Consumer Spending

Today in Data: Costs Keep Climbing

Today in Data: Costs Keep Climbing
Today in Data: Costs Keep Climbing
July 07, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in data, costs for things such as cars and food continue to rise, as does the number of people struggling to pay their bills....

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New Data Shows Amazon and Walmart’s Battle for Retail Spend Will Come Down to Grocery
New Data Shows Amazon and Walmart’s Battle for Retail Spend Will Come Down to Grocery
July 07, 2022  |  Retail

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The Data Point: Life-Cycle Events Impact Paycheck-to-Paycheck Status for 51% of Millennials
The Data Point: Life-Cycle Events Impact Paycheck-to-Paycheck Status for 51% of Millennials
July 06, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Until quite recently, the term “paycheck-to-paycheck” conjured images of subprime consumers with especially bad money management skills. We now know that this portrait is far...

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With Innovation, Main Street SMBs Poised to Outperform Broader US Economy
With Innovation, Main Street SMBs Poised to Outperform Broader US Economy
July 05, 2022  |  SMBs

The pressures of inflation, of external shocks from geopolitics and supply chains will be too much for Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to...

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Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Turn to Loans as Savings Safety Nets Fray
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Turn to Loans as Savings Safety Nets Fray
July 05, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Personal savings serve key purposes, chief among them as a financial safety net. But runaway inflation has started to eat away at consumers’ cash reserves,...

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15% of Restaurant Customers Are Regulars, Visiting Three or More Times a Week
15% of Restaurant Customers Are Regulars, Visiting Three or More Times a Week
July 05, 2022  |  ResTech

The greatest share of U.S. restaurant consumers visit restaurants once or twice a week.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Liquidators Step Up as Retailers Confront Oversupply of Goods
Liquidators Step Up as Retailers Confront Oversupply of Goods
July 04, 2022  |  Retail

Big retailers like Target and Walmart have been seeing large amounts of excess inventory — which could be a good thing for companies helping to...

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The Data Point: 58% of Americans Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Making It the Common Condition
The Data Point: 58% of Americans Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Making It the Common Condition
July 04, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

With recession looking more probable by the day, consumers who are already financially strapped are looking at ways of managing money when there’s less of...

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