Body Snatchers: The Invasion of Anti-Obesity Drugs in America  
As Americans debate the complex issues around weight management and body image, the landscape of anti-obesity medications is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Prescription volume for GLP-1 agonist drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy reflect …
March 7, 2024
Marathon Brand: On Running and HOKA’s Quest for Athletic Royalty
Legacy sneaker giants Nike and Adidas are facing headwinds grappling with excess inventory and criticism …
January 31, 2024
Temu’s Meteoric Rise: Fleeting Fancy or Sustainable Surge?
Since its debut in fall 2022 Pinduoduo Holdings s Temu has experienced a meteoric rise …
December 22, 2023
EV Brand Preferences: Old Flames Burn Bright
Building on the insights from Decoding EV Demand Battery Powered Bubble this blog examines consumer …
November 21, 2023
Decoding EV Demand: Battery-Powered Bubble?
Over recent years most of the incumbent automakers significantly ramped up investments in electric vehicles …
October 27, 2023
Occam’s September 2023 CPI Forecast
CPI came in at a 3 7 increase year on year Occam s estimate for …
October 12, 2023
Employment Trends: Greater Heights or Wuthering Expectations?
With the headline unemployment rate reaching lows not seen in decades and the labor force …
September 29, 2023
Curb Appeal on Wall Street: Home Depot and Lowe’s Resilience in a Challenging Housing Market
The pandemic years were a golden period for the housing market remote work drastically low …
September 8, 2023
Netflix Strikes Back: A Deeper Look at Password Crackdowns and Advertising
After a challenging post covid phase marked by subscription losses that impacted revenues and its …
August 22, 2023
Reality Check: Exploring Demand for Apple’s Vision Pro
As the dust settles from the unveiling of Apple s state of the art Vision …
August 4, 2023
Roblox: A Metaverse Winner or Child’s Play?
Originally a relatively obscure minigame website that drew in the more adventurous members of the …
July 14, 2023
Occam’s June 2023 CPI Forecast
The closely watched Core CPI ex food and energy for June 2023 came in at …
July 12, 2023
Out-Predicting the Consensus (Part 2): Occam’s CPI Forecast
May 2023 CPI came in at a 4 0 increase year on year Occam s …
June 14, 2023
Debt, Deferral, Delinquency: Occam’s Real-Time Insights Into Consumer Credit
Consumer debt has continued on a steep ascent breaching $17 trillion for the first time …
June 9, 2023
Out-Predicting the Consensus: Occam’s Michigan Consumer Sentiment Forecast
Leveraging daily survey data from a large pool of respondents and a range of macroeconomic …
May 23, 2023
How Lulu Makes Lemonade: Inside Lululemon’s Success and Potential
Lululemon has maintained a dominant presence in the athleisure clothing sector despite a steady influx …
May 12, 2023
Rockstars, Red Bulls, and Monsters: Who’s Consuming Energy Drinks in an Expanding Market
The history of energy drinks in the United States can be traced back to the …
May 4, 2023
When Banks Go Bust: Exploring the Effects of Recent Bank Collapses
The back to back failures of Silicon Valley Bank SVB and Signature Bank as well …
April 27, 2023
Work in Progress: Labor Force Participation’s Slow But Sure Climb
In early December occam s looking for work metric correctly predicted a coming increase in …
April 20, 2023
Ozempic Goes Straight to Your Thighs: Perspectives on Weight-Loss Drugs
America s obesity problem has only worsened over the last two decades From 1999 to …
April 13, 2023
Rise of the AI Titans: The Generative Revolution Continues
Generative AI platforms have quickly captured our collective imagination by demonstrating a capacity to revolutionize …
April 3, 2023
Cast-Iron Appetites: Consumer Resiliency and Dining Out in America
Though the restaurant industry managed to mostly survive the pandemic years by tacking away from …
March 26, 2023
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate: The Story of Crocs
Crocs Inc has had a dramatic impact on the footwear market over the last two …
March 10, 2023
Episode II: Jobs Number Above Expectations and Wages In Line
occam s ML engine uses AI to predict changes in the labor market Our data …
March 9, 2023
Incredible: The State of Consumer Debt
After the economic stimulus packages of the pandemic years consumer debt has grown progressively to …
March 2, 2023
The Year of Ulta and Sephora: What to Make of Cosmetics in 2023
Ulta Beauty ULTA continues to trade near all time highs and has some investors wondering …
February 18, 2023
Generative AI and its Implications on Search
ChatGPT marks the first time in history where a large percentage of the population is …
February 11, 2023
The Price of Waking Up: Coffee Chains and the Effects of Inflation
Coffee culture in the United States has never seen more of an explosive presence than …
February 5, 2023
Six Months Or Less, Guaranteed! The Trajectory of Fitness In 2023
One of the most popular New Year s resolutions as well as one of the …
January 29, 2023
Keeping Score in Social Media
In earlier years one of the central issues of the Information Age was how one …
January 22, 2023
You’ll Miss The Best Part: How Netflix Redeems Itself This Year
The last few months have been something of an acid test for Netflix launching its …
January 15, 2023
Apple Meets Its Maker: When Cheap Manufacturing Comes Home to Roost
China has finally put an end to its zero COVID strategy reverting factories back to …
January 13, 2023
“All We Have Are Faster Horses”- Why the EV Industry is Not Ready For 2023
2022 was the year of the electric vehicle taking over more than 6 of the …
January 10, 2023
Jobs Number Above Expectations and Wages In Line
occam s ML engine uses AI to predict changes in the labor market Our data …
January 4, 2023
The Worst Kept Secret on Wall Street – The Recession is Already Here
Sure there is no defining exactly what a recession is What AlphaROC does know is …
December 21, 2022
The Battle for America’s Internet
Competition has increased significantly for home internet T Mobile and AT T are dominating port …
December 20, 2022
Primed – Amazon Has the Best Customer Base for a Slowdown
While all retail business are at risk from a slowing consumer Amazon thanks to Prime …
December 8, 2022
Not Safe For Work – Understanding Lag in American Labor Force Participation
The U S clearly needs to get more people into the workforce as despite low …
December 8, 2022
And Now, Back to the Show!
Even though program quality remains middle of the pack an advertising tier can help regain …
December 2, 2022

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