Ed Gazarian

Tweets are my own.

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

ALERT: The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is back in Boston for the summer.

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

China has the Great Wall.

India has the Taj Majal.

Italy has the Colosseum.

We have this...

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

This is my favorite video on the internet!!

[KSBW Action News 8 @ksbw]

A 23-year-old Santa Cruz local caught a towering wave near Half Moon Bay that was recently estimated to be 108 feet tall, which would make it easily the world’s largest wave ever surfed.

The current world record is 86 feet.

Read more: https://t.co/CjAtWnApdI

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

.@JeffBezos on long-term thinking and asking better questions:

I frequently get the question: "what's going to change in the next 10 years?"

I never get the question: "what's not going to change in the next 10 years?"

The second question is the more important of the two.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Some of the most incredible guitar riffs in Rock History.

A thread 🧵

1. Back in Black - AC/DC

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of cool maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵

1. All roads lead to Rome

[Ed Gazarian @edgazarian]

The vibe when taking a @onepeloton ride with @OliviaAmatoNYC #SheIsTheT1000 #HereForIt

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Costco sold $9B of clothing in 2022.

It was only 4% of the retailer’s total sales ($223B) but still more than:

▫️Lululemon ($8B)
▫️Ralph Lauren ($6B)
▫️Levi Strauss & Co ($6B)

And Costco is hitting these revenue numbers on ridiculously low sticker prices for its Kirkland brand: $14 for jeans, $19 sweaters/joggers, $25 for dress shirts and $100 suits.

Costco is mum about its clothes business, but most know that it maintains slim margins across all products (14% max) because it makes profits from the annual membership (~70% of its $6B net profit is from membership fees).

Typical fashion has a 55-70% mark-up and — per the WSJ — the white-label manufacturer for Kirkland clothes is one of these well-known fashion firms: Levis Strauss & Co (obviously, Costco gets a discount on volume).

The deal on all clothes at Costco — I own an embarrassing amount of Puma gym shirts — is the source of another legendary quote from Costco founder Jim Sinegal.

While speaking with MIT students, Sinegal explained how Costco negotiated a big discount on Calvin Klein jeans and why the retailer didn’t keep the extra margin.

“We pass the savings on to the customer, every time,” Sinegal said. “Do you know how tempting it is to make another $7 on a pair? But once you do it, it’s like taking heroin. You can’t stop.”

[Tom Leighton @TomLeightonAKAM]

Akamai at 25: Still moving mountains! https://t.co/1yAeHPwu86 via @LinkedIn

[Dan Amira @DanAmira]

I decided today that I’m going to see if I can find the restaurant with the highest number of brothers. I am on strike and have nothing better to do with my time. Please join me.

[Ed Gazarian @edgazarian]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

You can call me anything you want. But don’t call me self-made. Tomorrow… @netflix

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

When you’ve added more shareholder value than any person in history.

[Ed Gazarian @edgazarian]

📖 life / #CleanWellLightedPlace https://t.co/gOARMxmo4N

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

this is how your email finds me,

[Ed Gazarian @edgazarian]

Why You Hate Writing - Copyblogger https://t.co/0tyJhKXuEM

[Zain Kahn @heykahn]

10 free websites that are so valuable they feel illegal to know:

[Lofi Girl @lofigirl]

The lofi radios have been taken down because of false copyright strikes, hopefully @YouTubeCreators @YouTube will sort this quickly...