Retailers are cautioning that a lengthy war in Iran could mean higher prices in stores. As CNBC reported Thursday (March 25), among the companies sounding...
Household finances are showing resilience on the surface, but the underlying sentiment points to a more constrained consumer. The PYMNTS Consumer Expectations Index measures whether...
The most endangered species in retail isn’t brick-and-mortar. It’s the mid-market shopper share of wallet. Findings in the March edition of the PYMNTS Intelligence “Share...
For many consumers, pay later is shifting from a checkout convenience to a budgeting tool. The biggest drivers of the shift are millennials and their...
Earnings season has revealed a consumer who is not withdrawing from the marketplace so much as recalibrating participation, timing purchases with deliberation and increasingly using...
Young consumers in the United States are doing more than ever to stay afloat, but new data shows that effort alone is no longer restoring...
U.S. consumers are still spending, but their paychecks are having a hard time keeping up. The latest Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data, released Friday...
Popular commentary portrays Generation Z as financially reckless, a cohort supposedly driven by impulse purchases, social media trends and a casual approach to money. The...
McDonald’s is reportedly planning to lower the cost of its value meals even further. Beginning next month, the fast food giant will debut a series of...