Market Outsiders
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Build-A-Bear Should Be Dead. So Why Is It Thriving?
Build-A-Bear Should Be Dead. So Why Is It Thriving?
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Welcome to Market Outsiders — where business news meets real insight, fast. Two days per week, the Management Consulted leadership team breaks down one major story through a business lens, helping you spot what really matters behind the headlines.
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- Build-A-Bear Should Be Dead. So Why Is It Thriving? · 37 Min. · Staffel 4 Folge 4In this episode, Jenny Rae and Namaan unpack one of retail’s most unexpected survivors: Build-A-Bear. Build-A-Bear is a mall-based stuffed animal retailer in an AI-driven world –…
- Jennifer Garner’s IPO Bet on Once Upon a Farm · 33 Min. · Staffel 4 Folge 3Once Upon a Farm went public, and the stock jumped. But this isn’t the standard path for a consumer brand. In this episode, Jenny Rae and Namaan examine why a single-brand baby…
- Boeing Didn’t Win the Race – It Just Survived It · 39 Min. · Staffel 4 Folge 2Boeing’s rebound isn’t about brilliance. It’s about not losing in a brutal duopoly. In this episode, Jenny Rae and Namaan break down what Boeing’s post-crisis recovery really…
- Why Capital One Bought Brex at a $7B Discount · 40 Min. · Staffel 4 Folge 1Brex was once valued at $12.3B. Capital One just bought it for $5.15B. In today’s episode of Market Outsiders, Jenny Rae and Namaan break down why Capital One was willing to buy…
- The Business of College Football · 36 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 30College football isn’t just a game anymore, it’s a business. On this episode of Market Outsiders, Jenny Rae Le Roux and Namaan Mian break down how wins on the field translate…
- Saks Is Bankrupt. Now What? · 29 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 29Saks Fifth Avenue has filed for bankruptcy. After years of warning signs – including its Neiman Marcus acquisition and Amazon’s investment – the iconic luxury retailer is…
- Ford’s Surprise Comeback: Why $50K Cars Still Sold · 37 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 28The average new car now costs over $50,000, with monthly payments nearing $760. So how did Ford post its best U.S. sales year since 2019? In this episode of Market Outsiders…
- Who Really Wins When Weed Goes Mainstream? (December 19, 2025) · 33 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 27Cannabis just moved from Schedule I to Schedule III — and the biggest implications have nothing to do with lifestyle or politics. In this episode of Market Outsiders, Jenny Rae…
- Did Thrive Market Just Ditch Its Profit Engine? (December 10, 2025) · 27 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 26Thrive Market just became the first major online grocer to drop alcohol completely, and the internet is cheering… but the business case isn’t what it seems. In this episode, we…
- Netflix’s $72B Warner Bros Gamble (December 8, 2025) · 33 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 25Netflix just shocked Hollywood with a $72B bid for Warner Bros, the biggest media deal of the decade. But behind the headlines is a fight over market share, regulation, and the…
- Why Best Buy Is Winning When Everyone Expected It to Die (November 26, 2025) · 29 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 24Best Buy was supposed to be dead. Instead, it just raised its full-year sales and earnings outlook. In this episode, Jenny Rae and Namaan dig into why Best Buy is outperforming…
- Why Bath and Body Works Lost Its Scent With Shoppers (November 20, 2025) · 33 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 23Bath and Body Works used to own the mall fragrance space. Now traffic is shrinking, margins are squeezed and a new CEO is blaming the old playbook. In this episode, we break down…
- Can Panera’s Turnaround Plan Actually Work? (November 18, 2025) · 40 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 22Panera used to dominate fast casual. Now traffic is falling and leadership is scrambling to turn it around. In this episode, we unpack: How cost cutting changed salads, sides…
- What Ending the Penny Mint Means for Prices (November 13, 2025) · 21 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 21The U.S. stops minting new pennies. Cost savings help, but do second-order effects matter more? We dig into: Why it cost ~4¢ to make 1¢$56M savings vs real economic…
- Inside the Company Powering the AI Boom (November 11, 2025) · 30 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 20CoreWeave isn’t OpenAI or Nvidia, but it’s powering both. We unpack how this lesser-known company became essential to the AI ecosystem, including: What CoreWeave actually does…
- Why Holiday Hiring Is Down But Sales Aren’t (November 7, 2025) · 21 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 19Retailers plan the lightest holiday hiring since the Great Recession, but spending is still projected to top $1T. We dig into: Why demand smoothing and e-comm shift cut seasonal…
- BONUS: How the Government Shutdown Grounded America’s Flights (November 6, 2025) · 18 Min. · Staffel 3The FAA just announced flight cuts at 40 U.S. airports, all tied to the government shutdown. In this bonus episode: Why air traffic control staffing is reaching a breaking…
- Can Pinterest Survive the AI Shopping Revolution? (November 6, 2025) · 29 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 18Pinterest just had one of its worst trading days ever, and blamed tariffs. We dig into what’s really behind the drop: Why ad revenue might be a Pinterest problem, not a tariff…
- PayPal plugs into ChatGPT for E-Commerce (October 29, 2025) · 37 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 17Namaan and Jenny Rae break down PayPal’s new integration with ChatGPT and what it means for e commerce. They cover how checkout could live inside AI, who wins and loses across…
- Did UPS outgrow Amazon? (October 28, 2025) · 42 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 16UPS posted a surprise beat and a bold turnaround. Jenny Rae and Namaan break down where the 34,000+ cuts land, why Amazon volume fell 21 percent, and how route consolidation…
