Consumers are watching their spending more closely, but they are not giving up the financial leeway that credit can provide. That is the larger trend...
Consumers under the greatest financial pressure are not simply spending less. They are becoming more selective about where every dollar goes. That shift appears in...
Consumer credit rarely moves in a straight line, and May’s Federal Reserve data offered a reminder that one month’s pause can support more than one...
Loyalty points have largely remained trapped inside the programs that issued them. That model is beginning to loosen as a growing number of initiatives promote...
The best thing I ever bought while shopping for a blue blazer was a pink skirt. One evening I went hunting online for the blazer....
Call it the trillion-dollar question, focused on the U.S. consumer: How much longer can spending keep outpacing the economic headlines? The latest Federal Reserve consumer...
Instant payments are increasingly being judged less by how fast money moves and more by what faster access allows consumers to do. That is the...
Retail sales rose again in April, but the latest government data showed consumers continuing to shift spending toward necessities while pulling back in several categories...