🤌 "Mob Wife Life" — The Soprano's salami strategy. Where Ya Bin's purge pricing. IBM's mysterious stock pop
Jan 29, 2024
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The Soprano's popularizes #MobWifeAesthetic on TikTok. IBM's stock reaches all-time high. Where Ya Bin sells out what Amazon can't using purge pricing.
The Sopranos' 25th anniversary TikTok account, Sopranos in 25, has sparked the popular Mob Wife aesthetic with condensed 25-second episodes and fashion trends like hoop earrings and leopard print clothing gaining popularity.
IBM, despite losing its former prestige, is experiencing a resurgence as its stock approaches an all-time high, with thriving core lines of business including software consulting, cloud computing, and infrastructure, and investments in the AI market.
Deep dives
Mob Life Aesthetic Trending
The Sopranos 25th anniversary is causing a trend in the Mob Life aesthetic. HBO launched a TikTok account called Sopranos in 25, where they condensed each of the 86 Sopranos episodes into 25-second TikTok videos. This has led to the rise of the Mob Wife economy, with fashion trends like hoop earrings and leopard print clothing gaining popularity.
IBM's Stock Approaching All-Time High
IBM, once a blue chip technology company, is experiencing a resurgence as its stock approaches an all-time high. Despite losing its former prestige, IBM's core lines of business, including software consulting, cloud computing, and infrastructure, are thriving. IBM has also launched a half-billion-dollar fund to invest in AI venture capital, taking advantage of the growing AI market.
Purge Pricing at Where You've Been
Where You've Been, a chain of stores that deals with returned items, has a unique pricing strategy called Purge Pricing. Every week, where you've been receives overstocked and unsellable items from Amazon and aims to sell them within a week. Starting at $14 each, the prices decrease every day until items are sold for $0.25 each on the last day. Despite its unconventional approach, where you've been has become an outlet for Amazon's returned merchandise.
The #MobWifeAesthetic is trending thanks to the Soprano’s 25th anniversary TikTok account — HBO cut The Sopranos into 25 second episodes because of “The Salami Strategy.”
IBM’s stock is (shockingly) close to an all-time high — So we’re looking at what IBM actually does, and why prestige ≠profits.
There’s a fascinating chain you’ve never heard of called Where Ya Bin — They sell out of what Amazon can’t thanks to a new pricing strategy: “Purge Pricing.”