consumer behaviors

Retail Infrastructure Catches Up With Digital Shift
Retail Infrastructure Catches Up With Digital Shift
June 08, 2020  |  Retail

The long-term consequences of the digital shift continue to be quantified and qualified. As evidenced by last week’s PYMNTS’ card on file report, consumers are...

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Retail’s Digital Shift Stays In Gear
Retail’s Digital Shift Stays In Gear
May 06, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Will retail survive the pandemic? Of course it will – but things will be different. No one is sure exactly what “different” means or even...

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Why Reopening The US Economy Should Be About Reinventing It
Why Reopening The US Economy Should Be About Reinventing It
April 27, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Never has one letter of the alphabet been such a hot topic of conversation. That letter — V — has become the proxy for how...

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Latest COVID Poll: Health Before Wealth
Latest COVID Poll: Health Before Wealth
April 20, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Existential fear outweighs economic anxiety for most consumers, as governments, companies and workers continue to grapple with the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. PYMNTS’ latest consumer...

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When, How And Why Consumers Will Change Post-COVID-19
When, How And Why Consumers Will Change Post-COVID-19
April 20, 2020  |  Coronavirus

For weeks now, American consumers and businesses – everyone everywhere, really – have been desperate for the answers to three questions: Are we flattening the...

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Teens’ Changing Tastes – And Lower Spending – Drive Retail Innovation
Teens’ Changing Tastes – And Lower Spending – Drive Retail Innovation
October 17, 2019  |  Retail

Teens have been big drivers of commerce for going on a century now, and that’s even more prevalent as marketers find more precise ways to...

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Are Millennials Really Killing Canned Tuna, Too?
Are Millennials Really Killing Canned Tuna, Too?
December 04, 2018  |  Retail

The millennial path of destruction allegedly continues, with those young consumers now taking blame for the decline in the popularity of canned tuna — a product...

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Consumers Love Pumpkin Products, Just Not Actual Pumpkins
Consumers Love Pumpkin Products, Just Not Actual Pumpkins
October 14, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

Halloween isn’t usually thought of as a big consumer holiday, but the lead-up to it has given rise to a peculiar trend among U.S. shoppers:...

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