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Consumer · Commerce · Culture

Thursday, November 12

Updated 7:02am PT

Brian Sugar

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Energy drinks are cannibalizing themselves through flavor velocity, which means the category has stopped competing on product and started competing on shelf real estate and social timing. Fashion, meanwhile, is learning the opposite lesson: Liu Jo recalibrates for volume by betting that rental and secondhand have already made newness tradeable, so execution in the basics now beats novelty chasing. One category is accelerating into commodity, the other is decelerating into craft.

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Colette Kress, the CFO who challenged Huang's bets, is Nvidia's interim CEO

Kress stepping into the interim role surfaces a structural fact Nvidia has been managing quietly, that chip-scale bets require friction, not faith, and the board knows it.

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    Jensen Huang Joins a Growing Club: C.E.O.s Brought Down by Affairs

    Huang's departure over an affair joins a pattern that exposes a gap between boardroom mythology and actual executive discipline, raising questions about who gets accountability and when.

    NYT Business2026-11-13
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    Podcast: Will the $2.5 Trillion AI Bet Ever Pay Off?

    The AI infrastructure play has swallowed $2.5 trillion in capex commitments through 2027, and the revenue math to justify it remains a faith proposition, not a forecast.

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    Liu Jo Fall 2027 Ready-to-Wear

    Liu Jo's Fall 2027 collection arrives as mid-market European fashion attempts to hold margin in an era when fast-fashion velocity and luxury pricing have erased the middle.

    Vogue2026-11-13
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    How much revenue is SNL generating on YouTube?

    SNL's YouTube revenue matters less than the fact that NBC finally monetized what audiences already owned, turning sketch comedy into a direct-to-consumer margin play.

    Simon Owens2026-11-13
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