Passing along an update from our monthly survey focused on macro dynamics and Covid sentiment/behaviors. Please let us know if you have any questions about the deck.

Open Report:Bespoke – October Macro and Covid Tracker, US

Key Takeaways and Charts:

1. Covid concerns retreated m/m. Concerns had increased in September relative to prior months. 
2. Consumers are taking fewer measures to avoid catching Covid relative to prior months. One measure that respondents have been continuing to take on a consistent basis is the % of consumers working from home.
3. Consumer confidence in the economy has slid in the past few months after reaching a post-Covid high in March/April of 2021.
4. Consumers are increasingly optimistic about unemployment across the broader US going forward, but hours worked in the last week among the employed remain stubbornly low relative to pre-pandemic levels.
5. Sentiment toward personal finances are net positive and recovered relative to series lows at the beginning of the pandemic. 
6. Discretionary spending plans are positive and are at all-time highs for our survey.
7. Consumers have noticed increases in gas prices and expectations for how much they think prices for goods and services will increase in the next year are at all-time highs. Interestingly, expectations for price changes across future time frames have converged. IE – prior to Covid the weighted average between expected price changes in the next year, five years, and ten years were evenly spaced. In recent months, the expectation for the next year is closer to the expectation for the next five and ten years.
8. The percentage of consumers who follow the stock market on a regular basis remains at series highs. Among those who follow the stock market, sentiment of the market is net positive and at series highs. 
9. Among those aware of Bitcoin, the % who are interested in buying Bitcoin and the % who think Bitcoin would be a good investment at the moment increased m/m to series highs. 

Passing along results from the 15th volume of our quarterly survey of advertising executives. Let us know if you have any questions about the report.

Open Report:Bespoke – Social Media Ad Execs Vol 15

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Passing along the 35th volume of our work on consumer electronics / AAPL in the US. Please let us know if you have any questions about the report.

Open Report:Bespoke – AAPL Domestic Vol 35

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Passing along a handful of reports (5) from ongoing and recently added survey work with consumers in China. Please let us know if you have any questions about any of the reports.

Open Reports:Data Room

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Passing along the 7th volume of our work on video calls. Please let us know if you have any questions about the report.

Open Report:Bespoke – Video Calls Vol 7

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Passing along the second volume of our work on BNPL, with some additional questions worked in this quarter. Please let us know if you have any questions about the report.

Open Report:Bespoke – BNPL Vol 2

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Passing along the 35th volume of our work on eCommerce platforms in the US. Please let us know if you have any questions about the report.

Open Report:Bespoke – Online Retailers Vol 35

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Passing along the 33rd volume of our work on social media and US consumers with a focus on privacy, social commerce, and platform specific trends. We also added a question this quarter for parents with children under 18 to ask them when they think it is approrpriate for kids to use various social media platforms along with popular games like Roblox and Fortnite.

Open Report:Bespoke – Social Media Consumers Vol 33

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Passing along the 34th volume of our work on streaming video in the US and the 9th volume of our work on streaming video in India. Please let us know if you have any questions about the decks.

Open Reports: Streaming Video Domestic and Streaming Video India

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Passing along three new deep dive casual dining reports focused on DPZ, CMG, and SBUX/DNKN. Please let us know if you have any questions about the reports.

Open Reports:Bespoke – DPZ, CMG, and SBUX/DNKN

Key Takeaways:

– Self-reported engagement with casual dining took slight step back in our October survey following improving trends in our July wave. Feedback isn’t net negative, it is just not as strong as results in July.

– Food delivery usage has increased over the past year. Among respondents using third party food delivery apps, the general trend y/y is that the % who say third party food delivery apps is replacement of typical orders declined.

– DPZ customers who also use third party food delivery apps have been decreasingly likely to say their usage of third party apps negatively impacts their Domino’s engagement.