Nonessential spending is far from the No. 1 reason that consumers struggle with financial instability, but for a significant share of those living paycheck to...
In 1967, it was the Summer of Love. In 2020, it was the summer of COVID-19. When summer 2024 goes in the books — from...
Inflation continues to impact the financial lives of U.S. consumers — with a new Federal Reserve study showing that higher prices have made financial situations...
With consumers cutting back on discretionary spending while trading down to value-focused merchants, Ross Stores is seeing these belt-tightening behaviors prove to be a mixed...
Consumers are souring about the near-term outlook — on inflation, job prospects and interest rates. Where there’s worry, there’s possibly some saving for a rainy...
For Walmart, buy now, pay later (BNPL) may offer the means by which the retail giant pushes even further into financial services and toward super...
With young consumers’ fashion habits rapidly evolving alongside quickly changing social media trends, Express has not been able to keep up. The fast-fashion company, which...
When is a loan not a loan? That is, in one sense, the question at the heart of proposed new federal legislation around earned wage access (EWA)...
Earnings season, so far — and chiefly through the big banks — is pointing to some strength in consumer credit. And that strength has been...