Oral GLP-1 Is Here - Have Credit Markets Caught Up?

For the past two years, GLP-1 medications have been a fixture of consumer trend analysis, discussed by everyone from CNBC to sell-side strategists to management consultants. Real apparel expenditure outperformed total consumer spending by approximately 400 basis points per month on average in 2025, a trend our analysis attributes in part to GLP-1-driven wardrobe replacement. The oral pill launch likely means the population of GLP-1 users will grow materially over the next several years.