consumers

Grocers Help Shoppers to Cut the Line with Upgraded Payment Options
Grocers Help Shoppers to Cut the Line with Upgraded Payment Options
May 26, 2022  |  Retail

As digital technologies have taken over the grocery industry, shoppers’ payment expectations are dramatically different than they were even three years ago. Now, stores that...

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Mastercard: April U.S. Retail Sales Up 7.2% YoY
Mastercard: April U.S. Retail Sales Up 7.2% YoY
May 05, 2022  |  Retail

Retailers are increasingly focusing on smaller stores that are big on experiences for customers who are returning to brick-and-mortar locations in big numbers as fears...

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Consumers Say Security, User Experience Now Equally Important When Accessing Digital Accounts
Consumers Say Security, User Experience Now Equally Important When Accessing Digital Accounts
March 17, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Trusted user experiences are highly important to consumers accessing digital accounts via desktop browser or mobile device.  In fact, eight out of 10 consumers say...

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Highest Grocery Inflation in 40 Years has Consumers Running to Big-Name Brands
Highest Grocery Inflation in 40 Years has Consumers Running to Big-Name Brands
March 11, 2022  |  Retail

Food prices are soaring the quickest they have since the early ’80s. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) released Thursday...

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India’s DealShare Hits $1.7B Valuation After $210M Funding Round
India’s DealShare Hits $1.7B Valuation After $210M Funding Round
February 17, 2022  |  International

DealShare, an Indian social commerce platform, has raised $210 million in Series E funding, according to a report Thursday (Feb. 17) from The Economic Times...

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China’s WeChat, AliExpress Added to US Piracy Market List
China’s WeChat, AliExpress Added to US Piracy Market List
February 17, 2022  |  Mobile Commerce

The U.S. has added WeChat and online market AliExpress to its list of markets infamous for counterfeiting and piracy, Bloomberg reported. The annual list highlights...

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Ranks of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Expected to Swell in 2022
Ranks of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Expected to Swell in 2022
February 15, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

The data is sobering. Research by PYMNTS and LendingClub found that 61% of consumers were living paycheck to paycheck in December, a figure that has...

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60% of Consumers Know About Buy Now Pay Later
60% of Consumers Know About Buy Now Pay Later
January 27, 2022  |  Data

Nearly six out of 10 consumers are aware of buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans. About 45% of consumers have not used BNPL, but are...

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Opening Day Beckons For Baseball; Fans Not So Sure
Opening Day Beckons For Baseball; Fans Not So Sure
March 30, 2021  |  Coronavirus

After what fans have felt like a very long time, baseball is getting back to normal on April 1 as opening day officially happens nationwide....

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