At the checkout counter, the biggest shift may not be how much consumers buy, but where they choose to buy it and which payment tools help them stretch each purchase a little further. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
“Embedded Offers: The Billion-Dollar Opportunity Inside Recent Consumer Spending” is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and FIS. Based on a Census-balanced survey of 2,754 U.S. consumers conducted from Feb. 12–March 4, 2026, the report examines how shoppers discover, evaluate and redeem offers across grocery, retail and...
Cookware brand Le Creuset paid a digital video artist to spend days shooting and hand-editing footage frame by frame. When the video went live, the comments asked one question: Is this artificial intelligence (AI)? Le Creuset replied it was not in the comments, and some...
The certainty that money is available when needed has become a defining concern for households. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...
April 15, 2026
“Winning Top of Wallet: How Credit Card Apps Shape Choice,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Elan Credit Card, examines how the credit card mobile app is becoming a much bigger factor in card competition. For years, issuers treated the app as a servicing tool, a place for customers to check balances, make payments or review […]
April 14, 2026
At the checkout counter, the biggest shift may not be how much consumers buy, but where they choose to buy it and which payment tools help them stretch each purchase...
March 24, 2026
Household finances are showing resilience on the surface, but the underlying sentiment points to a more constrained consumer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
March 24, 2026
The most endangered species in retail isn’t brick-and-mortar. It’s the mid-market shopper share of wallet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
February 24, 2026
Slight improvements in consumers’ expectations for business conditions, labor market conditions and incomes drove a turnaround in consumer confidence in February, The Conference Board said Tuesday (Feb. 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our […]
December 23, 2025
American consumers spent more this holiday season while using cross-channel shopping and artificial intelligence (AI) tools for bargain hunting and convenience, according to separate analyses by Mastercard and Visa. Get the Full Story...
December 10, 2025
Consumer retail spending from the week before Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday (Dec. 1) was up 9% year over year, American Express Chairman and CEO Stephen J. Squeri said Wednesday (Dec....
October 24, 2025
Procter & Gamble is seeing a split in the shopping habits of consumers, with some buying the company’s products in bulk and others looking to spend only a small amount...
