Retail sales climbed higher than anticipated in March, fueled in part by a jump in eCommerce. Data released Monday (April 15) by the U.S. Department of...
The wealth effect giveth, and it taketh away. This week’s stock market volatility, and especially Friday (April 12)’s plummet in the wake of big bank...
Citigroup’s latest results took note of continued spending on credit cards but there were some notes of caution in the mix. The earnings materials detailed...
The opening week of first-quarter earnings season was billed as a referendum on the state of the U.S. economy, specifically consumer spending. While Wells Fargo didn’t post...
Consumers are still spending, but JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, in remarks accompanying the banking giant’s latest earnings Friday (April 12), detailed concerns over inflation’s impact. And...
Consumer sentiment remained essentially unchanged in April, as it has been since the beginning of the year. While the figure inched down 1.9% from March,...
With ongoing financial challenges constraining shoppers’ purchasing power, furniture companies’ recent earnings reports show that consumers may not be willing to buy, say, a new...
To further increase its already substantial share of the retail market, last month Amazon announced its first Big Spring Sale. The sale ran from March 20 to March...
We’re all booking trips. But what we’re able to spend once we get away from it all … well, that remains to be seen. Delta...