Merchants are relentlessly bombarded with advice about creating experiences to attract and delight shoppers. Few things do this as effectively as well-executed flash sales and...
Even before COVID-19 upended nearly every holiday tradition, total spending on Independence Day had been falling, as had the percentage of people celebrating the signing...
A few months ago, in the waning days of winter and at the outset of mass vaccination, economists and retail industry analysts were largely in...
Among the many quotable bon mots from the former U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill, the phrase “all politics is local” has stood out, as advice...
The great post-pandemic food reversion is underway, where consumers are doing a lot more dining out and celebrating, and a lot less panic-eating Lucky Charms...
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index went up in June, reaching its highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March 2020, marking the...
The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index in June increased to 85.5 from May’s final reading of 82.9, the second-highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic...
The difficulties of living paycheck to paycheck are more widespread than we tend to think, as revealed in Reality Check: The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Report, a PYMNTS...
Personal income dropped by 2 percent in May to $414.3 billion, beating forecasts that expected it to decline more, according to estimates released Friday (June 25) by...