Consumer Spending

10% of Consumers Use BNPL at the Grocery Store
10% of Consumers Use BNPL at the Grocery Store
September 06, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

As macroeconomic challenges continue to rack budget-strapped consumers, a small but meaningful share of grocery shoppers is using buy now, pay later (BNPL) to buy...

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Gen Z Relies More on BNPL for Small, Everyday Purchases
Gen Z Relies More on BNPL for Small, Everyday Purchases
September 06, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

In today’s uncertain macroeconomic landscape, credit products have become essential for managing spending and cash flow. In “The Credit Economy: How Younger Consumers Make Credit...

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Half of Restaurant Customers Used BNPL to Pay for Their Meal
Half of Restaurant Customers Used BNPL to Pay for Their Meal
September 05, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Restaurants may be benefitting from consumers’ willingness to use buy now, pay later (BNPL), but the popularity of this payment method belies a larger challenge...

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Aggregators and Restaurants Wrestle Over Delivery Economics as Consumers Bail
Aggregators and Restaurants Wrestle Over Delivery Economics as Consumers Bail
September 05, 2023  |  Delivery

As restaurants and aggregators jockey over delivery revenue, consumers are increasingly finding that the fees and upcharges on these platforms are not worth the price....

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Aldi Invests In Bigger Stores as Consumers Seek Discounts
Aldi Invests In Bigger Stores as Consumers Seek Discounts
September 03, 2023  |  Acquisitions

International grocery chain Aldi is growing — in more ways than one. As the Financial Times (FT) noted in a report Sunday (Sept. 3), the...

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Affordable Luxury Sales Gets Caught in Middle-Tier Crunch
Affordable Luxury Sales Gets Caught in Middle-Tier Crunch
September 03, 2023  |  Retail

Some brands continue to seek market share for shoppers seeking lower-priced luxury, even as competitive sales slow.  After decades of defining themselves through exclusivity and personalized services...

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Boomers and Seniors Keep Subscription Merchants in Business
Boomers and Seniors Keep Subscription Merchants in Business
September 01, 2023  |  Subscriptions

Despite baby boomers’ and seniors’ reputation for lagging behind other generations when it comes to digital activities and transactions, this demographic showed a modest increase in their...

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How Consumers Have Learned to Live With Inflation
How Consumers Have Learned to Live With Inflation
September 01, 2023  |  Economy

Death and taxes are the only certainties in life, they say. And it seems we might add another certainty: inflation. By now, the worldwide spike...

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Report: Fed Likely to Hold Interest Rates Despite Higher Consumer Spending
Report: Fed Likely to Hold Interest Rates Despite Higher Consumer Spending
August 31, 2023  |  Economy

The Federal Reserve is reportedly likely to keep interest rates where they are when it meets in September even though economic activity has remained unexpectedly strong. Consumer...

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