A new report from Piper Jaffray, a U.S. investment bank and asset management firm, suggests that consumer spending on travel-related expenses has peaked. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
An 11-year-high satisfaction rate with the state of the U.S. economy is doing little to keep the U.S. consumer happy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Weakening global demand is starting to show cracks in the smartphone market, a new report has found. 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...
If there’s one effect online shopping has had on the general consumer experience, it’s that the average shopper now spends much more time researching the products they want to buy before pulling the trigger. However, a new study suggests that this may all come down...
Politics and retail usually mix like oil and water. Look no further than the situation Target seems to have embroiled itself in by making a simple announcement on its in-store bathroom policy. Such a vitriolic reaction to an innocuous issue might make a casual observer...
Conventional wisdom about online shopping says that the average consumer would rather test a product out in store before pulling the trigger and ordering it online. It hasn’t been a very good year for conventional wisdom, though, and a recent Internet Retailer survey just poked...
It looks like Americans will soon be partying like it is 2008 — when it comes to borrowing anyway. According to Wall Street Journal reports, American households will soon carry as much debt, on average, as they did at the peak of borrowing before the...
Andy Warhol predicted that, “in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” However, livestreaming video has blown that time frame out of the water. Whether it’s brands hungry for attention or just the lay consumer uploading the ennui of their lives, any moment,...
The online marketplace is such a ubiquitous part of modern retail that it rarely warrants a detailed look into how the format effects sales. Hundreds, if not thousands, of items from differing and often competing brands displayed side by side might even seem like the natural translation of...
