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...
The latest Beige Book from the Federal Reserve suggested that the consumer remains standing, but not on equal footing. While economic activity expanded in most...
Americans are facing growing affordability pressures, and companies are having mixed results in passing on higher costs, the Federal Reserve said in its May Beige Book released Wednesday...
Dollar General’s core customers are cutting back on food purchases and other household expenses due to rising gas prices and reductions in SNAP benefit payments,...
Amazon’s Prime Day hasn’t been confined to a single day for some time now. That multi-day trend will continue this year, though the shopping event...
For merchants, the most important consumer in 2026 may be the shopper who still says yes, but rarely says yes quickly. That’s based on PYMNTS...
Gas hit $4.56 a gallon heading into Memorial Day weekend. That was up more than $1.50 from where it was before the Iran war in...
The “Global Digital Shopping Index: The AI-Powered Shopper Has Arrived” shows that retail is moving into a new phase. Consumers are no longer just shopping...