The job market’s surface calm is masking deeper instability, and for millions of hourly workers, that uncertainty is already reshaping how, and how much, they...
There are increasing signs that tariff-related prices are eating into corporate profits, Reuters reported Monday (Jan. 26). This week will bring earnings reports from several...
For nonprofit thrift store company Goodwill, 2025 was apparently a very good year. As The New York Times (NYT) reported Monday (Jan. 26), the largest chain of its...
Consumer spending continues to move fluidly across digital and physical channels, but groceries are emerging as one of the clearest signals of where financial pressure...
Luxury goods makers are reportedly hoping wealthy American shoppers can buoy their business in 2026. This comes after a year in which sales in the...
Consumer outlook improved in January, reversing some of the sharp deterioration seen at the end of last year, though the recovery remains tentative. The University of...
Gen Xers’ new round of penny-pinching could be bad news for consumer spending and the economy. Comprised of around 65 million individuals now age about...
Capital One paired its fourth-quarter earnings report Thursday (Jan. 22) with the announcement of its acquisition of Brex, positioning the deal as a structural move...