Digital Consumer

For nonprofit thrift store company Goodwill, 2025 was apparently a very good year. As The New York ...

Consumer spending continues to move fluidly across digital and physical channels, but groceries are emerging ...

Luxury goods makers are reportedly hoping wealthy American shoppers can buoy their business in 2026. This ...

Consumer outlook improved in January, reversing some of the sharp deterioration seen at the end of ...

Gen Xers’ new round of penny-pinching could be bad news for consumer spending and the ...

Capital One paired its fourth-quarter earnings report Thursday (Jan. 22) with the announcement of its ...

The U.S. economy is advancing on the strength of household spending even as the pace ...

Most Americans probably don’t remember the exact inflation rate last year. But they remember that ...

Americans are no longer just spreading payments over time. They are spreading risk, timing and ...

Consumer spending continues to show resilience, even after years of inflation and economic uncertainty, according ...

A growing share of Americans look financially stable on paper yet remain one unexpected bill ...

The Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book strikes a cautiously upbeat tone, pointing to modest economic ...

In the wake of the government shutdown, the delayed November retail sales report that debuted ...

JPMorgan Chase’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings results, released before the market opened Tuesday (Jan. 13), reflect ...

For decades, the retail industry was organized around a familiar axis: price versus experience, scale ...

The new year has dawned with consumers in the United States navigating a cooling labor ...

In 2026, Buy Now, Pay Later stops being a checkout feature and becomes working capital ...

A growing share of Americans are losing confidence in their financial footing, as paycheck-to-paycheck stress ...

Somewhere between the last peppermint latte and the first “dry January” seltzer, the consumer psyche ...

Luxury goods sellers are reportedly facing a tough market after raising their prices significantly after ...

The digital economy has a seasonal rhythm. Late December is when consumers “zero out” recurring ...

British consumers reportedly pulled back on their debit and credit card spending this year. It marks ...

White-collar layoffs at firms like McKinsey and Amazon grab headlines for their implications about artificial ...

Malls are drawing Gen Z shoppers by catering to young people’s desire to socialize in ...

Retail in 2025 was defined less by a single breakthrough than by a set of ...

Holiday shoppers are willing to spend but are looking for value, Tanger CEO Stephen Yalof ...

Two new sets of data show consumers are spending strongly but not feeling confident. U.S. gross ...

Rising prices are reshaping not just household budgets but the financial relationship between generations. Younger and ...

The December 2025 update of the “Wage to Wallet™ Index” reveals an economy that is no ...

After weeks of a government shutdown, economic data continue to roll in, and the latest ...

After weeks of delay, a fresh wave of government data is finally offering a clearer ...

Consumer retail spending from the week before Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday (Dec. 1) was up ...

Retail’s triple crown of Walmart, Amazon and Target saw major shifts in who shopped this ...

Consumers are reshaping how they use credit, and PYMNTS Intelligence data shows that installment plans ...

Gen Xers, the powerhouse of the U.S. consumer economy, are cutting back amid current financial ...

The chief executive of America’s biggest bank says consumers continue to show resilience. This is in ...

Two reports released Friday (Dec. 5) showed a consumer economy that remains active and alert ...

A trio of labor reports, spanning government, private sector data and PYMNTS Intelligence findings, shows ...

Dollar General’s omnichannel push into the rural United States continues, with a strategy that emphasizes ...

Value-seeking customers at all income levels helped drive gains at Dollar Tree in the third ...

Consumers are using credit in strategic ways. This year’s Black Friday data gleaned by PYMNTS Intelligence ...

How your job pays you as an employee is important. Half of Generation Z workers earn ...

American consumers are projected to spend $14.2 billion for Cyber Monday. That’s up 6.3% from 2024 ...

Consumers approached Black Friday with a clear priority: stick to a budget while finding ways ...

American consumers upped their spending slightly during Black Friday amid an uncertain economic landscape. That’s according ...

Identity makes the world of commerce and payments go ‘round. But its fundamental role in ...

Ahead of the holiday rush, we asked ChatGPT to predict how the 2025 holiday shopping ...

Black Friday 2024. Nov. 29. The top movies were “Wicked,” “Moana 2” and “Gladiator 2.” ...

The Federal Reserve’s final Beige Book of the year points to a noticeable cooling in ...

Watch more: Where Magic Meets Logic: How Tapestry Is Redefining Retail With Data and AI “It ...

The latest earnings from Kohl’s, Burlington Stores and Dick’s Sporting Goods, all released Tuesday (Nov. ...

Credit cards remain central to how consumers navigate everyday financial demands, especially when prices, income ...

U.S. Census Bureau data on consumer spending is flowing again after the government shutdown, and ...

Many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are looking past the trade-driven uncertainty dominating national headlines ...

For Synchrony Chief Financial Officer Brian Wenzel, the story of today’s consumer isn’t about inflation, ...

American consumer spending is still going strong, at least at some retailers. As The Wall Street ...

Earnings season is offering one of the clearest pictures yet of a consumer base moving ...

Tariffs are entering what increasingly feels like a mature phase. As highlighted by enterprise executives heading ...

Watch more: Retail Media as the New Growth Engine: How CVS Is Merging Data, Loyalty ...

The “Wage to Wallet™ Index: Wage Volatility’s $14B Consumer Spending Gap,” a collaboration between PYMNTS ...

As the annual holiday shopping ritual ramps up, consumers’ finances are less robust than they ...

Watch more: From Scroll to Store: How Ulta Beauty Is Connecting Commerce, Content and Community Social ...

Amazon and Walmart have spent decades defining the competitive perimeter of American retail, each shaping ...

PYMNTS Intelligence has documented that the Labor Economy remains central to U.S. growth, acting as ...

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history has apparently led to an unprecedented gap ...

Target is introducing new technology features to help customers shop for the holidays. The new features, ...

Retailers are preparing for a more restrained Black Friday this year, as tariffs and inflation ...

Consumers will be approaching holiday gift-giving with more restraint than last year. According to the latest ...

As the government shutdown loomed, PYMNTS Intelligence last month found consumers’ optimism about their financial ...

McDonald’s reportedly urged restaurant operators to remain focused on value in a drive to reverse ...

Priority Technology Holdings saw slower growth in its Merchant Solutions segment in the third quarter ...

Chime Financial’s results released after the markets closed on Wednesday (Nov. 5) demonstrated double digit ...

On the surface, consumer spending has proved durable as headline retail sales and credit data ...

The most revealing statistic in The Gen Z Decoder Ring isn’t that Generation Z racks up 425 ...

Apple painted a picture of a resilient U.S. consumer heading into the holidays in its ...