Consumer Spending

The Data Point: Amazon Overtakes Walmart as Top Retailer at 9.4% of Retail Spend in 2021

The Data Point: Amazon Overtakes Walmart as Top Retailer at 9.4% of Retail Spend in 2021
The Data Point: Amazon Overtakes Walmart as Top Retailer at 9.4% of Retail Spend in...
April 21, 2022  |  Retail

Coke and Pepsi. McDonald’s and Burger King. Apple and Microsoft. Ranking in high the pantheon of great of corporate rivalries is Amazon versus Walmart. In...

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Data: Amazon Pulls Ahead of Walmart in Share of US Retail Spending
Data: Amazon Pulls Ahead of Walmart in Share of US Retail Spending
April 20, 2022  |  Retail

Amazon dethroned Walmart as the biggest winner of retail spend in the U.S. in 2021. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Consumers Are Shopping Less, Spending More
Consumers Are Shopping Less, Spending More
April 20, 2022  |  Retail

Consumers may be going shopping less often, but when they do, they tend to spend more, especially when making retail purchases. Get the Full Story...

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Subprime and Prime Consumers Weather Inflation Shock as Synchrony Purchase Volumes up 17%
Subprime and Prime Consumers Weather Inflation Shock as Synchrony Purchase Volumes up 17%
April 19, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

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Inflation Forces Further Belt-Tightening Among Already Tight Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
Inflation Forces Further Belt-Tightening Among Already Tight Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
April 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Roughly half of the United States adult population has never been here before. Most consumers are too young to remember the last time inflation reached...

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Streaming Subscriptions Decline in UK as Inflation Mounts
Streaming Subscriptions Decline in UK as Inflation Mounts
April 18, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Households in the U.K. are dropping steaming services in record numbers as runaway inflation eats away at already strained budgets, according to media reports on...

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Credit Cards Being Used as Defense vs Inflation in Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy 
Credit Cards Being Used as Defense vs Inflation in Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy 
April 18, 2022  |  Economy

For consumers — at least when it comes to confidence that they can handle mounting credit card debt in the face of inflation and even living...

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The Data Point: Do Consumers Spend More If They Belong to Membership Clubs?
The Data Point: Do Consumers Spend More If They Belong to Membership Clubs?
April 18, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

Subscriptions have never been hotter, especially those offered by mass merchants to lock in loyalty and ideally increase order values. With so many now subscribed...

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Peeps Hatch in Easter Baskets Everywhere as 2022 Treats Business Booms
Peeps Hatch in Easter Baskets Everywhere as 2022 Treats Business Booms
April 16, 2022  |  Retail

Predicting a $20.8 billion Easter season in 2022, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said in March that per-person spend works out to $53 on food,...

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