Consumer Spending

Restaurants Cast $13 Smoothies as Essential Health Purchases

Restaurants Cast $13 Smoothies as Essential Health Purchases
Restaurants Cast $13 Smoothies as Essential Health Purchases
August 19, 2022  |  ResTech

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Footlocker’s CEO Pick Reflects Retail’s Shift to D2C
Footlocker’s CEO Pick Reflects Retail’s Shift to D2C
August 19, 2022  |  Retail

When your consumers skew digital and your major vendors go direct to consumer (D2C), the store and mall formats that have worked in the past...

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Amazon vs Walmart Weekly: Bring on the Season of Deals
Amazon vs Walmart Weekly: Bring on the Season of Deals
August 19, 2022  |  Retail

When Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told investors “we’re building a different business” this week, the part he left off was that the business is going...

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Bond Launches Secured Credit Card for FinTechs
Bond Launches Secured Credit Card for FinTechs
August 18, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Brands and FinTechs can help credit-challenged customers rebuild credit histories and improve FICO scores with a new, customized secured card offering by Bond Financial Technologies. ...

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QSRs Split Between Metaverse Future, Gaming Platform Present
QSRs Split Between Metaverse Future, Gaming Platform Present
August 18, 2022  |  Metaverse

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Apple Pay No Sure Bet as Contactless Cards Dominate
Apple Pay No Sure Bet as Contactless Cards Dominate
August 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

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Stage Set for Retail Slugfest as Kohl’s Plans Aggressive Discounting
Stage Set for Retail Slugfest as Kohl’s Plans Aggressive Discounting
August 18, 2022  |  Retail

With a middle-income customer base and broad exposure to apparel, Kohl’s says it has been “disproportionately impacted” by inflation and dampened consumer spending and will...

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BJ’s Wholesale Touts Member Value as Record Sales Defy Retail Slump
BJ’s Wholesale Touts Member Value as Record Sales Defy Retail Slump
August 18, 2022  |  Earnings

To paraphrase a well-known tagline, membership has its benefits. As BJ’s Wholesale Club reported second quarter 2022 earnings on Thursday (Aug. 18), value creation for...

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