American Consumer

topic on 8 shows · 10 statements across 10 episodes

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10 statements about American Consumer, every show

NEON SHOW Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sikri: US consumers will reject price hikes caused by manufacturing reshoring
“And the American consumer will have to pay so much more. Will he or she be willing to pay that? I doubt it. Because don't forget that America has been fed an opium of cheap prices. People are not going to be happy if the prices go up.”
Rajiv Sikri Aug 22, 2025 ▶ 13:55 Is China Behind Pakistan's Military Moves? | US Tariffs Hitting India’s Economy w/ Rajiv Sikri
a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
Price-Wright: American consumers will reject utility control over home thermostats
“I do think though, okay, pushing back on that, like, I think that the, American consumer will fully organ reject that level of that dictation over how they use that.”
Erin Price-Wright Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 19:41 America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid
WTF Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sarandos: Americans watch two movies yearly in theaters vs seven monthly on Netflix
“Average American consumer watches two movies a year in the theatre, watches seven movies a month on Netflix.”
Ted Sarandos Jun 7, 2025 ▶ 41:55 Nikhil Kamath x Netflix Co-CEO, Ted Sarandos | People by WTF | Ep. 10 · Nikhil Kamath
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Rollins: Most consumers will choose real American beef over lab-grown alternatives
“I also believe that at the end of the day, the American consumer, when most of them, when having to decide between Real American beef and something that's not that they're going to choose the real American beef.”
Brooke Rollins May 4, 2025 ▶ 48:57 Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC
THE PITCH Assertion Supported
Agrawal: Over 30M Americans Suffer from Ailments Solvable by Bidets
“I think, I mean, again, if you just focus on the people who have ailments, like UTIs, hemorrhoids, yeast infections, anal fissures, anal itching, all of these, that's over thirty million people.”
Miki Agrawal Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 11:46 #14 The Ghost of Startups Past: Tushy
a16z Opinion
Andreessen: Americans should be allowed to buy $20k Chinese electric vehicles
“The truth is like, you know, Americans, Americans ought to be able to buy a car that costs 20,000 dollars. And is that good? And of course it'd be great if they could buy it from an American company, but if they can't, they should be able to buy it from a Chin…”
Marc Andreessen Oct 29, 2024 ▶ 20:52 AI, Robotics & the New Global Arms Race
MORE OR LESS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Brit Morin: Americans prioritize deals over supply chain security concerns
“People aren't going to just change where they buy from. Like, people in America want a deal.”
Brit Morin Sep 20, 2024 ▶ 38:18 #65: Instagram, YouTube and the Kids · More or Less Podcast
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Zwillinger: The Average American Buys Eight Pairs of Shoes Annually
“Yeah, I mean, I think, look, the average American consumer buys eight pairs of shoes a year. That's men, women, and child. And so that's about two and a half billion pairs of shoes sold every year.”
Joey Zwillinger Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 43:26 Joey Zwillinger: From $4.1BN to $142M Market Cap;Why Public Markets Have Written Allbirds Off |E1078 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Zimmer: American retail consumers are not fooled by constant promotional sales
“It was though everybody in retail thought that the American consumer was stupid, and actually, they're not as stupid as those people thought.”
George Zimmer Aug 29, 2022 ▶ 29:53 Men's Wearhouse: George Zimmer (2019)
Constant promotional sales wrongly assume that American consumers are stupid
“It made no sense to me, this constant barrage of sales. It was though everybody in retail thought that the American consumer was stupid. And actually, they're not as stupid as those people thought.”
George Zimmer Apr 15, 2019 ▶ 28:24 Men's Wearhouse: George Zimmer

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