May 29, 2020
Today we're discussing SpaceX's rescheduled launch in Florida, Boohoo's $331 million purchase of Prettylittlething, Popeyes' 40% increase in sales for the first quarter of 2020, Le Pain Quotidien's file for bankruptcy, the jobless rate in America exceeding 23.9%, Las Vegas's reopening in one week, Disney World's plan to reopen July 11th, the violent protests in Minneapolis in response to George Floyd's death, Twitter's fact-check of Trump's tweet about voting claims, Trump's executive order against social media companies in response, Winners, Losers, Content Recommendations, and more
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335 - Burn It All Down
Just care. [3:54]
SpaceX launch. [9:50]
The new age fashion ‘Succession’ story, Boohoo buys out PrettyLittleThing. [15:40]
Popeyes is popping! [20:24]
Le Pain Quotidien bankruptcy, the sign of more bad things to come for the restaurant industry. [25:07]
Corona Chat. [28:30]
Pete Reads the Ads. [39:27]
The George Floyd story, enough is enough. [43:00]
Donald Trump vs Social Media. [54:10]
Weekly Winners & Losers. [1:00:00]
Hottest Content for the Weekend. [1:11:13]
Related Links/Products Mentioned
Boohoo Buys Out PrettyLittleThing Shareholders
Popeyes U.S. same-store sales soar more than 40%
Le Pain Quotidien’s U.S. Restaurants File for Bankruptcy
Over 40 million Americans have filed for unemployment during the pandemic
Las Vegas is reopening in one week
Disney World Targets July 11 for phased reopening after pandemic shuttering
Black Lives Matter demonstrators
Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump
Twitter CEO stands by fact-check on Trump’s tweets
Jack Dorsey explains why Twitter fact-checked Trump’s false voting claims
Trump is set to announce an executive order against social media companies