inflation

Discount Subscriptions Combine Consumers’ Two Favorite Features: Convenience and Savings
Discount Subscriptions Combine Consumers’ Two Favorite Features: Convenience and Savings
May 02, 2023  |  Subscription Commerce

Subscriptions considered discretionary were among the first to go when consumers began slashing their budgets and their providers have generally struggled since. Although there have...

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Restaurants Benefit From Continued Demand for Luxuries Amid Inflation
Restaurants Benefit From Continued Demand for Luxuries Amid Inflation
May 02, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

Even as consumers strain under inflation, they continue to spring for luxuries, to restaurants’ benefit. By the Numbers Consumers without a financial safety net are...

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US Layoffs Reach Two-Year High in Push for Profitability
US Layoffs Reach Two-Year High in Push for Profitability
May 02, 2023  |  Economy

New figures from the Labor Department show U.S. layoffs reaching their highest level in more than two years. The March Job Opening and Labor Turnover...

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Drained Savings Push 21% of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Into Financial Distress
Drained Savings Push 21% of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Into Financial Distress
May 02, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers are drifting deeper into financial uncertainty while scrambling to cover costs. There seemed to be little cause for concern about consumers’ ability to spend...

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Can Non-Traditional Data Sources Close the Funding Gap for Main Street? 
Can Non-Traditional Data Sources Close the Funding Gap for Main Street? 
May 02, 2023  |  SMBs

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have a big problem — their access to capital is shrinking. A historically underbanked segment, it is becoming more difficult...

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Consumers Will Eat at QSRs as Long as They Are Employed, Says RBI CEO
Consumers Will Eat at QSRs as Long as They Are Employed, Says RBI CEO
May 02, 2023  |  Earnings

As inflationary pressures persist, as long as employment remains high, QSRs are fine. That’s according to Restaurant Brands International (RBI), parent company of Burger King,...

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Restaurants Boost Rewards as Inflation Catches up to Perception
Restaurants Boost Rewards as Inflation Catches up to Perception
May 01, 2023  |  Restaurant innovation

With restaurant inflation now outpacing grocery, demand for value is greater than ever. For much of this inflationary period, consumers have understood restaurant inflation to...

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Kroger and Albertsons Court Public Support for Merger by Leveraging Inflation Anxieties
Kroger and Albertsons Court Public Support for Merger by Leveraging Inflation Anxieties
May 01, 2023  |  Retail

As Kroger and Albertsons’ pending merger faces criticism, the grocers are courting price-sensitive shoppers’ favor. In a co-authored op-ed in The Cincinnati Enquirer, Kroger Company CEO...

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Potential Homebuyers May Be Chasing Dreams Longer as Market Reheats
Potential Homebuyers May Be Chasing Dreams Longer as Market Reheats
May 01, 2023  |  Real Estate

Homebuying is effectively impossible. That’s according to data from PYMNTS’ February “Consumer Inflation Sentiment Report,” which is backed up by the February S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller...

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