What finance podcasts said about markets on 27 September 2026

The guest argued that Steve Jobs concluded Apple needed its own retail stores to win, as superior products alone were insufficient against Microsoft's 95% market share. Ron Johnson (creator of the Apple Store and author of Shop Different) made the case on Motley Fool Money’s “The Man Who Built the Apple Store Never Tried to Sell You Anything”, aired 27 September 2026. The reasoning was that after 25 years, the direct customer experience was the missing link to improve Apple's go-to-market, a contrarian move in 2000 when many believed the internet would eliminate physical stores.