inflation

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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Disney Leverages Restaurants to Draw Consumers Back to Parks
Disney Leverages Restaurants to Draw Consumers Back to Parks
September 06, 2023  |  Restaurant innovation

In an effort to combat the challenges that economic pressures have posed for Disney’s U.S. resorts, the media giant is looking to its restaurant offerings...

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Business Bankruptcies Rise 17% in August Due to Interest Rates
Business Bankruptcies Rise 17% in August Due to Interest Rates
September 05, 2023  |  Economy

Business bankruptcies reportedly experienced a sharp increase in August, with more companies seeking court protection from their creditors. This rise can be attributed to rising...

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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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Debit Cards, Cash and Tech Help Travelers Manage Their Spend While on the Road
Debit Cards, Cash and Tech Help Travelers Manage Their Spend While on the Road
September 04, 2023  |  Personal Finance

Consumers eagerly embraced the opportunity to travel once again post-pandemic, leading to an increase in travel demand for summer 2023 despite ongoing economic uncertainty and inflationary...

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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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5 Things to Know About the US Consumer as Spending Outpaces Income
5 Things to Know About the US Consumer as Spending Outpaces Income
August 31, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

We’re spending money as fast as we can make it — and even faster, it seems. The latest government release from the Bureau of Economic...

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