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Thomas Weinandy, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a principal research economist at Upside, where he leads industry research using billions of transactions to study consumer behavior, pricing, and competition. His work on digital and brick-and-mortar retail has been featured on CNBC, Yahoo Finance, NPR, and The Today Show.

Medium (91 words)

Thomas Weinandy, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a principal research economist at Upside, where he leads industry research by analyzing billions of real-world transactions to uncover trends in consumer behavior, pricing, and competition. His work focuses on how digital technology intersects with physical retail across grocery, fuel, convenience, and restaurant sectors. His research and commentary have been featured on CNBC, Yahoo Finance, NPR, and The Today Show. He has published in economics and marketing journals, written a book on using AI for business intelligence, and frequently speaks at industry conferences.

Long (198 words)

Dr. Thomas J. Weinandy is the Principal Research Economist at Upside, where he leads the company’s industry research by analyzing billions of real-world transactions to uncover meaningful trends in consumer behavior, pricing, and competition. His work helps retailers understand how price sensitivity, market pressures, and digital disruption shape where people shop—and what earns their repeat business. He focuses on the intersection of digital technology and brick-and-mortar retail, with particular emphasis on grocery, fuel, convenience, and restaurant sectors. His research on cross-shopping, loyalty, and evolving consumer spending habits has been widely recognized, including features on CNBC, Yahoo Finance, NPR, and The Today Show.

Dr. Weinandy holds a B.A. in Social Entrepreneurship from John Carroll University, an M.B.A. from Wheeling Jesuit University, and a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Western Michigan University. He has published academic research in economics and marketing journals, including the Journal of Marketing Analytics, United Nations Chronicle, and Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. He is also the co-author of Artificial Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI (O’Reilly). A frequent speaker at national industry and retail conferences, Dr. Weinandy provides clear, data-driven perspectives on macroeconomic trends, consumer behavior, and the future of physical retail.

Style and pronunciation guide

• Weinandy is pronounced "WHY-nan-dee" with stress on the first syllable
• Professionally I go by Dr. Thomas Weinandy or Thomas Weinandy, Ph.D.
• Avoid using redundant honorifics (i.e., don't say Dr. Thomas Weinandy, Ph.D.)
• Most friends and family call me Tom
• In informal settings or when striving for a familiar and casual tone, it is appropriate to first introduce me as Dr. Thomas Weinandy and then switch over to calling me Tom
• I publish under Thomas J. Weinandy to distinguish from the author Thomas G. Weinandy (no relation)