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The Weekly Rundown: The $20 smoothie and the weaponization of wellness

The Rundown

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May 7, 2026

The Weekly Rundown: The $20 smoothie and the weaponization of wellness

Also: Blake Lively's anatomy of a slow-motion fall, Lay's figured out how to make Messi feel like your mate and how do you make something look real when the default is now fake.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
The $20 smoothie and the weaponization of wellness

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May 7, 2026

The $20 smoothie and the weaponization of wellness

A $6.8 trillion industry built on ancient practices, a growing class divide, and an empty space that neither side of the market has figured out yet.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
Lay's figured out how to make Messi feel like your mate

Campaigns

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May 7, 2026

Lay's figured out how to make Messi feel like your mate

While every other sponsor fights for pitch-side boards, Lay's built a WhatsApp group. Ten million people joined before the tournament even started.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
Blake Lively: Anatomy of a slow-motion fall

Culture

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May 6, 2026

Blake Lively: Anatomy of a slow-motion fall

When a perfectly curated image starts to slip, everything that once felt under control begins to unravel. For years, it all seemed seamless—until it didn’t. This is how a fall unfolds in real time.

Lucía Rivas Alfonzo
Lucía Rivas Alfonzo
Curated list of nice things April

Inspiration

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May 6, 2026

Curated list of nice things April

Curated monthly inspiration from the objects, spaces, and weird ideas that got our attention.

Emi Cerutti
Emi Cerutti
The Weekly Rundown: How ASICS went from a $27M loss to beating Nike on margin

The Rundown

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Apr 30, 2026

The Weekly Rundown: How ASICS went from a $27M loss to beating Nike on margin

Also: how Rosalía turned a concert into a living gallery of Goya and Degas, the golden age of title design, and Marc Jacobs turning a bag launch into a scripted drama.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
How ASICS went from a $27M loss to beating Nike on margin

Deep Dive

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Apr 29, 2026

How ASICS went from a $27M loss to beating Nike on margin

The brand that spent a decade on the clearance rack is now outrunning Nike on margin. The playbook is worth understanding.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
Marc Jacobs taps Rachel Sennott to launch Scene Bag with scripted microdrama

Campaigns

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Apr 29, 2026

Marc Jacobs taps Rachel Sennott to launch Scene Bag with scripted microdrama

The writer-actress behind Bottoms and I Love LA brings her signature register — desperate visibility-chasing, played for laughs — to the brand's first episodic content platform.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
LUX: Rosalía’s stage as a living gallery of art and power

Culture

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Apr 29, 2026

LUX: Rosalía’s stage as a living gallery of art and power

The Spanish artist whose shows sell out in minutes has created a paradox: a mass spectacle that functions as legitimate fine art without ever stopping being a concert.

Lucía Rivas Alfonzo
Lucía Rivas Alfonzo
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