This week in grocery, retailers ramp up personalization efforts as rising prices boost supermarket sales. Michigan-based supermarket chain Meijer, which has nearly 500 stores across...
Inflation data — though a cooling down is evident — shows Main Street small businesses’ price hikes are sticking. At least for now. But the...
Falling food and fuel prices pulled the annual inflation rate to a 14-month low of 6.5%. This, as the December Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau...
Inflation is putting QSRs in a bind with menu pricing, with all options posing serious challenges. While some major brands are scaling back their value...
The cost realities of unfettered growth have CFOs shifting focus to their organization’s profitability basics. This, as the role of financial teams pivots more broadly...
As economic pressures continue, consumers across demographics are making changes to their restaurant purchasing behaviors. The December edition of PYMNTS’ Restaurant Digital Divide study, The...
Shoppers are returning to physical stores this holiday season, but digital habits adopted during the pandemic show no signs of abating. More than three-quarters of...
As recession fears reverberate through U.S. households, they’re buying less and trading down at retail. We see this is the latest PYMNTS inflation report, “Consumer...
SMBs are already dealing with inflation but now must bear the brunt of higher interest rate hikes too. It’s an economic one-two punch that forces legions of...