Target, Klarna and Sesame Street's new addy

目标、克莱娜和芝麻街的新地址

The Indicator from Planet Money

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2025-05-23

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Can you tell me how to get... how to get to Indicators of the Week? This week's econ roundup looks at Target's sagging sales, Klarna's pay-later problem, and Sesame Street's new streaming address. Related: When do boycotts work? (Apple / Spotify) Buy now, pay dearly? For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Waylon Wong.

  • And I'm Adrian Ma.

  • And we're joined today by Planet Money's Sarah Gonzalez.

  • What's up?

  • Yes, and I'm here on my favorite day of the week, Indicators of the Weekday.

  • Really?

  • Best, like, better than...

  • Well, I mean, it's a Friday, so it's already being Monday.

  • It's true.

  • This, of course, is the day of the week when we talk about our favorite numbers from the news.

  • Today's episode, we're talking about Target's sagging sales,

  • buy now, pay later problems, and a new streaming address for Sesame Street.

  • We'll tell you how to get there after the break.

  • It is Indicators of the Week.

  • Sarah, you are up first.

  • Okay, my indicator is $99 million.

  • That is how much one of the leading buy now, pay later companies,

  • Klarna, lost in just the first three months of the year.

  • Ouch.