Much has been made of tipflation, the upward march of the tips paid at the table and for delivery, which adds to the bill and subtracts from diners’ wallets. As PYMNTS Intelligence’s own reporting on the perceptions surrounding inflation shows, roughly three-quarters of consumers have...
Cash has long been king at Argentina’s bars and restaurants. Its reign may be ending. As Bloomberg News reported Saturday (Aug. 10), card tipping had been rare in the South American nation, leading many patrons to carry big wads of cash. Now, however, tipping is...
Social media offers a running commentary on consumer sentiment and serves as a barometer of backlash. It may be the case that tiplflation is pushing individuals to scale back on gratuities, or not dig into their pockets to tip at all. Media outlets have been...
For financially constrained consumers, the pressure to tip is verging on the ridiculous, with many customers even asked to add gratuity at self-checkout. By the Numbers The December installment of the “Consumer Inflation Sentiment” series, “Tipping Over: Consumers Reducing Spending and Avoiding Tips,” drew from...
August 12, 2024
Much has been made of tipflation, the upward march of the tips paid at the table and for delivery, which adds to the bill and subtracts from diners’ wallets. As PYMNTS Intelligence’s own reporting on the perceptions surrounding inflation shows, roughly three-quarters of consumers have been cognizant of the impact of price increases from their […]
June 03, 2024
Social media offers a running commentary on consumer sentiment and serves as a barometer of backlash. It may be the case that tiplflation is pushing individuals to scale back on...
January 18, 2024
Rising prices are affecting American households, leading to reduced consumer spending. Despite a slight decrease in inflation, Consumer Price Index data showed that consumer sentiment has not caught up, impacting...
February 01, 2023
With generational divides in tipping practices, fast-food workers are left hoping for millennial customers. For PYMNTS’ recent study “Connected Dining: Inflationary Pressure Squeezes Restaurant Tips,” the first edition of PYMNTS’...
August 11, 2024
Cash has long been king at Argentina’s bars and restaurants. Its reign may be ending. As Bloomberg News reported Saturday (Aug. 10), card tipping had been rare in the South American nation, leading many patrons to carry big wads of cash. Now, however, tipping is going digital amid a surge in FinTech activity, with Argentina […]
April 15, 2024
Cigo says it wants to help an increasingly cashless society tip delivery drivers. To that end, the software company announced Monday (April 15) that it had added a digital tipping feature to Cigo...
January 11, 2024
Corporate payouts platform Onbe has teamed with TimeForge to help restaurant workers get tipped faster. The partnership will see Onbe combine its digital payout offering with TimeForge’s tip tracking solution to turn the “cash-heavy”...
October 03, 2023
Chicago is at the center of a heated debate over the practice of treating tips as wages. Lawmakers in the city are considering a new law that would require restaurants...
