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How GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are reshaping apparel retail

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Insights

• About one in eight US adults has taken a GLP-1 drug; Circana says **%** of US households used them last fall.
• Circana says **%** of users expect new clothing as sizes change and **%** have already bought apparel or footwear.
• ReturnPro flags multi-size buying, deferred returns and renewed fitting-room use, as Destination XL and Torrid face plus-size pressure.

The scale of adoption

According to a KFF Health Tracking Poll, roughly one in eight US adults has now taken a GLP-* medication (KFF Health Poll, ****, as cited by ReturnPro, August *, ****), a scale ReturnPro calls “one of the fastest growing health trends influencing apparel retail.” Separately, market research firm Circana found that ** per cent of US households were using GLP-* medications as of last autumn, up four percentage points from the year before (Circana

Of those users, Circana**;s data shows ** per cent anticipate needing new clothing as their size changes, and ** per cent have already purchased new clothing or footwear primarily for that reason (Circana

The purchasing pattern is already visible in the data

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