holiday spending

Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused

Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
December 24, 2025  |  Retail

Retail in 2025 was defined less by a single breakthrough than by a set of pressures that forced retailers to get practical. Consumers kept shopping....

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Black Friday’s Big Traffic Shake-Up: Amazon Surges, Walmart Slips, Target Splits
Black Friday’s Big Traffic Shake-Up: Amazon Surges, Walmart Slips, Target Splits
December 09, 2025  |  Retail

Retail’s triple crown of Walmart, Amazon and Target saw major shifts in who shopped this year’s Black Friday sales—and not all the changes were identical....

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Conference Board: Americans to Spend Less This Holiday Season, Prioritizing Budget and Value
Conference Board: Americans to Spend Less This Holiday Season, Prioritizing Budget and Value
November 11, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers will be approaching holiday gift-giving with more restraint than last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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10 Curious (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Facts About Halloween, AI and Money
10 Curious (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Facts About Halloween, AI and Money
September 20, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

This Weekender takes a fresh look at Halloween in the era of AI: how payments shape the party, how algorithms pick your costume, why chocolate...

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Latest Inventory Data Offers Mixed Signals for Merchants
Latest Inventory Data Offers Mixed Signals for Merchants
January 09, 2025  |  Economy

The latest government data on inventories moving through the channels offered up mixed signals for merchants, particularly for nondiscretionary items — or at least that was...

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Revolving Credit Drops 12% in November as Consumers Trim Balances
Revolving Credit Drops 12% in November as Consumers Trim Balances
January 08, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

November’s stats from the Federal Reserve on consumer credit — known as the G.19 report — show a reversal from recent months, where households kept...

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