Now: CEO @OpenBrandAI Prior: CEO @1010data & @getKlothedNow
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Jun 15
Low brow move.
Jun 14
Wemby and Castle immediately walked off the court without dapping anyone up lmao i can’t respect that
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Jun 14
I’ve waited my whole life to see this NY Post front page! Go NY Go NY Go! Congrats to the @nyknicks !
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Jun 8
A surprising data point from May: Consumer durable prices rose just 0.02%, despite elevated energy costs and broader inflation concerns.
Aggressive Memorial Day promotions played a big role.
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May 8
OpenBrand’s April CPI data: Costs are rising across durable goods, but promotions are still keeping prices relatively muted in categories like appliances.
The question is how long that holds. hubs.li/Q04fSqd20
#cpi #inflation #pricing
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Apr 8
While there has been some speculation that inflation would accelerate more significantly in March due to spiking oil prices, some of the muted rise could have been due to a barrage of discounting events at the
end of the month, led by Amazon.
Target alone doubled discount depth in March. Check out the full report.
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Feb 24
Feb CPI-DPG NowCast shows a slight uptick, led by Home Improvement, Personal Care & Recreation.
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Feb 9
Inflation accelerated in January, but less than a typical January.
Durable & personal goods prices rose 0.75% MoM, below the 10 year January average and consistent with normal new year price resets.
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Jan 28
Ignoring alternative data sources (which happen to have greater data density and frequency than the traditional sources) makes no sense. The fed doesn’t have enough current pricing data to support their position that inflation is still above their target. @truflation @OpenBrandAI - Two alternative CPI sources with more granular, real-time pricing data are telling a different story.
Jan 28
The Fed just announced they are pausing interest rate cuts.
This is absolutely insane.
Inflation is 1.2% right now.
Deflation is the real risk.
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9 Dec 2025
Goods prices just fell for the first time in a year — even before Black Friday.
Nov @OpenBrandAI CPI: –0.11%
Early drop: –0.05% pre-BF
Biggest declines: appliances, personal care, recreation
Retailers are discounting earlier than ever — and it’s finally showing up in real-time data.
Full report 👇#cpi #inflation #marketinsights
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25 Nov 2025
The OpenBrand CPI NowCast-DPG, with data updated through November 20th. The big takeaway? Significant price growth cooling, with prices up just 0.09% MO
It's clear November is trending cooler, and with Black Friday and Cyber Monday still ahead of us, the month is likely to end on an even cooler note.
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17 Nov 2025
A quick primer on the pitfalls of using receipt-only data to measure market pricing and inflation, and how we designed the OpenBrand CPI to avoid them.
hubs.li/Q03Ty0Fy0
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12 Nov 2025
Durable goods prices ticked up 0.32% MoM in the November 10 OpenBrand CPI-Nowcast — modest acceleration, still largely category-driven.
hubs.li/Q03SVhpD0
#CPI #inflation #economy
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9 Oct 2025
With the BLS CPI release uncertain due to the government shutdown, timely inflation data matters more than ever.
Inflation is stabilizing, not subsiding. Read the full report.
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#Inflation #CPI #Economy
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8 Oct 2025
Worried CPI data won’t drop on time this month?
We’ve got you covered. Our October CPI for Durable and Personal Goods goes live tomorrow at 8am ET.
Real prices, real time.
#CPI #ConsumerPriceIndex #OpenBrand
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3 Oct 2025
Prime Big Deal Days are coming.
Most trackers are built for CPG. We built one for durables—appliances, home improvement, CE, more.
Real-time read on discounts, pricing, and consumer behavior. Unskewed. Durable-specific. Live.
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23 Sep 2025
Our Sept 20 CPI NowCast shows what headlines miss: Communications is spiking — led by toner, wearables & printers, not smartphones. Apple’s fall launches may already be pushing rivals to cut.
Details matter.
hubs.li/Q03KsNlc0
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12 Sep 2025
OpenBrand’s NowCast through Sept 10 shows price growth cooling in consumer durables and personal goods. Some manufacturers are struggling to pass tariffs on to consumers — reinforcing Ralph McLaughlin’s point that tariffs are one-time price jumps, not sustained inflation.
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