	What is going on?
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